Robert A. Nelson

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Otis Manning	The OM Billet Switching Box	billet switching box, with notes by Annemann	Related to Nelson's Cigar Change Box (Robert A. Nelson, 1945) Also published here The Ghost of a Chance (Otis Manning, 1941)	1944	Practical Mental Effects	30	Billet / Switches
Robert A. Nelson	Peter Rabbit Goes to Town	Sponge rabbit routine, with offspring climax		1945	My Best	182	Spongeball / Routines
Robert A. Nelson	Psychic Impressions	Q&A		1945	My Best	257	Clipboard Paper / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A
Robert A. Nelson	A. T. and T. Telepathy	selected card is divined by a called person, freely selected in the phone book		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	7	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Person is called during performance Mental Magic / Effects / Telepathy Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Impromptu Change Bag	paper bag, for switching stuff, forcing		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	17	Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert A. Nelson	A Subtle Touch with the Change Bag			1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	18	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert A. Nelson	Spirit Flashes in the Dark	burning balls of red fire		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	18	Light & Fire / Light Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff
U. F. Grant	Zella Prediction Trick	one card selected, one thought of, prediction written on one card, it's the selection with the thought of card written on it	Related to The Twenty-First Stunner (Robert A. Nelson, Dr. H. Walter Grote, 1945)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	19	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Robert A. Nelson	Radar Pencil Mental Routine	one of four cards is picked up secretly, card is detected, radar pencil		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	22	Cards / Principles / Salt Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Cigar Change Box	billet switching box, similar to Otis Manning's "The OM Billet Switching Box"	Related to The OM Billet Switching Box (Otis Manning, 1944)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	23	Billet / Switches Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert A. Nelson, Dr. H. Walter Grote	The Twenty-First Stunner	ungaffed	Inspired by Zella Prediction Trick (U. F. Grant, 1945)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Robert A. Nelson	Wrinkles and Subtle Touches	named card in pocket do as i do, with mindreading presentation making envelopes see through		1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	60	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Robert A. Nelson	Simulated Card to Pocket	stealing card back, palm		1948	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)	32	Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Apparently putting Cards in Pocket
Robert A. Nelson	Flap Stab	cards in deck, spectator pushes flap in deck, next to selection		1948	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)	33	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / In the Deck
Robert A. Nelson	Prediction Dodge	written prediction kicker for brainwave deck		May 1948	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 12)	421	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Dual Reality
Robert A. Nelson	ESP Coincidence	do as I do with ESP cards, two packets		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks ESP Cards / Miscellaneous
Robert A. Nelson	Spirit Portraits	portrait of selected VIP appears on a slate		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	22	Mental Magic / Effects / Seance Stuff Slate / Appearing Writing Slate / Flaps & Moving Parts
Robert A. Nelson	On Carbon Paper	tip		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	28	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Robert A. Nelson	Fortune Telling by Cards	with gypsy fortune telling cards, card is divined		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	30	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS) Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Robert A. Nelson	Perpetual Calendar	chart, no memory system		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	31	Propless / Memory Stunts / A Day for any Date
Robert A. Nelson	Second Sight-Seeing			1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	32	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Robert A. Nelson	Publicity Feature	object put in safe are described		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	33	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Robert A. Nelson	On Adding Messages on Crystal Ball	for Q&A		1959	More Miracles in Mentalism	33	Mental Magic / Effects / Q&A Crystal
Robert A. Nelson	The "Impossible" Prediction	prediction of anything named, on a piece of paper, two versions		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	8	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Robert A. Nelson	A Mental Do As I Do			1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Robert A. Nelson	Life Savers with an ESP Flavor	bag with different flavored Life Savor candies, spectator takes one and eats it, performer divines taste		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	11	Food / Candy Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Notes	brand of cigarette is divined		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	11	Cigarette & Cigar / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Apparatus / Changing & Switching Devices
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Notes	idea for headline prediction with Nelson Mental-Gimmic		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	11	Newspaper / Headline Prediction
Robert A. Nelson	Mental Card Elimination	one card is removed, 51 cards are shown once to spectator and he names missing card, method for value and suit		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	12	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s)
Robert A. Nelson	Color Vision Outdone	die with different colors placed in box, selected color is predicted, with Nelson Mental Gimic		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	13	Billet / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Dice (small) / Color Vision
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Notes	ideas for X-Ray act		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	14	Mental Magic / Effects / X-Ray Eyes & Blindfolds
Robert A. Nelson	Brain Waves Deluxe	"I knew you would select this card" written on back of named card		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Brainwave & Invisible Deck
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Notes	ideas for Mental Curency		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	17	Bill / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Miscellaneous
Robert A. Nelson	Nelson's Notes	ideas on routines where spectator divines number or cards with a crystal ball		1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	19	Crystal Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator
Al Mann	A Mental Puzzle	cards are put in a bag, spectator removes some, performer too and the rest is given to a second spectator, performer divines amount of red and black cards each spectator is holding	Related to Nelson's Impromptu Change Bag (Robert A. Nelson, 1945) One Thousand Skulls (Al Mann, 1982)	1961	Still More Miracles in Mentalism	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous Cards / Props & Apparatus / Miscellaneous
Robert A. Nelson	Mental Magic	two routines one of four card is divined, all in pocket, three removed carbon paper impression in magazine, divination of number		1969	Entertaining Mental Miracles	2	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Principles / Assistant
Thomas Alan Waters	Unknown Power	tape cassette with headline prediction on	Related to Ultra-Modern Mentalism (Tony Corinda, Robert Harbin, 1959) Bob Tripp in Robert A. Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism" p. 68.	1979	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)	28	Newspaper / Headline Prediction Cassette
Robert A. Nelson	Bob Nelson's Miracle Pad	pad, carbon		1982	Cero-Mentics	13	Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices
Boris Korvo, Robert A. Nelson	Technicolor Trio	different colored papers are used and words and numbers written down, one of each category is selected and they all match prediction		1996	Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 15)	157	Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous

39 entries for Robert A. Nelson