Ray Grismer

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer	Computer Cards	cards dealt according to thought-of card, simplified	Inspired by Mind Reader's Dream (Bob Hummer, 1980) Related to Computer Mind (Ray Grismer, 1976) p. 165 for references suggestion by Frank A. Russell on p. 314 Variations Computer Cards (George McBride, 2022)	Dec. 1967	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 2)	145	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Edmund Rowland	News Test	newspaper folded and edges cut off, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Related to Paradox Papers (Martin Gardner, 1971) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976) Crazy Quilt (Karl Fulves, 1993) Variations More News (Bill Logan, 1972) Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction (Ray Grismer, 1978)	Aug. 1971	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10)	440	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Al Koran	Headline Countdown	newspaper torn up and a piece selected, a word is chosen, it has been predicted, binary prediction	Related to More News (Bill Logan, 1972) Century 21 Prediction (Danton, 1976) Bits and Pieces (Paul Swinford, 2004) Koran's Binary Newspaper (Al Koran, 2004) 21st Century Svengali (Docc Hilford, Danton, Stanton Carlisle, 2005) Variations Mind Snap (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, 1978) Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction (Ray Grismer, 1978) Newspaper Prediction (Nick Trost, 1979) Rip It Up (Robert Cassidy, 2004) Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2013) A Jolly Prediction (Chris Rawlins, 2014) The Al Koran Newspaper Prediction (Alexander de Cova, 2014) Die Al Koran Zeitungsvorhersage (Alexander de Cova, 2015) Hack (Chris Rawlins, 2017)	1972	Al Koran's Legacy	53	Newspaper / Newspaper Test Newspaper / Prediction
Ray Grismer	Ring	three phases, first in Genii 1971	Variations In The Hand-Off (Peter Samelson, 1984) Dead Ringer (Marc DeSouza, 1989) Ring And Cord (Bob Ostin, 2005)	1973	Close-up Cavalcade	18	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Harvey Rosenthal	Ring Off	see p. 608 for comment	Inspired by "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971) Variations Ring On! (Bill Wisch, 1979) Finger Ring Release (Harvey Rosenthal) (Jack Avis, 2006)	Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5)	601	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	Mind Ray	spectator deals card on table according to some instructions		May 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 7)	620	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards)
Lawrence Nudelman	Bank Teller	bills glues at short ends	Related to Shorty! (Ray Grismer, 1987)	1975-1978 ca.	Money Magic Notes	5	Bill / Short Changing
Ray Grismer	Computer Mind	No. 34	Related to Computer Cards (Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer, 1967)	1976	Self-Working Card Tricks	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
William Zavis	Ring Ab!	three phases	Inspired by Ringer (Scotty York, 1972) "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971) Also published here New Pentagram, Aug. 1973	June 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4)	68	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Peter Wilker	Ring + Schnur - Ein Effekt - Drei Methode	ring and string Methode 1 (Tenkai) Methode 2 (Peter Kane) Methode 3 (Ray Grimser)	Also published here Slow Motion Ring Release (Peter Kane, 1974) "The Magic of Tenkai" "Ring" (Ray Grismer, Genii, May 1971)	1976	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 4)	101	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Bob Ostin, Ray Grismer	Ring and Cord	variation on Ray Grismer move	Also published here Ring And Cord (Bob Ostin, 2005)	1976 ca.	Sleightly Surprising	7	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	Finger	rope penetrates second finger of performer	Also published here Genii, July 1976	Oct. 1978	Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 3)	99	Rope / Penetration / Penetration Propless / Body Magic
Ray Grismer	Thirty			1978	Thirty	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations
Ray Grismer	Handy - Torn Newspaper Prediction	newspaper torn in thirty-two pieces, number counted to, Koran's binary newspaper	Inspired by News Test (Edmund Rowland, 1971) Headline Countdown (Al Koran, 1972)	1978	Handy — Torn Newspaper Prediction	1	Newspaper / Newspaper Test
Ray Grismer	HIP ESP - How I Practice ESP	naming some cards from shuffled deck	Variations Synergistic Memory Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, 2005)	Aug. 1980	Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8)	891	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Bob Hummer	Mind Reader's Dream	cards dealt according to thought-of card, with Dreambook to transfer number to card	Variations Computer Cards (Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer, 1967) Daydream (Roy Walton, Bob Hummer, 1968) Computer Cards (John Hamilton, 1970) 5-Card Reader (Karl Fulves, 1973) Siva's Nightmare (Jack Avis, 1975) A Vision or a Dream? (Wesley James, 2004) My Dream of Mind Reading (John Lovick, 2016) On "My Dream of Mind Reading" (Anton van Helden, 2016) Also published here Mind Reader's Dream (Bob Hummer, 1952)	1980	Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Mindreader's Dream & Value Dealing
Ray Grismer	Psychic Poker	five hands, cards switch with performer's hand, who still ends up with Royal Flush		1980	Magick (Issue 250)	1247	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / "Magic" Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Ray Grismer	Clean-Up	method for the clean-up after classic OOTW		1980	Magick (Issue 260)	1298	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Ray Grismer	Gift of the Illuminati	pencil and cards adhere to hand		1980	Magick (Issue 262)	1307	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand Pen & Pencil / Animation
Ray Grismer	Pen Pal	automatic writing, scribble is erased and name of selection remains		1980	Magick (Issue 269)	1342	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Pen & Pencil / Special Ink
Ray Grismer	Knotty	ring knotted on rope penetrates it		1981	Arcane (Issue 3)	27	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	Limey	three signed bills to lime wrapped in plastic		1981	Limey	1	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Fruit
Ray Grismer	Glaces	Herbert Milton trick, where Aces appear in front of deck inside glass, briefly covered with handkerchief, ungaffed version	Variations Glaces II (Alexander de Cova, 1991) Glaces II (Alexander de Cova, 1992)	1981 ca.	Glaces	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Glaces
Ray Grismer, Peter Kane	Watch, Look and Listen	ring and string routine with ring to card case finish		1982	The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II	76	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Card Case Ring / Finger Rings / Traveling / Miscellaneous Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	Olram Variation	double Olram, Grismer Count, see reference	Related to The Grismer Count (Ray Grismer, 2020)	1982	A Visit With Larry Jennings	1	Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike
Ray Grismer	Quickee Cards to Pocket	seven cards		1984	Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)	311	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Up the Sleeve type
Ray Grismer	Foxy	impromptu, faros		Winter 1984	West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)	70	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
Ray Grismer	Utility Device	business card case, to peek or add information for prediction		Aug. 1984	Magick (Issue 336)	1678	Billet / Secret Reading Methods & Peeks Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Peter Samelson	In The Hand-Off		Inspired by Ringer (Scotty York, 1972) Ring (Ray Grismer, 1973) Variations Swinger (Bret Young, 1990) Also published here Ring True (Peter Samelson, 1983)	1984	Theatrical Close-Up	15	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	Erratic Digits	number revelation, using digital writing		Jan. 1985	Magick (Issue 345)	1722	Numbers / Thought Reading and similar
Ray Grismer	Shorty!	five one-dollar bills and one five-dollar bill, a one-dollar bill vanishes and reappears, then the five-dollar bill vanishes The Gimmick (two bills glues at short ends) Making the Set with Real Bills A Special Note to Foreign Magicians Preparation Performance and Patter Simplified Handling Notes and Comments	Related to Bank Teller (Lawrence Nudelman, 1975-1978 ca.)	1987	Shorty!	1	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Vanish
Ray Grismer	What's Your Sign?	divination of zodiac, branching anagram How It's Done Let's Practice Before Performing	Related to Just Testing (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, 1989) Body Double (Rudy T. Hunter, 1990) Whizzer (Marco Fida, 1990) Double Divination (Dave Arch, 1996) Signagram (Alain Nu, 2003) Variations What's My Sign (Ray Grismer, Jas Jakutsch, 1999)	1987	What's Your Sign?	1	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Ray Grismer	Two-Named	names written on back of cards		July 1988	Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)	1522	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions
Ray Grismer	How to Use the Punch Prop			1988	The Punch Letters	4	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch
Ray Grismer	Magician's Bridge Demo	with Aces and Faces that end up in two hands		1988	The Punch Letters	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings
Ray Grismer	Punch Tip	making three or four punch marks instead of one for security (Charlie Miller?)		1988	The Punch Letters	6	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings
Ray Grismer	No-Punch Bridge Deal	counting through the cards once before the deal		1988	The Punch Letters	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge
Ray Grismer	Bridge-Deal Follow-Up	re-using the set-up, faro		1988	The Punch Letters	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge
Ray Grismer	Quick Poker Demonstration	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	9	Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Ray Grismer	A Blackjack Demo	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings
Ray Grismer	Three to One Blackjack	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings
Ray Grismer	Three Out of Four Hi-Lo	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker
Ray Grismer	Hi-Lo Even Money	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Spectator is the sucker Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cutting the High Card
Ray Grismer	Another Hi-Lo Bet	Aces and Faces punched		1988	The Punch Letters	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Other Games Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Punch & Scratch Deal Handlings Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck
Ray Grismer	On On-the-Fly Punching			1988	The Punch Letters	12	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch
Ray Grismer	Fully Punch-Marked Deck	discarded systems		1988	The Punch Letters	12	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Punch
Ray Grismer	Separation by Weight	separating high and low, or red and black cards, apparently by weight		1988	The Punch Letters	15	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other)
Ray Grismer	Grismer Code	binary type punch-marked deck		1988	The Punch Letters	16	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Punch
Ray Grismer	The Killer	card chosen and lost (impromptu) or pocketed (with stack), performer divines card with deck behind his back, punch-marked deck		1988	The Punch Letters	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Cards are apparently marked Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Ray Grismer	A Very Good False Shuffle	simple face-up consecutive cuts, brief		1988	The Punch Letters	19	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck
Ray Grismer	Business Card Name Divination	spectator writes name on business card which is lost among other cards, performer finds it, punch mark		1988	The Punch Letters	19	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Business Cards
Ray Grismer	Fixing Mis-Punch	fixing mistake in punch preparation		1988	The Punch Letters	19	Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch
Ray Grismer	Pseudo-Psychometry	punch-marked envelopes		1988	The Punch Letters	20	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychometry Effects Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Paper / Envelopes / Marked
Ray Grismer	Multiple Card Divination	cards chosen and lost one by one, then divined with deck behind the performer's back the whole time (punch-marked deck) or only between naming the cards (impromptu)		1988	The Punch Letters	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Punch Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Punch
Marc DeSouza	Dead Ringer	ring on string move	Inspired by Ring (Ray Grismer, 1973)	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 27)	479	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	Just Testing	using Grismer's "What's Your Sign" for pre-show work	Related to What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987) Body Double (Rudy T. Hunter, 1990)	Aug. 1989	Magick (Issue 427)	2134	Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Ray Grismer	The Janus Prediction	three phases, two-sided coin		1990	Spectacle	135	Coin / Gaffed / Double Headed or Tailed Coin / Effect Themes / Prediction
Rudy T. Hunter	Body Double	doppelgänger presentation, zodiac sign and question are divined, using Grismer's What's Your Sign?	Related to What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987) Just Testing (Charles "Cicardi" Scott, 1989) Variations Whizzer (Marco Fida, 1990)	Jan. 1990	Magick (Issue 434)	2171	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Charles "Cicardi" Scott	The Phoenix Concept	carbon clipboard impression device The Device The Approach Choosing a Spectator Introducing the Clipboard (Ray Grismer's Whats Your Sign?, no details) The Next Step (mathematical number divination, see Annemann reference) And the Real Work	Related to Pencil Reading (Theodore Annemann, 1935)	Feb. 1990	Magick (Issue 435)	2177	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Impression Devices Mental Magic / Principles / Pre-Show
Marco Fida	Whizzer	written name and Zodiac divined, using Grismer's What's Your Sign?	Inspired by Body Double (Rudy T. Hunter, 1990) Related to What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987)	Nov. 1990	Magick (Issue 447)	2234	Billet / Readings Mental Magic / Principles / One Ahead Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Alexander de Cova	Glaces II	deck in glass, four cards appear at face of deck on at a time with silk cover	Inspired by Glaces (Ray Grismer, 1981 ca.) Also published here Glaces II (Alexander de Cova, 1992)	1991	Am Close-up Tisch	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Glaces
Ray Grismer	Off			1991	Classic Stand-Up Close-Up	3	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Alexander de Cova	Glaces II	deck in glass, four cards appear at face of deck on at a time with silk cover	Inspired by Glaces (Ray Grismer, 1981 ca.) Also published here Glaces II (Alexander de Cova, 1991)	1992	Ein Profi packt aus...	96	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Glaces
Ray Grismer	Focal Point	spectator removes odd number of cards and remembers center one, packet replaced, performer can name card		Feb. 1994	Profile (Issue 18)	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Ray Grismer	Foxiest	with five to twenty spectators thinking of cards in ten-card groups		1995	Foxiest	1	Cards / Principles / Fishing Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
Ray Grismer	Gambler's Recall	removed cards are divined, memory presentation		1996	Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 9)	126	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Naming missing card(s) Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Full Deck
Dave Arch	Double Divination	zodiac sheet for Center Tear and with mnemonic aid for Grismer's "What's Your Sign?"	Related to What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987)	1996	Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 10)	130	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram
Ray Grismer	Off			1997	The Relentless Ring & String Routine	5	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer, Jas Jakutsch	What's My Sign		Inspired by What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987)	1999	Completely Mental — Vol. 1	16	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Ray Grismer	The Grismer Cull		Related to Revelations, p. ix	2000	Card College — Volume 4	897	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Culling
Ray Grismer	Ring Move #1			2001	DeSouza's DeCeptions	74	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Alain Nu	Signagram	zodiac divination, verbal	Related to What's Your Sign? (Ray Grismer, 1987)	2003	Xtreme Xtrasensory Xposed Hardcore Mentalism	31	Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Mental Magic / Principles / Progressive Anagram Mental Magic / Effects / Readings (Cold, Crystal, Hand, Tarot etc.)
Juan Tamariz	Cards to Pocket	bringing four-of-a-kind together in memorized deck, travel to pocket as example Other Methods A. With Ray Grismer's Shuffle B. With the Zarrow Shuffle		2004	Mnemonica	104	Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Culling Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Culling Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Barrie Richardson	Synergistic Memory Demonstration	first phase is "HIP ESP" (color sequence called off), then a number is named and performer names card at that position (faced deck)	Inspired by HIP ESP - How I Practice ESP (Ray Grismer, 1980) Close-up Memory Demonstration (Barrie Richardson, 1999)	2005	Act Two	308	Cards / Principles / Memory Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Move-A-Card Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Sense of Touch (or other)
Bob Ostin	Ring And Cord	variation of first phase of Grismer's ring and string routine	Inspired by Ring (Ray Grismer, 1973) Also published here Ring and Cord (Bob Ostin, Ray Grismer, 1976 ca.)	2005	Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions	89	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Allan Ackerman, George Jenness, Ray Grismer	Fingertip Rhythm	credit information		2012	The Cardjurer	33	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
Ray Grismer	Thru		Also published here Genii, Aug. 1975	Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	142	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Ray Grismer	The Grismer Count	Rhythm Count precursor, double Olram count	Related to Olram Variation (Ray Grismer, 1982)	2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	279	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Four-of-a-Kind Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces
George McBride	Computer Cards	count-spell of a thought-of cards from	Inspired by Computer Cards (Ray Grismer, Bob Hummer, 1967) Duo Spell (Paul Swinford, 1968) "Super Speller" (George Blake, The Pentagram, Vol. 1 No. 1, 1946)	2022	The Glasgow File — Volume 1	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Thought-of Cards Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Partial

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