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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dai Vernon The Five Card Mental Force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937 30
Paul Fleming (reviewer) Radio and Nite-Club Mindreading by William Larsen (written by Ormond McGill) 1946 26
John Brown Cook, Arthur H. Buckley The Answering of Questions thorough treatise on Q&A
Related to 1947 107
Stuart P. Cramer Parlour Yoga
  • pulse stopping
  • blood flow
  • hand turns white
  • pin smashed in table with palm
  • hand removed from skunk trap
Related to May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 178)
713
A Breezy Interlude spectator feels sensation of coldness when performer points on his palm
Related to Sep. 1949 578
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on hypnotism, Ormond McGill, Sphinx
Oct. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 240)
961
Ormond McGill Introduction
1951 5
Ormond McGill Our Psychic Powers overview of mentalism genres
1951 6
Ormond McGill Contact Telepathy general comments, ideomotor effect, pendulum
1951 9
Ormond McGill Telepathic Card Selection finding one of five cards
1951 11
Ormond McGill The Hidden Object Test
Related to
  • Dariell Fitzkee's "Contact Mindreading"
1951 12
Ormond McGill Improved Muscle Reading headphones with metal plate on the end of the wire, two versions to find a selected card, first with sleight of hand to elicit a good spectator for muscle reading for second phase
1951 16
Ormond McGill Non-Contact Telepathy
1951 19
Ormond McGill Mental Impulse spectator sit in a circle one is touched on the forehead, performer knows which one, non-contact mindreading
1951 19
Ormond McGill Transmitting Images of Playing Cards spectator look at a card and transmit it to the performer, who tries to guess it several times, no trick, esoteric
1951 20
Ormond McGill Psychic Magic and a Deck of Cards
1951 23
Ormond McGill, Dai Vernon Psychological Locations first three cards, then five cards (Vernon's "Five Card Mental Force" credited here to Arthur Buckley)
Related to 1951 23
Ormond McGill Lodge Room Mindreading different performing environments
  • The Monthly Lodge Meetings
  • The Smoker
  • The Annual Convention
  • Ladies' Night at the Club
1951 5
Ormond McGill Secrets of the "Casual" Mentalist on doing a Q&A act, where people know each other
1951 6
Ormond McGill The Mindreading Method selling a mindreading show and getting information by the booker, reading an information card under a crystal ball
1951 7
Ormond McGill Mentalism Moderne club Q&A act structure, humorous comments
1951 9
Ormond McGill Telepathic Drawing drawing duplication on slates
1951 11
Ormond McGill Mindreading for School Assemblies the structure of a Q&A act for students
1951 12
Ormond McGill Theatrical Mindreading
1951 14
Ormond McGill Secrets of the "Theatre" Mentalist set up for Q&A before the show, in theatre setting, specifics of the audience in that venue
1951 14
Ormond McGill A Theatrical Mindreading Act divination of an ESP sign and start of Q&A act by getting a spectator's full name with just having the initials
1951 17
Ormond McGill Answering the Questions examples of answers
Related to 1951 21
Ormond McGill A Climactic Test prediction of sum, flap
1951 23
Ormond McGill How to See in the Crystal
1951 5
Ormond McGill The Art of Visualization crystal gazing, no trick, esoteric
Related to 1951 5
Ormond McGill Crystal Seership more tips on crystal gazing, no trick, esoteric
Related to 1951 7
Ormond McGill Crystal Gazing for Mentalists answering questions with a crystal ball, hearing the answer in the question
1951 10
Ormond McGill Modern Psychometry
1951 14
Ormond McGill Developing the Power genreal comments
1951 14
Ormond McGill The X-Ray Eye Act cotton, tape and handkerchief
1951 5
Ormond McGill Staging the Act seeing with the fingertips, describing objects
1951 8
Ormond McGill A New Blindfold Method matchbooks and tape criss-crossed over the hole face
1951 9
Ormond McGill A Novel Presentation separating colors, handkerchief & cards, objects and obstacle course with people standing on stage
1951 10
Ormond McGill That Animal Magnetism Question on mesmerism
1951 12
Ormond McGill Visible Astral Radiation radiating lines appear between fingertips of the hands, optical illusion
1951 13
Ormond McGill The Human Aura making aura visible, with a lamp and black paper, optical illusion
1951 14
Ormond McGill Distant Magnetic Force spectator has a sensation of coldness on his hand when performer points on his palm
Related to 1951 15
Ormond McGill Animal Magnetic Presentation spectator feels presence and energy of performer
1951 18
Ormond McGill Let the Spirits Manifest
1951 5
Ormond McGill Spirit Communications thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum
Related to 1951 6
Ormond McGill Ectoplasmic Lights luminous paint, two versions
1951 8
Ormond McGill Automatic Slate Writing spectator writes yes or know on a slate, general comments on automatic writing
1951 10
Ormond McGill, Dr. Q Dr. Q's Gyrating Tables table lift
1951 14
Ormond McGill The East Indian Mystery Act
1951 19
Ormond McGill Patter and Routine
1951 19
Ormond McGill Method and Presentation
1951 24
Ormond McGill Blood and Pulse Control stopping and starting pulse at will
1951 25
Ormond McGill Black Death pulse in both arms and heart beat stops
1951 27
Ormond McGill Yogi Anesthetic human pincushion, needles are pushed in arm, needle through the flesh of a spectator
1951 27
Ormond McGill Hindu Introspective Presentation
1951 30
Ormond McGill Some Occult Amazements
1951 5
Ormond McGill The Brain Illusion spectator looks through the flame of a candle and apparently sees his own brain, optical illusion
Related to 1951 5
Ormond McGill The Trap Mystery activating a jump trap without being harmed
Related to 1951 8
Ormond McGill Levitation with a Chair moving a chair, then with spectator sitting on chair
1951 13
Ormond McGill The Presentation of Miracle thirteen rules
Also published here 1951 18
Ormond McGill The Pendulum: Introduction pendulum im different contexts
1951 22
Ormond McGill The Pendulum: In Performance
  • constructing the pendulum
  • operating the pendulum
  • powers of the pendulum
  • individuality in working with the pendulum
  • experimental evidence with the pendulum
  • and as to miracle
1951 24
Frank Joglar Backstage on Roland Goodman, Stanley Jaks, Birch, Frances Ireland, Dunninger, Fay Emerson, Richard Himber, George Schindler, Frank Garcia, Harold Brown, Charles Nagle, Ladson Butler, Paul Morris, Sirdani, George Johnstone, Jay Marshall, John Scarne, Zovello, Ormond McGill and more
  • Oops!
  • Female Dept.
  • In Print
  • Memory Book
  • TV Topics
  • Dunninger
  • Mail Department
  • The Grim Reaper
  • Men at Work
  • More Video Notes
  • Al Cohn
  • Hypnotists
Feb. 1951 754
Frank Joglar Backstage on Jerry Lester, Ormond McGill, Phil Thomas, Ade Duval, Clayton Rawson, Jay Marshall, Richard Himber, John Mulholland, Dariel Fitzkee, Larry Arcuri, Cliff Green, Zina Bennett, Walter Hampden, Art Linkletter, Gali Gali, Arnold Furst, Milo, Von Arx, Grover George Jimmy Grippo and more
  • In Print
  • Keith Clark
  • Lloyd Jones
  • Mail Dept.
  • News and Notes
  • New York Conclave
  • Use What You Read
  • Seen Or Heard
  • Recommended
  • Jottings
Apr. 1951
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 11)
778
Dick Johnson The Spirit Speaks thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum
Related to 1961 29
Al Mann Suspended Animation thread with weight is attached in empty bottle and begins to move, pendulum, different bottles, with threads of different lengths
Related toAlso published here 1976 22
Shigeo Futagawa Ormond McGill short biography
1978 196
Al Mann An Experiment why a pendulum works and how
Related to
  • Ormond McGill's "Psychic Magic" Vol. 6
1981 17
Addendum: The Art of Scrying crystal gazing, no trick, esoteric
Related to 1983 9
Wayne Kyzer Caught comedy routine with a bear trap, activating a jump trap without being harmed
Related to 1983 20
Ormond McGill Name-Sakes nine cards with names, one is selected and divined, as a climax name is spelled and last card is selection
Mar. 1983
Magick (Issue 317)
1581
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Ormond McGill
Mar. 1984
Magick (Issue 329)
1644
Ormond McGill On Making Hypnotism Entertaining
  • Performing Attitude
  • Self-Defeating
  • There's A First Time For Everything
  • Entertainment Suicide
  • And On Being Bored
  • ... Or Boring
  • Hypnotism Is A State Of Mind
  • "The Great Hypnotists"
Mar. 1984
Magick (Issue 329)
1645
Pascal "Noch 'was völlig verrücktes" spectator looks through the flame of a candle and apparently sees his own brain, optical illusion
Related to 1987
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 48 No. 6)
219
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Real Mental Magic: Technique and Performance by Ormond McGill Sep. 1989
Epoptica (Issue 12)
553
Bascom Jones The Mystic Word on Docc Hilford's Weerd Weekend, Ormond McGill, Caroline Crawford, Jim Magus, Hillary Flora, David Alexander
July 1992
Magick (Issue 474)
2372
Jim Magus Arcana: Weerd Weekend on the Weerd Weekend, Ormond McGill, Richard Webster, Erskine, David Alexander, Kardor, Bascom Jones, Ted Karmilovich, Mary Tomich, Boris Vallejo, Lary Kuehn
Nov. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 5)
6
Richard Webster Star Gazing: Ormond McGill ode to McGill
Apr. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 10)
6
John Riggs ESP 2000 six business cards are numbered from one to six on one side and the cards shuffled and turned over, spectator selects cards and the numbers from one to six are written on the other side, they match
Inspired by
  • Ormond McGill's "ESP Guessing Game"
Related to
1994 922
Richard Webster Star Gazing: M.O.T.M. High Points on Meeting of the Minds, Ormond McGill, Don Wilson, Dan Blackwood, Craig Karges, Bob Cassidy
Oct. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 4)
6
Jeff McBride, Eugene Burger Ormond McGill
2003 121
Ormond McGill Let's Pretend Magic
2003 123
Ormond McGill The Presentation of a Miracle thirteen rules
Also published here 2003 124
Finally Ormond McGill photograph
June 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)
114