Barrie Richardson

5 publications by Barrie Richardson:

A Boon for All Seasons (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, 1982)
Theater of the Mind (Barrie Richardson, 1999)
Impromptu Card at Any Number (My Best Card Trick, Barrie Richardson, 2005)
Act Two (Theater of the Mind, Barrie Richardson, 2005)
Curtain Call (Barrie Richardson, 2011)

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Stewart James	The Simplicity Four Ace Trick		Also published here Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) also in: The Four Aces (Stewart James, Greater Magic, 1938) Traveling Aces (Charles Nagle, Stewart James, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) … and 2 more Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Barroom Poker (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Jumping Aces (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1933	More "Eye-Openers"	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Theodore Annemann*	A Question and the Answer	with billet switch using Thumb Tip	Also published here A Question and the Answer (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations A Question is Answered (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) also in: A Question is Answered (Act Two, 2005) Handling the Tip (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals*, 2013)	Feb. 1935	The Jinx (Issue 5)	20	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Henry Christ	Lies! Lies! Lies!	corner short or one-way back	Related to You're a Liar (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1952) also in: You're A Liar (The Best in Magic, 1956) Der Lügendedektor (Hokus Pokus, 1959) … and 1 more Variations You're a Liar (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1952) also in: You're A Liar (The Best in Magic, 1956) Der Lügendedektor (Hokus Pokus, 1959) … and 1 more Club 71, Sep. 2003 also in: Pants on Fire (Curtain Call, 2011)	1935	The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)	39	Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling)
Theodore Annemann*	Triple Coercion	color, card and number are named and predicted, only number free choice, nail writer	Also published here Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Variations Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) also in: Minds in Unison (Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	June 1936	The Jinx (Issue 21)	123	Paper / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Confabulation Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Milton	Sleight of Foot	deck is kicked with foot and splits at selection, salt	Variations A Glimpse of Milton (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	39	Cards / Principles / Salt Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Dai Vernon	Automatic Second Deal	hole in card	Related to The Clean Second-Card Force Concept (Barrie Richardson, John Scarne, Pabular, 1977)	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	305	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Curiosities Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Stewart James	Simplicity Four Ace Trick		Also published here The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, More "Eye-Openers", 1933) also in: The Four Aces (Stewart James, Greater Magic, 1938) Traveling Aces (Charles Nagle, Stewart James, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) … and 2 more Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Barroom Poker (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Jumping Aces (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1937	Encyclopedia of Card Tricks	355	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Hen Fetsch	Lock and Key	method for Keys to Baldpate	Also published here Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) also in: Lock & Key (Hen Fetsch, The New Jinx, 1963) Variations Lock & Key Mystery (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977)	July 1937	The Jinx (Issue 34)	227	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Stewart James	The Four Aces	a bit convoluted	Also published here The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, More "Eye-Openers", 1933) also in: Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Traveling Aces (Charles Nagle, Stewart James, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) … and 2 more Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Barroom Poker (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Jumping Aces (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1938	Greater Magic	355	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Martin Gardner*	A Smart Cigarette	lit cigarette through handkerchief	Related to Cigarette and Handkerchief (41) (Martin Gardner, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1951) Variations After Dessert Thought Transference (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 1999) also in: After the Dessert Thought Transference (Act Two*, 2005)	1938	The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)	276	Cigarette & Cigar / Penetration
Jack Vosburgh	Pay Day	coins distributed to envelopes with mathematical procedure, predicted, see page 746 for correction	Also published here Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Related to The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979) also in: Chair-Voyance (Magick, 1987) The Lazy Mentalist (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations The Plot's the Thing (Gerald Kosky, The Phoenix, 1950) also in: The Plot's The Thing (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 12 No. 12, 1955 also in: Das Mörderspiel (Intermagic, 1980)	1941	The Jinx (Issue 128)	738	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Miracle Divination (mathematical distribution)
	The Bottom Palm Simplified	with general comments	Related to palm by Antony Gerard, 1979 Lecture Notes also in: Center Palm (Act Two, 2005) The Bottom Palm - The Due Tempi Palm (Roberto Giobbi, Edward Marlo, Standup Card Magic, 2016)	1941	More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)	7	Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Bottom
Al Baker	The Finger Knows - And Tells	one of five	Also published here The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Living End, 1972) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Palmystic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Club 71, Summer 1986 also in: Angel's Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1941	Our Mysteries	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
R. C. Buff	Middle Deal	center deal presentation	Related to Club 71, Winter 1990 also in: Any Card at Any Number (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	July 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 40)	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers)
Paul Curry	Out of this Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Also published here Out Of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) also in: Out of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1944) Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations The Magician, Dec. 2004 also in: The Devil's Dictionary (Curtain Call, 2011) Dictionary Test (Roberto Mansilla, Genii*, 2025)	Feb. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 53)	216	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Theodore Annemann*	A Question and the Answer	with billet switch using Thumb Tip	Also published here A Question and the Answer (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1935) Variations A Question is Answered (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) also in: A Question is Answered (Act Two, 2005) Handling the Tip (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals*, 2013)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	17	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Hen Fetsch	Lock and Key	method for Seven Keys to Baldpate	Also published here Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Lock & Key (Hen Fetsch, The New Jinx, 1963) Variations Lock & Key Mystery (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	121	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Theodore Annemann*	Triple Coercion	color, card and number are named and predicted, only number free choice, nail writer	Also published here Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) Related to The Psychic Coercion of the Interrupted Schoolboy (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1979) Variations Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) also in: Minds in Unison (Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	147	Paper / Prediction Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Jack Vosburgh	Pay Day	coins distributed to envelopes with mathematical procedure, predicted	Also published here Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh, The Jinx, 1941) Related to The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979) also in: Chair-Voyance (Magick, 1987) The Lazy Mentalist (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations The Plot's the Thing (Gerald Kosky, The Phoenix, 1950) also in: The Plot's The Thing (The Magic of Gerald Kosky, 1975) Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 12 No. 12, 1955 also in: Das Mörderspiel (Intermagic, 1980)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	241	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction Games / Instruction Games Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Miracle Divination (mathematical distribution)
Paul Curry	Out Of This Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Also published here Out of this Phone Book (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Out of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond, 2001) Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1944) Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations The Magician, Dec. 2004 also in: The Devil's Dictionary (Curtain Call, 2011) Dictionary Test (Roberto Mansilla, Genii*, 2025)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	20	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Bob Hummer	Little Stranger	spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers	Also published here Hummer's Little Stranger (Bob Hummer, Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980) Related to Red Magic (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) also in: Red Magic (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Rot-Schwarze Magie (Intermagic, 1984) Colors Revealed (Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins, Epilogue, 1969) also in: Colors Revealed (Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) … and 1 more Variations The Red and Black Computation (Ken De Courcy, Cards in Cabaret, 1980) Vibrations, May 2004 also in: Marble Memories (Act Two*, 2005)	1945	Little Stranger	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Bruce Elliott*	Fate	male and female names are selected, one by sliding a paperclip on a list, second by rolling the dice, the names match and represent a famous pair from history	Related to Lady Luck (U. F. Grant, The Phoenix, 1949) One In A Million (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) … and 2 more Variations Fate Again (Howard A. Adams, The New Phoenix, 1955) also in: Liebe und Schicksal (Intermagic, 1985) An Opener (Al Mann, The Tesseract, 1978) … and 1 more	May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 177)	708	Dice (small) / Gaffed Dice Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Al Baker	The Baker Switch	I. The Technique II. The Timing III. The Application	Also published here The Baker Switch (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Variations Simplified Baker Switch (Robert Cassidy, Al Baker, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) also in: Simplified Baker Switch (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Al Baker Switch Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	1949	Mental Magic	1	Billet / Switches
Charles Nagle, Stewart James	Traveling Aces	No. 4, Ace assembly (with a touch of Follow the Leader), effect and method identical to Simplicity Four Ace Trick by Stewart James	Also published here The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, More "Eye-Openers", 1933) also in: Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) The Four Aces (Stewart James, Greater Magic, 1938) … and 2 more Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Barroom Poker (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Jumping Aces (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's Delight	with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch	Also published here Daley's Delight (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Best in Magic, 1956) also in: Daley's Delight (Dr. Jacob Daley, Particle System — Notebook, 2024) Related to slate exchange in Mahatma, Vol. 1 No. 2, Apr. 1895, p. 3 Two Halves Exchange (Charles T. Jordan, Thirty Card Mysteries, 1919/1920) also in: Two Halves Exchange (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Two Halves Exchange (Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) … and 1 more Two Halves Exchange (The Gnome, 2025) … and 2 more Variations Daley's Delight Switch Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Daley Delivery (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9, 2015) … and 1 more	Jan. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 220)	878	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
Franklin V. Taylor	Thumb Fun	ring vanishes and appears on spectator's thumb which was covered by a handkerchief, see also p. 1093	Also published here Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, The Best in Magic, 1956) Related to Club 71, Easter 1987 also in: The Power of Suggestion (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Vernon on Taylor on Ellis (Dai Vernon, The Phoenix, 1952) Warlock's Thumb Tip (Peter Warlock, The Phoenix, 1953) … and 1 more	Oct. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 267)	1068	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Thumb Fun	ring vanishes and appears on spectator's thumb which was covered by a handkerchief	Also published here Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1952) Related to Club 71, Easter 1987 also in: The Power of Suggestion (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Vernon on Taylor on Ellis (Dai Vernon, The Phoenix, 1952) Warlock's Thumb Tip (Peter Warlock, The Phoenix, 1953) … and 1 more	1956	The Best in Magic	71	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Dr. Jacob Daley	Daley's Delight	with extra cards, false switches and the delight switch	Also published here Daley's Delight (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Daley's Delight (Dr. Jacob Daley, Particle System — Notebook, 2024) Related to Two Halves Exchange (Charles T. Jordan, Thirty Card Mysteries, 1919/1920) also in: Two Halves Exchange (Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks, 1975) Two Halves Exchange (Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks, 1992) … and 1 more Two Halves Exchange (The Gnome, 2025) In This Issue (Karl Fulves, Off The Books, 2003) … and 1 more Variations Daley's Delight Switch Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Daley Delivery (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9*, 2015) … and 1 more	1956	The Best in Magic	132	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader
Tony Corinda	Different Types of Writers	A. Described as "The Swami Gimmick" B. Described as "C" Type C. Described as The Band Writer D. Described as the Overnail Writer E. Described as an "Adhesive Writer" (Eric Mason's Boon) F. Described as The Thumbtip Nailwriter	Related to Boon History (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, A Boon for All Seasons, 1982)	1958	The Swami Gimmick	4	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Hen Fetsch	Lock & Key	method for Keys to Baldpate	Also published here Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Lock & Key Mystery (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977)	Feb. 1963	The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 10)	44	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Jack Avis, Larry Jennings	To Lie Or Tell The Truth	see also p. 840 for idea by Cushing Strout	Also published here Lie or Tell the Truth (Jack Avis, Rara Avis, 2006) Related to p. 179 for further references Variations Knave Detector (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1994) also in: Truth to Tell (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Further Than That and the Lie Detector (Cushing Strout, On the Other Side of the Mirror, 2005)	May 1968	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 7)	175	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Eddie Joseph	Indian Rice Stabbing Illusion	first one cup of rice fills six cups, then glass jar of rice clings to stick or knife	Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002)	1969	The Art of Eddie Joseph	225	Glass / Levitation Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous Food / Rice Scientific Amusement Bowl / Rice Bowl
Al Baker	The Finger Knows - And Tells	one of five	Also published here The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, Our Mysteries, 1941) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) Related to Palmystic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Club 71, Summer 1986 also in: Angel's Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1972	The Living End	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Barrie Richardson	...678	named three digit number from a bill is found in a wallet, written on a card	Also published here 678 (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, A Boon for All Seasons, 1982) also in: ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1984) ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Sep. 1974	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 1)	10	Bill / Prediction Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	Impromptu Mental Divination	five spectators remember one object each out of twenty-five, matrix redistribution principle applied to objects instead of cards		July 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 11)	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix) Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Thoughts In Transit	spectator draws a figure and a number, both are sealed in envelopes, magician reveals both and the original also travel into an other envelope		May 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 9)	260	Paper / Mental Stuff Paper / Traveling Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope
Barrie Richardson	From A Mentalist's Notebook	ideas on mentalism, Q&A, nail writer		June 1976	Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 10)	265	Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Paper / Envelopes / Window Envelope Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah	Matched Picture Cards	picture cards shown to be mixed, then later all paired up in mates	Also published here Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Related to Court Card Connexion (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) also in: Al Smith's Version (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Variations Court Card Connexion (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) also in: Al Smith's Version (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Norman Houghton's First Version (Norman Houghton, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) … and 7 more	1976	Subtle Card Magic — Part Two	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Karrell Fox	A Switch on Dave Hoy's Switch	using pen with two tops instead of bulldog clips	Inspired by A Nervy Switcher (David Hoy, The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust, 1963) Related to Billet Switching Rod (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	1976	Clever.... Like a Fox	91	Billet / Switches Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Pseudo Psychometry in a Paper Bag		Also published here Brown Bag It (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987) also in: Psychometry... in a Paper Bag (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	May 1977	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 9)	400	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Barrie Richardson	Lock & Key Mystery		Inspired by Lock and Key (Hen Fetsch, The Jinx, 1937) also in: Lock and Key (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Lock & Key (The New Jinx, 1963) Variations Wigging the Baldpate (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	June 1977	Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 10)	413	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Barrie Richardson	One In A Million	miscall page force and paper clip force	Related to Fate (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1949) Variations One in a Half Million (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	498	Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Paper Clip / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Memorable Memory Stunt	shuffled deck, someone names a position, performer instantly names the card, faced deck Pseudo-Memorized Deck	Related to Club 71, Winter 1987 also in: Close-up Memory Demonstration (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	500	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Coin In bottle - Mentalism & Molecules	folding coin is signed and bottle is broken with a hammer	Also published here Mind Sizzler! (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1985) Variations Molecules in Motion (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	501	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Barrie Richardson	Think Hot - Think Cold		Also published here Think Hot, Think Cold (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	502	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson, John Scarne	The Clean Second-Card Force Concept	hole in card	Related to Automatic Second Deal (Dai Vernon, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	503	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Second Deal / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Magnetic Force	spectator is unable to pick up a pencil on performer's open hand	Also published here Heavy Metal! (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1984) also in: Pencil Pusher (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations The Power of Suggestion: The Heavy Pen (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Mesmer's Pencil (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	504	Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Defying Gravity
Barrie Richardson	The Undisturbed Deck Prediction	spectator cuts the deck, cards are predicted. Three variations, with swami and where the amount of cut off cards is predicted		Dec. 1977	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)	505	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction
Philip T. Goldstein*	Nucleus	all spread cards are attached to hand, eventually all fall down except the signed one	Variations Club 71, Easter 1990 also in: Mental Magnetism (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1977	The Green Book of Mentalism	13	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand
Barrie Richardson	Banquet Mentalism - The Ready-Made Audience	Domino Principle 'Guest of Honor' Social Hour Tips on Working Movement Excites Audience Schedule a Break Chairmen are Nervous, Too Presentation Style After the Performance Letters are Important	Related to A Proper Introduction (Eric Mead, Reflexions, 2003) also in: A Proper Introduction (Tangled Web, 2006)	1977	Magick (Issue 193)	965	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Gerald Kosky	To Tell The Truth?	performer finds out who of two people has an object by asking one question	Also published here To Tell the Truth (Gerald Kosky, Hokus Pokus, 2003) Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Sam Rosenfeld, Apocalypse, 1979) Knave Detector (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1994) also in: Truth to Tell (Theater of the Mind, 1999) … and 1 more	June 1978	Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 6)	61	Random Object / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Barrie Richardson	A Gestalt Revelation	spectators turn their selections end-for-end by themselves	Also published here Gestalt Vision (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Aug. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 8)	715	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Barrie Richardson	The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration	three chairs, sentences in envelopes match prediction	Also published here Chair-Voyance (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987) also in: The Lazy Mentalist (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Related to Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh, The Jinx, 1941) also in: Pay Day (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Four Chairvoyance (Walter Webb, Vibrations, 1992) Color Connection (Ian Rowland, MAGIC, 2016)	Oct. 1979	Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 10)	748	Chair / Chair Test Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Millard Longman	Acidus Novus	method for reading information on folded card	Also published here Acidus Novus (Millard Longman, The Hermit, 2023) Related to Phantini's Fabulous Billet Work! (Gene "Phantini" Grant, The Knight's Gambit, 1982) Streamlined Description Of The Basic Acidus Novus Folding And Peek (Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira, Millard Longman, Upsilon, 2004) … and 1 more Variations Acidus Novus Handling (David Harkey, Eric Anderson, Ah-ha!, 1997) Graphis Acidus (Eric Anderson, Syzygy, 2003) … and 1 more	1979	Acidus Plus	2	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	1-2-3 Card In Wallet - An Exercise In Misdirection		Also published here 1-2-3 Card in Wallet (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Jan. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 1)	782	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Barrie Richardson	Cloyes Palm Switch	card in left hand switched with card in right-hand lateral palm	Also published here Cloyes Palm Switch (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Jan. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 1)	782	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Almost Real Mindreading		Also published here Nicht zu fassen! (Barrie Richardson, Intermagic, 1995) also in: Almost Real Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	July 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)	875	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Ray Grismer	HIP ESP - How I Practice ESP	naming some cards from shuffled deck	Variations Synergistic Memory Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Aug. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8)	891	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Hummer's Little Stranger	spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers	Also published here Little Stranger (Bob Hummer, Little Stranger, 1945) Related to Red Magic (Peter Alexis, The Pallbearers Review, 1967) also in: Red Magic (More Self-Working Card Tricks, 1984) Rot-Schwarze Magie (Intermagic, 1984) Colors Revealed (Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins, Epilogue, 1969) also in: Colors Revealed (Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups, 1973) … and 1 more Variations The Red and Black Computation (Ken De Courcy, Cards in Cabaret, 1980) Vibrations, May 2004 also in: Marble Memories (Act Two*, 2005)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Principles / Red-Black Relationship
Barrie Richardson	Tri-Psi	three slips in signed and sealed envelope		1981	Magick (Issue 284)	1418	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Newspaper / Newspaper Test Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / By Mail
Stewart James	The Four Aces		Also published here The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, More "Eye-Openers", 1933) also in: Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) The Four Aces (Stewart James, Greater Magic, 1938) … and 2 more Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Barroom Poker (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Jumping Aces (Herb Zarrow, Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic, 2008) … and 1 more	Jan. 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)	139	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Follow the Leader Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / more or less off-beat variations
Barrie Richardson	Dollar Divination	using bill switch	Also published here "Currency Divination" (Club 71, 1998) also in: Dollar Divination (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Suggestions for "Dollar Divination" (Chuck Hickok, Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two, 2005)	Aug. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)	1034	Bill / Number-Reading
Barrie Richardson	Bill Switch	finger tip	Also published here Bill Switch (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Aug. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 5)	1035	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Switches / In the Hands / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason	Newspaper Mind Reading	one word written upside down	Also published here Word Flight (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations The Ernie Ball Book Test (Luke Jermay, Chan Canasta, Barrie Richardson, Dan Tong, Building Blocks, 2003) Wook (Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira, Omicron*, 2004)	Dec. 1982	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 7)	1066	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Boon History		Related to Different Types of Writers (Tony Corinda, The Swami Gimmick, 1958)	1982	A Boon for All Seasons	1	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Misdirection	example of a number prediction		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	4	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Hold Outs	for the boon nail writer		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	5	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	The Writing	nail writer for pocket writing		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	6	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Body Writing			1982	A Boon for All Seasons	7	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Wrist Writing	secret writing method		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	7	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Watch Thing	secret writing idea, idea for Koran medaillon		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	8	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Variety and Diversity of Uses for the Boon	Introduction Boon Writing and Audience Size		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	11	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Types of Demonstrations	Mind-Reading (Two Types) Predictions Mind Control Guessing Stunts "Starting Device" Occult Variety of Revelations Conclusion		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	12	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	A Boon for All Seasons	prediction of the birthday and a number		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	19	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Matchbox	number prediction with a matchbox		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	20	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	678	named three digit number from a bill is found in a wallet, written on a card	Also published here ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1974) also in: ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1984) ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1982	A Boon for All Seasons	21	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Domino	prediction with imaginary domino game		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	23	Games / Dominoe Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Beermat	prediction on split coaster		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	24	Coaster Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Dartboard	prediction of total in a darts game	Related to Eric Mason - A Man For All Seasons (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	1982	A Boon for All Seasons	24	Games / Darts Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	The Undisturbed Deck Prediction	spectator cuts cards, two cards are predicted, three variations		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Crisp	spectator has to guess, how many potato crisps are in a bag, he is right		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	27	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / by Spectator
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	VedooVoodoo	voodoo prediction, spot where the needle is pushed in		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	28	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Birthday Card	birthday divination with card, month and day are crossed out		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	28	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Cinders	several paper balls, on is selected, the other are out of flash paper and are burned, the selected one has a prediction written on it		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	29	Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Bingo or Raffle Movement	box with paper balls, different numbers written on them, spectator names a number and selects that one		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	30	Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Music	prediction of a note, played on a piano		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	31	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Instruments Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, Amedeo Vacca	Monteboon	three coins monte, line drawn with pencil		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	31	Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	"Boon Starting"			1982	A Boon for All Seasons	33	Articles / Articles
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Eye Reading	word is divined letter by letter, based on a U.F. Grant idea		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	33	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami Book / Book Test / Routines
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	"Bill Divination"	several bills in a bowl, one is selected and number divined		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	37	Bill / Number-Reading Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Impossible Card Divination			1982	A Boon for All Seasons	40	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	"Pen-Ultimate"	x drawn on a business card and card shuffled with other cards, spectator locates the card		1982	A Boon for All Seasons	42	Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Business Cards Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami Mental Magic / Principles / Secretly erasing Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / by Spectator
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Thought Projection Effect	three information are predicted on a paper, paper is inside of a balloon	Related to Club 71, Autumn 1988 also in: The Totally Isolated Prediction (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1982	A Boon for All Seasons	43	Balloon / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson	Last Words			1982	A Boon for All Seasons	48	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	The Strange Key Stunt	key moves on hand, small thread loop	Also published here Simon Says (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1985) also in: The Strange Key (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Spoo-Key (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) also in: Spoo-Key (MAGIC, 2016)	Mar. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 9)	1096	Key / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Alphabet Mentalism	with scrabble letters, prediction, coincidence and mindreading	Also published here Alphabet Mentalism (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Nov. 1983	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 2)	1177	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Words & Letters / Prediction Games / Scrabble Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Barrie Richardson	Minds In Unison	random objects collected and one chosen, one letter chosen, both predicted	Also published here Minds in Unison (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Inspired by Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Triple Coercion (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Minds in Unison 2000 (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 1999) Identity (Andy Nyman, Bulletproof*, 2010)	Apr. 1983	Magick (Issue 318)	1587	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	Private stock	only gist of question is noted on billet		June 1983	Magick (Issue 320)	1599	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Barrie Richardson	Pocket Dictionary Book-Tests	three people/words		Feb. 1984	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 4)	1205	Book / Book Test / Routines
Barrie Richardson	Do You Wish to Continue?	two decks, named card is at the same position	Also published here Do You Want to Continue? (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Play Your Strength (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2001) also in: Do Continue (Act Two, 2005)	July 1984	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 7)	1240	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	...678	named three digit number from a bill is found in a wallet, written on a card	Also published here ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1974) also in: 678 (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, A Boon for All Seasons, 1982) ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Mar. 1984	Magick (Issue 329)	1642	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	October / Scam	pad, for multiple pieces of information		May 1984	Magick (Issue 331)	1653	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Barrie Richardson	Heavy Metal!	spectator is not able to lift pencil from performer's palm	Also published here The Magnetic Force (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Pencil Pusher (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations The Power of Suggestion: The Heavy Pen (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Mesmer's Pencil (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	Aug. 1984	Magick (Issue 336)	1677	Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Jon Racherbaumer	Correct Change	trick that fooled Einstein with coins	Inspired by Change in Mind (Karl Fulves, The Magic Book, 1977) Related to Debit and Credit: Part I (Bob Farmer, MAGIC, 1995) Variations Club 71, Halloween 1997 also in: Little Jackpot Coins (Theater of the Mind*, 1999)	1984	At The Table	60	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Barrie Richardson	Less Is More	mixed with the gestalt of the 21 card trick		May 1985	Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)	1287	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Barrie Richardson	Power of Darkness II	marked coin turns over on spectator's palm without him noticing and with his eyes closed	Also published here Powers of Darkness II (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Jan. 1985	Magick (Issue 344)	1717	Coin / Effect Themes / Animation Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Gaffed / Shell Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Barrie Richardson	Simon Says	key moves on hand, small thread loop	Also published here The Strange Key Stunt (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1983) also in: The Strange Key (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Variations Spoo-Key (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) also in: Spoo-Key (MAGIC, 2016)	Feb. 1985	Magick (Issue 346)	1727	Key / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Rule of Nines	two six-digit numbers are formed, performer names more numbers and quickly names total		Mar. 1985	Magick (Issue 349)	1742	Numbers / Calculating & Mental Arithmetic
Barrie Richardson	A Blizzard in Nebraska	what to do, when you have a show and the props get lost What to do? Opening Remarks Instant Mathematics Annemann's Angels' Flight Memory Sit-Down Stunt The Koran Coin Count Annemann-Randi-Richarson Psychometry The Memory Sit-Down, the Climax From Failure to Success The Choice		Mar. 1985	Magick (Issue 349)	1745	Articles / Theory & Essays
Barrie Richardson	Psi-Clops	number is named and performer names card at that position (faced deck)	Related to Club 71, Winter 1987 also in: Close-up Memory Demonstration (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	May 1985	Magick (Issue 351)	1751	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Mind Sizzler!	folding coin is signed and bottle is broken with a hammer	Also published here Coin In bottle - Mentalism & Molecules (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) Variations Molecules in Motion (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Oct. 1985	Magick (Issue 358)	1789	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Barrie Richardson	Introduction			1985 ca.	Stuff		Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Dai Vernon	The Trick That Fooled Houdini	double backed card	Variations A Handling of TTTFH (The Trick that Fooled Houdini) (Earl Nelson, Alfonso Aceituno, Buffalo 2002, 2002) My Ambitious Combination (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	1985/87	Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Barrie Richardson	Cosmic Mirror	divination of chosen card		Jan. 1986	Magick (Issue 363)	1811	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Blowout	filled glass jar of rice clings to knife	Also published here Concepts & Deceptions Lecture Notes, 1999 also in: The Astonishing Rice Jar Suspension (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Nov. 1986	Magick (Issue 380)	1898	Glass / Levitation Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous Food / Rice Scientific Amusement
Barrie Richardson	Thunderstruck	post-it note	Related to Center Shtick (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Club 71, Halloween 1999 also in: Post-It Note Center Tear (Act Two, 2005)	Jan. 1987	Magick (Issue 383)	1912	Paper / Center Tear
Barrie Richardson	Breakthrough	four rubber bands link		Feb. 1987	Magick (Issue 385)	1923	Rubber Band / Penetration / Linking
Barrie Richardson	Brown Bag It	hole in bag	Also published here Pseudo Psychometry in a Paper Bag (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Psychometry... in a Paper Bag (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Apr. 1987	Magick (Issue 388)	1939	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Barrie Richardson	Credit Capers	credit cards from audience placed inside a clear plastic bag, one is selected and divined by performer, changing bag		May 1987	Magick (Issue 390)	1949	Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing Credit Card / Mental Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Chair-Voyance	three chairs, sentences in envelopes match prediction	Also published here The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979) also in: The Lazy Mentalist (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Related to Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh, The Jinx, 1941) also in: Pay Day (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Four Chairvoyance (Walter Webb, Vibrations, 1992) Color Connection (Ian Rowland, MAGIC, 2016)	July 1987	Magick (Issue 393)	1961	Chair / Chair Test Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Time after Time	several wrist watches with random times collected, one chosen, time and spectator predicted	Also published here Club 71, May 1988 also in: What Time Is It? (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Oct. 1987	Magick (Issue 396)	1977	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Description of Spectator
Max Malini	Hypnotic Gaze Divination	peeked at card instantly named, glimpse	Also published here Hypnotic Gaze Divination (Max Malini, Max Malini, 2022) Related to Speaking Volumes (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Variations Malini Peek Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	1988	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2	219	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Touch Control	two freely selected cards are named by performer and found blindfolded inside pocket		July 1988	Magick (Issue 407)	2031	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Short Deck
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Psi-Grafico... The $60,000 Act	one man Q&A act, with graphology sheets	Also published here Psi-Grafico... The $60,000 Act (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, MindFields, 1991) Related to Beyond Psi-Grafico (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, Magick, 1991) Kross Roads (Ford Kross, Vibrations, 1993) Variations Remote Control (Lee Earle, Magick, 1992) Club 71, Easter 1999 also in: The Simplex Mind-reading Routine (Act Two*, 2005)	Oct. 1988	Magick (Issue 412)	2057	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Simon Aronson	Simon-Eyes	two cards thought of with counting procedure, both cards divined with "No No's Fishing" Reality The Problem No No's Fishing The Simon-Eyes Arrangement The Selection Procedure Fishing in the Simon-Eyes Pack Fishing for the Values Fishing for the Suits The Faro Restacking Simon-Eyes Pack	Related to The Restacking Pack (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) The Three Hours (Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, Harapan Ong, Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham, A Stack to Forget, 2019) Variations The Path of Olram (Edward Marlo, Simon Aronson, David Solomon, The Olram File, 1991) Olram's Choice (Edward Marlo, The Olram File*, 1991) … and 8 more	1990	The Aronson Approach	123	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Psi-Grafico... The $60,000 Act	one man Q&A act, with graphology sheets	Also published here Psi-Grafico... The $60,000 Act (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, Magick, 1988) Related to Beyond Psi-Grafico (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, Magick, 1991) Kross Roads (Ford Kross, Vibrations, 1993) Variations Remote Control (Lee Earle, Magick, 1992) Club 71, Easter 1999 also in: The Simplex Mind-reading Routine (Act Two*, 2005)	1991	MindFields	18	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Walter Webb	Four Chairvoyance	four chairs, with envelopes that match predictions	Inspired by The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979) also in: Chair-Voyance (Magick, 1987) The Lazy Mentalist (Theater of the Mind, 1999) The Bonsai Variations - a. The Bonsai Principle (Philip T. Goldstein, Doth*, 1987)	Oct. 1992	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 4)	1	Chair / Chair Test
Barrie Richardson	Page Force	coin		1994	Paramiracles	204	Book / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Principles / Forcing
Barrie Richardson	Knave Detector	one hand is a liar and one tells the truth	Also published here Truth to Tell (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999) Inspired by To Lie Or Tell The Truth (Jack Avis, Larry Jennings, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: Lie or Tell the Truth (Rara Avis, 2006) To Tell The Truth? (Gerald Kosky, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: To Tell the Truth (Hokus Pokus, 2003)	Dec. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 4)	57	Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Robert Cassidy	The Name Place Routine	name and place are written on two pieces of paper, both are divined even though one has been destroyed	Also published here The Name Place Routine (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) Variations The Name/Place Routine (Robert Cassidy, Real World Magic, 1999) A Dessert and a First Love (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) … and 2 more	1995	The Art of Mentalism 2	8	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Robert Cassidy	The Three Envelope Test	name, name of pet and drawing are put on three pieces of paper and sealed in three numbered envelopes, all is divined, technical variation of routine in The Art of Mentalism	Also published here The Three Envelope Test (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) also in: The Three Envelope Test 1996 (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Related to "Fourth Dimensional Telepathy" (Theodore Annemann, marketed 1930) Final Version: The Three Envelope Test (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism, 1984) also in: The Three Envelope Test 1982 (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Variations Three Envelope Test (Wonder Man Fred, Semi-Mental Journey, 2004) Fourth Dimensional Osmosis (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) … and 1 more	1995	The Art of Mentalism 2	21	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction
Robert Cassidy	Card Memory	deck is shuffled and memorized, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card	Also published here Card Memory (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) Inspired by A Miracle of Memory (Al Baker, Magical Ways and Means, 1941) also in: Al Baker's Card Memory (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) A Miracle of Memory (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) George Sands' "Extra Sandsational Perception" Related to Club 71, Autumn 1993 also in: The Quasi-Memorized Deck (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Principium 18 (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) Variations Mega-Memory (Mark Elsdon, The Meridian Technique, 2008) Cast (Patrick G. Redford, Temporarily Out of Order*, 2017)	1995	The Art of Mentalism 2	29	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Nicht zu fassen!		Also published here Almost Real Mindreading (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1980) also in: Almost Real Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Mar. 1995	Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	Grandfather Time	time also set on watch, using reversed-hands watch, odd-backed climax	Also published here The Parking Lot Mystery (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Mar. 1995	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 7)	57	Watch / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Barrie Richardson	There Are Two Sides To Every Prediction	word and drawing put in two envelopes, performer divines both	Related to Club 71, Autumn 1995 also in: Double-sided Thought Transmission (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Aug. 1995	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 12)	68	Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Nick Trost, Stewart Judah	Matched Picture Cards		Also published here Matched Picture Cards (Nick Trost, Stewart Judah, Subtle Card Magic — Part Two, 1976) Related to Court Card Connexion (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) also in: Al Smith's Version (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Variations Court Card Connexion (Al Smith, Cards On Demand, 1980) also in: Al Smith's Version (The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Norman Houghton's First Version (Norman Houghton, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) … and 7 more	1997	The Card Magic of Nick Trost	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Packets
Barrie Richardson	Preface			1999	Theater of the Mind	xi	Articles / Biographical Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Chapter I: Classics	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Ovation Position	glass produced from sleeve as jacket is taken off, with fishbowl variant, saying alphabet backwards in presentation	Also published here Club 71, Christmas 1992	1999	Theater of the Mind	5	Glass / Production & Appearance Propless / Memory Stunts / Miscellaneous Bowl / Appearance & Production
Barrie Richardson	One in a Half Million	miscall page force and paper clip force	Inspired by One In A Million (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) Related to Fate (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix*, 1949)	1999	Theater of the Mind	10	Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Principles / Misreading & Miscalling Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Paper Clip / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Dollar Divination	bill switch, with full presentation	Also published here Dollar Divination (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1982) also in: "Currency Divination" (Club 71, 1998) Variations Suggestions for "Dollar Divination" (Chuck Hickok, Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two, 2005)	1999	Theater of the Mind	16	Bill / Number-Reading
Barrie Richardson	Bill Switch	finger tip	Also published here Bill Switch (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1982)	1999	Theater of the Mind	20	Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Switches / In the Hands / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Airplane Cards	Phase One: Adding Three Cards to the First Packet Phase Two: Switching the Second Packet Phase Three: The Cards Apparently Pass Across Phase Four: Showing the Three Selections	Variations Prime Time At The Lemon Lime (Lee Benzaquin, Apocrypha, 2024)	1999	Theater of the Mind	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Barrie Richardson	Molecules in Motion	initialed coin in bottle, then other objects as well like key, button, ring, bottle smashed at the end	Inspired by Coin In bottle - Mentalism & Molecules (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Mind Sizzler! (Magick, 1985)	1999	Theater of the Mind	30	Button Key / Penetration Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Coin in Bottle
Barrie Richardson	Bill in Lemon	preloaded, torn corner and signature finesses	Also published here "Classic Bill in Lemon" (Club 71, Mayday 1993) Variations The Lemon Trick (John Graham, Stage by Stage, 2021)	1999	Theater of the Mind	34	Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Barrie Richardson	Bill Corner Switch	with note pad		1999	Theater of the Mind	37	Bill / Switches / Props
Barrie Richardson	Chapter II: Mysterious Forces	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	45	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Mental Magnetism	deck spread on table and hands placed on spread, cards cling to hand, eventually all fall down except selection	Also published here Club 71, Easter 1990 Inspired by Nucleus (Philip T. Goldstein, The Green Book of Mentalism*, 1977)	1999	Theater of the Mind	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Barrie Richardson	Suspension of Disbelief	glass clings to spoon	Also published here Club 71, Autumn 1991 Related to "The Cup of Tantalus" (Stewart James, Tops, April 1940, p. 20) Variations Suspension of Disbelief II (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1999	Theater of the Mind	53	Spoon & Fork Glass / Levitation Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Magnet / As Hidden Method / Miscellanous
Barrie Richardson	Mental Motor	paper napkin unfolds by itself	Also published here Club 71, Mayday 1991	1999	Theater of the Mind	57	Paper / Animation Paper / Paper Napkin Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Psychic Strong Man	performer holds two pieces of string or shoe lace, spectators cannot pull them out of performer's hand	Also published here Club 71, Summer 1987 Inspired by "The Strong Man's Secret" (Henning Nelms, Magic & Showmanship, p. 14)	1999	Theater of the Mind	60	Rope / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Barrie Richardson	The Strange Key	key moves on hand, small thread loop	Also published here The Strange Key Stunt (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1983) also in: Simon Says (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1985) Variations Spoo-Key (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) also in: Spoo-Key (MAGIC, 2016)	1999	Theater of the Mind	64	Key / Animation Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Chapter III: Shades of Suggestion	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	67	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Pencil Pusher	spectator is unable to pick up a pencil on performer's open hand, small thread loop	Also published here The Magnetic Force (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Heavy Metal! (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1984) Variations The Power of Suggestion: The Heavy Pen (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2002) Mesmer's Pencil (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	1999	Theater of the Mind	71	Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Defying Gravity Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Powers of Darkness II	marked coin turns over on spectator's palm without him noticing and with his eyes closed	Also published here Power of Darkness II (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1985) Inspired by "Powers of Darkness" (Tony Corinda, marketed ca. 1958)	1999	Theater of the Mind	74	Coin / Effect Themes / Animation Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Gaffed / Shell Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Barrie Richardson	When Worlds Collide	stand-up handling, done with about twenty cards from deck		1999	Theater of the Mind	76	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Barrie Richardson	Hellis Switch with Fan Cover	small packet switched and fanned		1999	Theater of the Mind	78	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands
Barrie Richardson	The Power of Suggestion	ring over bottle, covered with handkerchief, spectator removes ring and hands it to performer, yet it is still over bottle when cover is removed	Also published here Club 71, Easter 1987 Related to Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, The Phoenix, 1952) also in: Thumb Fun (The Best in Magic, 1956)	1999	Theater of the Mind	80	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Barrie Richardson	Angel's Flight	cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation	Also published here Club 71, Summer 1986 Related to The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, Our Mysteries, 1941) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (The Living End, 1972) The Finger Knows - And Tells (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003)	1999	Theater of the Mind	83	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	Chapter IV: Mental Gymnastics	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	89	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	The Quasi-Memorized Deck	deck is shuffled, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card after apparently memorizing	Also published here Club 71, Autumn 1993 Related to Card Memory (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism 2, 1995) also in: Card Memory (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) Variations Quartet (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) Cast (Patrick G. Redford, Temporarily Out of Order*, 2017)	1999	Theater of the Mind	93	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	The Human Equation	six people call out one digit and sit on six chairs, performer quickly writes down four rows of numbers which when added up correspond to the number combination of the people sitting on the chairs		1999	Theater of the Mind	100	Numbers / Calculating & Mental Arithmetic Chair / Chair Test
Barrie Richardson	Barrie's Move a Card	memorizing every other card in one half	Also published here Club 71, Christmas 1988	1999	Theater of the Mind	104	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Move-A-Card
Barrie Richardson	Close-up Memory Demonstration	move-a-card, then a number is named and performer names card at that position (faced deck)	Also published here Club 71, Winter 1987 Related to Memorable Memory Stunt (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) Psi-Clops (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1985) Variations Synergistic Memory Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	1999	Theater of the Mind	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Move-A-Card
Barrie Richardson	Truth to Tell	one hand is a liar and one tells the truth	Also published here Knave Detector (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1994) Inspired by To Lie Or Tell The Truth (Jack Avis, Larry Jennings, The Pallbearers Review, 1968) also in: Lie or Tell the Truth (Rara Avis, 2006) To Tell The Truth? (Gerald Kosky, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: To Tell the Truth (Hokus Pokus, 2003)	1999	Theater of the Mind	111	Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Barrie Richardson	Chapter V: From the Platform	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	115	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	The Trick That Fooled Einstein	with coins	Also published here Club 71, Autumn 1989	1999	Theater of the Mind	119	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Barrie Richardson	Alphabet Mentalism	scrabble pieces in clear change bag, Trick that Fooled Einstein, followed by letter divination (tossed-out deck principle)	Also published here Alphabet Mentalism (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1983)	1999	Theater of the Mind	126	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous Games / Scrabble Apparatus & Dealer Props / Changing & Switching Devices Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Minds in Unison	random objects collected and one chosen, one letter chosen, both predicted	Also published here Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) Inspired by Triple Coercion (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Triple Coercion (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Minds in Unison 2000 (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 1999) Identity (Andy Nyman, Bulletproof*, 2010)	1999	Theater of the Mind	130	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	Wigging the Baldpate		Inspired by Lock & Key Mystery (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977)	1999	Theater of the Mind	133	Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Description of Spectator
Barrie Richardson	A String and Two Borrowed Rings	two borrowed rings and a loop of cord link and unlink a few times, with paper cup Phase One: The Rings Link Phase 2: The Ring Off Cord Phase 3: The Rings On Cord	Also published here Club 71, Halloween 1993	1999	Theater of the Mind	139	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Linking Finger Rings (Himber) Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Glass / Bottomless Glass
Barrie Richardson	The Lazy Mentalist	three chairs, sentences in envelopes match prediction	Also published here The Three Chair Enigma - Or, the Lazy Mentalist Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979) also in: Chair-Voyance (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987) Related to Pay Day (Jack Vosburgh, The Jinx, 1941) also in: Pay Day (Practical Mental Effects, 1944) Variations Four Chairvoyance (Walter Webb, Vibrations, 1992) Color Connection (Ian Rowland, MAGIC, 2016)	1999	Theater of the Mind	152	Chair / Chair Test Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Very Last Chance		Also published here Club 71, Summer 1989	1999	Theater of the Mind	157	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Light & Fire / Flash Paper & Material Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Barrie Richardson	The Totally Isolated Prediction	prediction in balloon which is tossed around amongst spectators during selection phase, credit information	Also published here Club 71, Autumn 1988 Related to Thought Projection Effect (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, A Boon for All Seasons, 1982) Variations The Propensity to be Influenced (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	1999	Theater of the Mind	160	Balloon / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Suspension of Disbelief II	glass clings to spoon, stand-up version, thread	Inspired by Club 71, Autumn 1991 also in: Suspension of Disbelief (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	1999	Theater of the Mind	166	Spoon & Fork Glass / Levitation
Barrie Richardson	Chapter VI: Intimate Mentalism	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	171	Articles / Intros & Epilogues Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Barrie Richardson	Little Jackpot Coins		Also published here Club 71, Halloween 1997 Inspired by Correct Change (Jon Racherbaumer, At The Table, 1984) Related to Club 71, Millennium 2000 also in: Minding the Mint (Syzygy, 2003) But There's More! (Act Two, 2005)	1999	Theater of the Mind	175	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein
Barrie Richardson	Psychometry... in a Paper Bag	hole in bag	Also published here Pseudo Psychometry in a Paper Bag (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Brown Bag It (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987)	1999	Theater of the Mind	178	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects
Barrie Richardson	...678	named three digit number from a bill is found in a wallet, written on a card	Also published here ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1974) also in: 678 (Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson, A Boon for All Seasons, 1982) ...678 (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1984)	1999	Theater of the Mind	182	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	Center Shtick	post-it note	Related to Thunderstruck (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987) "Lightning Centre Tear" (Barrie Richardson, Club 71, Winter 1998)	1999	Theater of the Mind	184	Paper / Center Tear
Barrie Richardson	Pop Thoughts	things written by spectator into a notebook can be divined		1999	Theater of the Mind	187	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Sew What!	needles are threaded in fist without looking	Also published here The Linking Ring, Feb. 1997	1999	Theater of the Mind	190	Needle / Miscellaneous Thread / Miscellaneous Needle / Penetration Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Barrie Richardson	Chapter VII: Mental Card Effects	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	195	Cards / Principles / Theory & Essays Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Do You Want to Continue?	two decks, named card is at the same position, faced deck	Also published here Do You Wish to Continue? (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1984) Variations Play Your Strength (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2001) also in: Do Continue (Act Two, 2005)	1999	Theater of the Mind	199	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	...And One Makes Fifty-two	two-way out effect, either premonition without naming the card first, or named cards is only odd-backed card	Also published here Club 71, May 1989 Inspired by "Delusion Deck" (Gene Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets, 1980, marketed 1957) Variations Re:monition (Anthony Owen, MAGIC, 2006) also in: RE: Monition (Some More Tricks, 2007) RE: Monition (Secrets, 2017)	1999	Theater of the Mind	205	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish
Barrie Richardson	Almost Real Mind Reading		Also published here Almost Real Mindreading (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1980) also in: Nicht zu fassen! (Barrie Richardson, Intermagic, 1995)	1999	Theater of the Mind	210	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	Gestalt Vision	spectators turn their selections end-for-end by themselves	Also published here A Gestalt Revelation (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1979)	1999	Theater of the Mind	213	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / One Way / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Barrie Richardson	The Du Maurier Force	force handling with Svengali deck		1999	Theater of the Mind	219	Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a Forcing Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
Barrie Richardson	Think Hot, Think Cold		Also published here Think Hot - Think Cold (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977)	1999	Theater of the Mind	222	Cards / Principles / Shiner Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	It Isn't Mind Control	with crib on card or thumb tip		1999	Theater of the Mind	226	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix) Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Barrie Richardson	Chapter VIII: Words with Wings	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	233	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	An Experiment in Remote Viewing	performer describes chosen magazine page	Also published here Club 71, Mayday 1998	1999	Theater of the Mind	237	Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Barrie Richardson	Word Flight	one word written upside down	Also published here Newspaper Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason, Pabular, 1982) Variations The Ernie Ball Book Test (Luke Jermay, Chan Canasta, Barrie Richardson, Dan Tong, Building Blocks, 2003) Wook (Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira, Omicron*, 2004)	1999	Theater of the Mind	244	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Barrie Richardson	Double-sided Thought Transmission	word and drawing put in two envelopes, performer divines both	Also published here Club 71, Autumn 1995 Related to There Are Two Sides To Every Prediction (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1995)	1999	Theater of the Mind	248	Mental Magic / Effects / Design or Drawing Duplication Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Chapter IX: The Card at Any Number Problem	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	253	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number
Barrie Richardson	Any Card at Any Number	faced deck	Also published here Club 71, Winter 1990 Related to Middle Deal (R. C. Buff, The Phoenix, 1943) Trevor's Card at Any Number (Trevor Lewis, Routines Matter, 2009) … and 1 more Variations Eureka! (Roberto Mansilla, Naypes, 2017)	1999	Theater of the Mind	257	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	The Thirteen-deck Solution	The Fifty-two-deck Solution The Twenty-six Deck Solution The Thirteen-deck Solution The Master Chart	Variations In Plain Sight (Roberto Mansilla, Genii, 2022)	1999	Theater of the Mind	262	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number
Barrie Richardson	Any Card at Any Number (The Platform Version)	two phases, restricted choices, faced deck	Variations Any Card At Any Number (Wonder Man Fred, Barrie Richardson, Semi-Mental Journey, 2004)	1999	Theater of the Mind	267	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number
Barrie Richardson	Chapter X: The Fourth Dimension	chapter intro		1999	Theater of the Mind	277	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	What Time Is It?	several wrist watches with random times collected, one chosen, time and spectator predicted	Also published here Time after Time (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1987) also in: Club 71, May 1988	1999	Theater of the Mind	281	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Description of Spectator
Barrie Richardson	The Reversed-Hands Watch			1999	Theater of the Mind	284	Watch / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Parking Lot Mystery	time also set on watch, using reversed-hands watch, odd-backed climax	Also published here Grandfather Time (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1995)	1999	Theater of the Mind	286	Watch / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations
Barrie Richardson	The Test of Time	performer and spectator set time on watches, they match, then named hour predicted on watch, using reversed-hands watch		1999	Theater of the Mind	290	Watch / Set Time is Predicted or Changed
Barrie Richardson	Epilogue: Magic Friends			1999	Theater of the Mind	293	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Bibliography	Barrie Richardson in print		1999	Theater of the Mind	301	Articles / Bibliography
Barrie Richardson	From My Thoughts			Aug. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 8)	47	Articles / Columns
Barrie Richardson	After Dessert Thought Transference	divination of information written on a business card, covered with handkerchief in the hands	Also published here After the Dessert Thought Transference (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Inspired by A Smart Cigarette (Martin Gardner, The Jinx*, 1938)	Aug. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 8)	48	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Business Cards Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	From My Thoughts			Oct. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)	56	Articles / Columns
Barrie Richardson	Minds in Unison 2000	random objects collected and one chosen, one letter chosen, both predicted	Inspired by Minds In Unison (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1983) also in: Minds in Unison (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Oct. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)	58	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Jamy Ian Swiss (reviewer)	Theater of the Mind	by Barrie Richardson	Also published here Theater of the Mind (Jamy Ian Swiss, Barrie Richardson, Light and Heat, 2017)	Nov. 1999	Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)	68	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Michael Close (reviewer)	Theater of the Mind	by Barrie Richardson		Dec. 1999	MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 4)	28	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Chan Canasta	The Experiment with Books	spectators chose a page, line and number, performer divines word on that position	Related to Here 's Where I Fail (Chan Canasta, Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man, 2000) Book-Test Repeat (Chan Canasta, Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man, 2000) … and 1 more Variations The Ernie Ball Book Test (Luke Jermay, Chan Canasta, Barrie Richardson, Dan Tong, Building Blocks*, 2003)	2000	Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man	67	Book / Book Test / Routines
Barrie Richardson	The Intuition Game	From My Thoughts getting two out of three right, nail writing	Related to A Color, a Number and a Letter (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	Mar. 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 3)	70	Billet / Prediction Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Barrie Richardson	Easter Egg Divination: A Weighty Problem	From My Thoughts four spectators take out four colored balls/eggs without looking, performer knows who has which color	Also published here The Thought Hatchery (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	June 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)	53	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Divination of Odd Ball (Kurotsuke)
Barrie Richardson	You Will Choose The Key! - The Janie Test	From My Thoughts	Also published here The Janie Test (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Related to Magician's Choice (David Berglas, The Mind & Magic of David Berglas, 2002) also in: Magician's Choice (MAGIC, 2002)	Dec. 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 12)	51	Articles / Anecdotes
Paul Curry	Out of This Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book, first peek book in literature	Also published here Out of this Phone Book (Paul Curry, The Phoenix, 1944) also in: Out Of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation, 1945) Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, The Phoenix, 1944) Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1985) Variations The Magician, Dec. 2004 also in: The Devil's Dictionary (Curtain Call, 2011) Dictionary Test (Roberto Mansilla, Genii*, 2025)	2001	Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond	153	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Barrie Richardson	Play Your Strength	From My Thoughts card only thought of, one deck dealt face up and one face down	Also published here Do Continue (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Inspired by Do You Wish to Continue? (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1984) also in: Do You Want to Continue? (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Mar. 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 3)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought
Barrie Richardson	The Human Scale	From My Thoughts spectator grabs handful of coins from container, performer matches the same type and amount of coins	Also published here The Human Scale (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	May 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)	60	Coin / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers
Michael Close (reviewer)	Concepts & Deceptions	by Barrie Richardson		June 2001	MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 10)	37	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
David Berglas	Magician's Choice	several spectator put objects on the table, two are selected and they match the predictions	Also published here Magician's Choice (David Berglas, MAGIC, 2002) Related to You Will Choose The Key! - The Janie Test (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2000) also in: The Janie Test (Act Two, 2005)	2002	The Mind & Magic of David Berglas	79	Propless / Equivoque Mental Magic / Principles / Psychological Forces & Probability Forces Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Random Object / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Foreword			2002	Mentalism, Incorporated	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	The Power of Suggestion: The Heavy Pen	From My Thoughts spectator is unable to pick up a pen on performer's open hand, small thread loop	Inspired by The Magnetic Force (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1977) also in: Heavy Metal! (Magick, 1984) Pencil Pusher (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	Jan. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 1)	60	Mental Magic / Effects / Special Powers Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Defying Gravity Thread / Invisible Thread / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	Derren Brown Does the Best Card Trick of the Year	From My Thoughts with description of performance of verbal force	Also published here Derren Brown - Does "The Best Card Trick" of the Year (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011)	Feb. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 2)	61	Cards / Sleights / Force / Without Cards Articles / Anecdotes Articles / Articles
Barrie Richardson	Speaking Volumes		Related to Linking Ring, Sep 1926 also in: A Match for Gravity (The Essential Stewart James, 2007) The Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Stewart James, More "Eye-Openers", 1933) also in: Simplicity Four Ace Trick (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) The Four Aces (Greater Magic, 1938) … and 3 more … and 2 more	June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	30	Articles / Columns
Barrie Richardson	Some Thoughts on Mentalism	From My Thoughts		June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	73	Mental Magic / Theory and General Comments
Barrie Richardson	Subtle Influences			June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	73	Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Barrie Richardson, Charles Buckner	A Business Card Switch	From My Thoughts	Also published here Billet Switch (Charles Buckner, Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Aug. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)	35	Billet / Switches
Barrie Richardson	A Question is Answered		Also published here A Question is Answered (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Inspired by A Question and the Answer (Theodore Annemann, The Jinx, 1935) also in: A Question and the Answer (Practical Mental Effects*, 1944)	Aug. 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 8)	36	Billet / Readings
Tony Bartolotta	Outworldler	with tray	Related to Database (Karl Fulves, Latter Day Secrets, 2002) Variations Another World (Barrie Richardson, Act Two*, 2005)	2002	Discoverie (Issue 7)	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
David Berglas	Magician's Choice	several spectator put objects on the table, two are selected and they match the predictions	Also published here Magician's Choice (David Berglas, The Mind & Magic of David Berglas, 2002) Related to You Will Choose The Key! - The Janie Test (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2000) also in: The Janie Test (Act Two, 2005)	Nov. 2002	MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 3)	66	Propless / Equivoque Mental Magic / Principles / Psychological Forces & Probability Forces Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Random Object / Miscellaneous
Al Baker	The Baker Switch	1. The Technique 2. The Timing 3. The Application	Also published here The Baker Switch (Al Baker, Mental Magic, 1949) Variations Simplified Baker Switch (Robert Cassidy, Al Baker, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) also in: Simplified Baker Switch (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Al Baker Switch Variation (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)	280	Billet / Switches
Al Baker	The Finger Knows - And Tells	one of five	Also published here The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, Our Mysteries, 1941) also in: The Finger Knows - And Tells (Al Baker, The Living End, 1972) Related to Palmystic (Thomas Alan Waters, Mind, Myth & Magick, 1981) Club 71, Summer 1986 also in: Angel's Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	2003	The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions)	511	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice
Luke Jermay, Chan Canasta, Barrie Richardson, Dan Tong*	The Ernie Ball Book Test		Inspired by Newspaper Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason, Pabular, 1982) also in: Word Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999) The Experiment with Books (Chan Canasta, Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man, 2000) … and 1 more	2003	Building Blocks	82	Book / Book Test / Routines
Eric Mead	A Proper Introduction	"First Impressions"	Also published here A Proper Introduction (Eric Mead, Tangled Web, 2006) Related to Banquet Mentalism - The Ready-Made Audience (Barrie Richardson, Magick, 1977)	2003	Reflexions	5	Articles / Theory & Essays
Barrie Richardson	Guess What?	From My Thoughts phone number and name and personal information written and put in envelope, all divined		June 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)	72	Paper / Envelopes / Peeking Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Barrie Richardson	The Blind Voice Detector	From My Thoughts spectator cuts shuffled deck in five piles, one secretly bridged	Also published here The Blind Voice-detector (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005)	Sep. 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9)	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
Gerald Kosky	To Tell the Truth	performer finds out who of two people has an object by asking one question, french version on p. 34	Also published here To Tell The Truth? (Gerald Kosky, Apocalypse, 1978) Variations Apocalypse Variations Or Additions (Sam Rosenfeld, Apocalypse, 1979) Knave Detector (Barrie Richardson, MAGIC, 1994) also in: Truth to Tell (Theater of the Mind, 1999) … and 1 more	2003	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 65 No. 1)	14	Random Object / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Distribution of Items divined or predicted / Which Hand
Barrie Richardson	Minding the Mint	"The 'Coins and Currency Divination' Revisited" spectators take coins and bills while the performer is not looking, performer divines who holds what	Also published here Club 71, Millennium 2000 also in: But There's More! (Barrie Richardson, Act Two, 2005) Related to Club 71, Halloween 1997 also in: Little Jackpot Coins (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	2003	Syzygy (Vol. 5 No. 15)	417	Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Random Object / The Trick that Fooled Einstein Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Michael Close (reviewer)	Barrie Richardson Lecture Notes	by Barrie Richardson		Feb. 2003	MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 6)	39	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Robert Cassidy	The Name Place Routine	without title, name and place are written on two pieces of paper, both are divined even though one has been destroyed	Also published here The Name Place Routine (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism 2, 1995) Variations The Name/Place Routine (Robert Cassidy, Real World Magic, 1999) A Dessert and a First Love (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) … and 2 more	2004	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy	14	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Miscellaneous
Robert Cassidy	The Three Envelope Test	name, name of pet and drawing are put on three pieces of paper and sealed in three numbered envelopes, all is divined, technical variation of routine in The Art of Mentalism	Also published here The Three Envelope Test (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism 2, 1995) also in: The Three Envelope Test 1996 (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Related to "Fourth Dimensional Telepathy" (Theodore Annemann, marketed 1930) Final Version: The Three Envelope Test (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism, 1984) also in: The Three Envelope Test 1982 (The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals, 2013) Variations Three Envelope Test (Wonder Man Fred, Semi-Mental Journey, 2004) Fourth Dimensional Osmosis (Barrie Richardson, Curtain Call, 2011) … and 1 more	2004	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy	27	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Paper / Envelopes / Switching the Envelope Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / One Ahead Classic Triple Prediction
Robert Cassidy	Card Memory	deck is shuffled and memorized, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card	Also published here Card Memory (Robert Cassidy, The Art of Mentalism 2, 1995) Inspired by A Miracle of Memory (Al Baker, Magical Ways and Means, 1941) also in: Al Baker's Card Memory (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) A Miracle of Memory (The Secret Ways of Al Baker, 2003) George Sands' "Extra Sandsational Perception" Related to Club 71, Autumn 1993 also in: The Quasi-Memorized Deck (Theater of the Mind, 1999) Principium 18 (Robert Cassidy, The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy, 2004) Variations Mega-Memory (Mark Elsdon, The Meridian Technique, 2008) Cast (Patrick G. Redford, Temporarily Out of Order*, 2017)	2004	The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy	35	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira	Wook	spectator choses word from book before the show, other spectator selects same word from book during the show	Inspired by Newspaper Mind Reading (Barrie Richardson, Eric Mason, Pabular, 1982) also in: Word Flight (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	2004	Omicron	10	Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence Book / Book Test / Routines
Wonder Man Fred, Barrie Richardson	Any Card At Any Number	variation on Richardson routine, using fingers of spectator to form a number	Inspired by Any Card at Any Number (The Platform Version) (Barrie Richardson, Theater of the Mind, 1999)	2004	Semi-Mental Journey	233	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Any Card at Any Number Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Mirage Forcing Deck
Chuck Hickok	Suggestions for "Dollar Divination"	presentational points on the Richardson routine	Inspired by Dollar Divination (Barrie Richardson, Pabular, 1982) also in: "Currency Divination" (Club 71, 1998) Dollar Divination (Theater of the Mind, 1999)	2005	Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two	125	Bill / Number-Reading
Barrie Richardson	Preface			2005	Act Two	xiii	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	Chapter I: Winners All	chapter intro		2005	Act Two	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Barrie Richardson	The Thought Hatchery	four spectators take out four colored balls/eggs without looking, performer knows who has which color	Also published here Easter Egg Divination: A Weighty Problem (Barrie Richardson, Genii, 2000) Inspired by "Kurotsuke" (Max Maven, VideoMind 1, 1997)	2005	Act Two	7	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination / Divination of Odd Ball (Kurotsuke)
Barrie Richardson	Another World	"The Mount Kenya Paradox Revisited" stand-up handling	Inspired by "The Mount Kenya Paradox" (Barrie Richardson, Club 71, 1995) Outworldler (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie, 2002)	2005	Act Two	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Barrie Richardson	Daley's Delight Switch Variation	with packets	Inspired by Daley's Delight (Dr. Jacob Daley, The Phoenix, 1951) also in: Daley's Delight (The Best in Magic, 1956) Daley's Delight (Particle System — Notebook, 2024)	2005	Act Two	16	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Pseudo Switches

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