Miscellaneous

144 entries in Book / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Clarvis How to make a booke, wherein you shall shew everie leafe therein to be white, black, blew, red, yellow, greene, &c. blow book, changes six times, with place where one can buy it, mentions of Pliney the Elder, Saint Albertus Magnus, John Baptista Neapolitan, Thomas Lupton
Related to 1584
The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXXIII)
195
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Hypnose card chosen and inserted anywhere in a book, card and page number predicted, alternative method with forcing book by Conradi
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
53
Das Verwandlungsbuch using a book to switch cards or flat things, card case prop alternative
 		Apr. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 4)
62
"Try-Your-Lung Power" blowing books over, puzzle
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
305
Carl Willmann Willmann's magisches Buch examined book put into book case box, later book is gone and silks are in case
 		Apr. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 4)
54
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Aus dem papierenen Königreich card is balanced on hat, deck is divided into two glasses and card floats from glas to glas, two cards are placed under two plates and the cards change places, selection is placed inside a book and performer shows envelope with miniature duplicate with correct page number and part of the text on that page written on it
  • 1. Die Karten-Balance
  • 2. Die Karte als Königin der Luft (with assistant)
  • 3. Die Kartenwanderung
  • 4. Eine magische Hypnose
 		1903
Moderne Magie
80
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Telepathisches Kontrollsystem. No. 16, playing card is selected and placed inside a book, on blank piece of paper sealed inside an envelope, name of card and page number appears
 		1926
Magische Miniaturen
54
Tom Sellers Word Magic book changes into long paper with word
 		1942
That's Good!
12
E.E. Hammill Websterian Wizardry prediction of a chosen word from a dictionary
 		Aug. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 41)
168
Lu Brent Bill to Magazine - Letter to Bruce Elliott bill travels between two pages of chosen book or magazine
 		July 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 64)
262
Sid Fleischman The Trick Without a Name signed page of a Reader's Digest is burned and reappears bound in the magazine, clever
Related to 1945
My Best
205
R. N. Lee Dictionary Diabolism word from dictionary is written on a card and divined
 		Feb. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 77)
312
Ronald B. Edwards, Clayton Rawson Page Force pages are torn out of a a magazine
 		Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 81)
329
John Giordmaine The Stamp Album magic coloring book with stamps
 		1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
51
Dell O'Dell Dell O'Dell Stamp Album Presentation presentation for the magic coloring book
 		1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
54
John Booth John Booth's Album of Stars photographs vanish from envelope to appear in album and picture frame
 		1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
55
Jean Hugard Tearing a Telephone Directory
June 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 1)
225
Ronald B. Edwards Strong Man Stunt apparently tearing a phone book in two, then holding two books
 		Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 135)
544
Billy McComb William's Hot Book flames from a book
Related to 1947
The First Book of William
32
John Hamilton Loaded prediction of a word in a book
 		Apr. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 201)
804
Buddy O' Day O' Days Fried Egg page torn from cookbook is placed in a can, over a candle page transforms into egg, when egg is cracked open performer produces a fried egg
 		1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
1
Allessandro Brainwave Number spectator opens a book and adds digits of page number together, new number is counted back in the book and square sum of new page is predicted, using number cards, 9 force application
 		1957
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1957)
10
Al Murdy The Novelty Novel box to carry tricks, designed as book
 		1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
31
Tony Corinda (11) My Word! spectator writes three numbers for a page, line and position, word in book is predicted
 		1958
Predictions
115
Dr. Spencer Thornton Other Thorntonism Ideas for a serial number divination, switching playing cards and appearance of a message
 		1958
Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic
2
Dr. Spencer Thornton The Exchange Tray
1958
Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic
27
Tony Corinda Zarkamorta II. - The Ceremony of Reincarnation page is torn from a magazine and a word selected by randomly sticking a pin in that page, the page is burnt and reappears back in the book, with a hole in the chosen word and burnt edges
Related toVariations 1959
Book Tests
201
Al Hancuff Book a Blaze self-made burning book
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
45
Dr. Stanley Jaks Sie machen das, was ich auch machen werde spectator and performer make a cross on a page in a book with the same title, it's the same page
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
38
Ali Bongo The Printer's Nightmare water put in magazine, water comes out black and magazine is blank
 		1966
The Bongo Book
28
Alan Stuart Dictionary Mind Reading prediction of word in book, add-a-number pad
 		1969
Entertaining Mental Miracles
8
Tom Waldon Book Magic prediction of word in book, business card is put in book
 		1969
Entertaining Mental Miracles
9
Paul Siegel Insight Hindsight drawing duplication, paper covered with book
 		1972
Doorway to Delusion
33
Arthur Setterington All Hallows Eve spooky presentation, word chosen from a book appears on picture in a frame
 		1972
Straight Line Mysteries
43
Dr. E. Raymond Carlyle Ashes to Ashes page torn out from book is burnt and found back in the book
Related toVariations 1972
Magick (Issue 54)
267
David Douglas Ghost Text preparation variation of book
Inspired by 1972
Magick (Issue 56)
280
Richard Lyn Crypt-A-Mental pellets with torn pages, selected one matches book on table and selected word on page are predicted, apparently with an idea by Dr. Jaks
 		1973
Magick (Issue 67)
333
Ahmed Dhillon The Phoenix Oracle book and bulldog clip, white carbon
 		1973
Magick (Issue 68)
339
Jerry Fulton Car-Dextrous different preparation for the book
Inspired by 1973
Magick (Issue 87)
434
Karl Fulves Grimoire "Problem", selected page from book audibly tears itself and rises, posed as problem
 		Nov. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 1)
820
John Bragoli Collected Thoughts with medium, one spectator remembers a word and another a card, very clever
 		Dec. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)
194
Faucett Ross Books and Slates Freely chosen word from a book appears on slate
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
108
Vic Perry The Perry Pen! x made in book, force, special two-sided pen
 		1975
Magick (Issue 118)
588
John Bragoli Mental Jigsaw a page from a book is torn in pieces, those pieces put in envelopes and shuffled, the perform describes the pieces
 		Feb. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 6)
222
Karrell Fox Hot Flashes center fold in Playboy magazine with "bunny" picture gos up in flames
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
195
Orville Wayne Meyer Page Peek
1977
Of Words and Wizards
4
Al Mann Forcing the Word from a book
 		1977
Of Words and Wizards
15
Al Mann Forcing Three Words from a book
 		1977
Of Words and Wizards
16
Rudolf Braunmüller Bücher ideas with books
  • as coin tray
  • as impression device
  • to add cards or switch cards
 		Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
10
C. L. Boarde Forcing the Book - Variation E not forcing, books with certain properties
 		1978
Mainly Mental Vol. 2 — Book Tests
6
Al Mann, Jerry Fulton Book-Tear paper back book is torn until one page remains, page is divined or predicted, improvements by Jerry Fulton
 		1979
Magic Castle Lecture
5
Mark Kiger Pickpocket sight gag, using Eddie Joseph's book How to Pick Pocket
 		1979
Magic — The Vanishing Art
94
Al Mann The "Title" Prediction prediction of chosen book, number named to select one in a row of nine books
  • Master Force
 		1979
Codex-X
1
Gene "Phantini" Grant Into the 4th Dimension spectator's credit card is sealed in an envelope and put in a book, then it travels in an envelope in an other book
Related to 1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
50
Book as Coin Tray
1981
Self-Working Table Magic
9
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Gags? with books, cards and pens
 		July 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3)
44
Thomas Alan Waters Pointalism a knife is stabbed in tarot book and one in a tarot deck, page describes card
 		1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
274
Thomas Alan Waters Shelfish book switch in shelf
Related to
  • J. F. Orrin in "Magic Wand" No. 195. 1942. P.145.
 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
288
Al Mann The Unseen Specter impression device book, carbon
 		1982
Cero-Mentics
10
Peter Donello Preordained one pellet and one envelope are selected and others are burnt, envelope contains missing page from a book and pellet is missing corner
 		May 1982
Magick (Issue 306)
1529
To Tear a Telephone Directory in Half No. 62
 		1983
101 Psychic Tests
16
Alan Shaxon, Tom Sellers Magazin-Mysterium nach Tom Sellers cover of magazine is torn, vanishes under handkerchief and appears again attached to magazine, held by spectator
Also published here 1983
Das Alan Shaxon Seminar "1983"
11
Jack Paul, Alan Shaxon Stellaporation credit card in envelope is placed inside a book, other book is shown with an envelope at same position, then credit card travels inside other envelope
Also published here 1983
Das Alan Shaxon Seminar "1983"
21
Gay Ljungberg Murder Game murder story, spectator choose waepon and murderer, prediction written in a book at the end of a detective story
 		May 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1288
Denny Laub, Gary Inglese The Mirage Device preparing books at home as impression devices, wax method
 		June 1985
Magick (Issue 352)
1759
Gene Nielsen Missing Link book on the table, zip loc bag with billets, one is selected and is found to be a corner the missing corner of the book
Inspired by 1985
The Bag Book
4
Bücher five impromptu magic items and gags with books
 		Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
119
John Carney Torn & Restored Telephone Book only one page, torn from telephone book
 		1986 (ca.)
Notebook
6
Karrell Fox "Mag-A-Change" two magazines change place
 		1988
My Latest Book
116
Karrell Fox A "Hot" Item trade show presentation for flaming book
 		1988
My Latest Book
128
Bob Farmer Deja Voodoo card named, word "impossible" looked up in dictionary, selection is written next to it, long-short pages
Variations 1989
Deja Voodoo
1
Bob Haines, Bob Farmer Improm Too Voodoo spelling name of a friend to chose selection, parts of selection written under certain words in dictionary
Inspired by Aug. 1989
Magick (Issue 427)
2135
Harry Lorayne In My Book page number in book is remembered by spectator, chosen card vanishes and reappears in book at chosen page number
 		1990
Trend Setters
158
Karl Fulves Deep Thot Switch two things stuck in book, topological switch when turning book in several steps
 		1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 1)
4
Ian Baxter Fun with Bruce's Book strange thing
 		May 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 5)
1930
Jim Bush You Are Psychic! prediction of page number
 		Nov. 1991
Magick (Issue 464)
2320
Stephen Tucker The Million Dollar Book Gag tearing a page from a book at a friend's house, gag
 		1991
New Close-Up Lecture
1
Diabelli Nomen Est Omen fake check is placed in envelope, lots of envelopes are handed to the spectators, with a book consisting of first names, names are selected by accident and if one in the audience has the same name, he has to shout, first person who shouts owns the envelope with the fake check
 		1991
Allerlei Experi-Mentales
36
David Harkey Bookworm title of chosen book divined, bookmark stuck into pages travels through pages
 		1991
Simply Harkey
9
Mila Trnka Herzen im Poesiealbum paper hearts in book travel onto ribbon and silk
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
66
The Rising Cards from Book hole through book
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
94
William Goodwin, Philip T. Goldstein Propelled Penetration Plus signed card penetrates booklet several times, then appears inside its pages
Inspired by 1993
Notes from the Batcave
3
Karl Fulves Shocked
  • finger ring moves on table to ESP symbol (no method)
  • car magazine rolled up and car sounds come out of it (no method)
  • joy buzzer as sound generator, lie detector with five cards on plastic tray
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
42
Alan Nguyen Book finger break obtaining little-finger break at page freely chosen
Also published here Oct. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 2)
57
Alan Shaxon, Tom Sellers Magazin-Mysterium nach Tom Sellers cover of magazine is torn, vanishes under handkerchief and appears again attached to magazine, held by spectator
Also published here 1994
Alan Shaxon Lecture
11
Jack Paul, Alan Shaxon Stellaporation credit card in envelope is placed inside a book, other book is shown with an envelope at same position, then credit card travels inside other envelope
Related toAlso published here 1994
Alan Shaxon Lecture
26
Barrie Richardson Page Force coin
 		1994
Paramiracles
204
Roy Johnson Die Bücherei forcing a book
Also published here
  • Unique
 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
137
Roy Johnson Nochmals die Bücherei forcing a book
Also published here
  • Unique
 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
138
Alan Nguyen Book finger break obtaining little-finger break at page freely chosen
Also published here 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
21
Book page glimpse
1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
21
Book page Riffle Force
1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
23
Alan Nguyen Page Number Riffle Force force a page number to turn to in another book
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
24
Alan Nguyen The Silver Dollar Force ploy to force a specific section or specific group of words on a page
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
26
Paul Harris Lysdexia word moves in a sentence...
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
23
Paul Harris, Eric Mead Skin Job one layer of a business card penetrates book to chosen page
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue New Stuff)
61
Paul Harris, Milton Kort Moms Come and Go but a Rolex is Forever "A Revised Milt Kort Classic", 3 1/2 gag with a book page instead of cards, dial force
 		1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Secrets of the Astonishing Executive)
277
Ty Kralin Whenever - Anywhere several words from dictionary are used, one selected and divined by performer
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 18)
171
Lee Earle Dream Scheme dream of spectator predicted printed in a book
Related to 1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
185
Christopher Faria Walk of Fame number is constructed to chose page in film book, divination of film
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 11)
227
Steve Beam The Checkout check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet
Also published here 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)
1413
Sid Lorraine Das Kapital bills appear in pages of magazine, svengali pages
 		1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
10
Tony Kent, Lee Earle Brain Book list with words that are hard to spell, several spectator select one before the show, performer divines all the word using a dictionary
 		1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 12)
318
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Han number, city and word is selected and all predicted on a parcel encoded in the sender's address, clear forcing bag
Related toAlso published here 1999
Anam Clara
21
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Ni Perro Ni Gatto poetry book, number, name and events are selected, written dedication found in the book for chosen event
 		1999
Anam Clara
38
Ross Johnson World Tour using an Atlas, chosen City is divined
 		1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 13)
325
Karl Fulves The Good Book four jacks sticking out of book, numbers called an added, one of the jacks suddenly is at this page number
 		2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
209
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Han number, city and word is selected and all predicted on a parcel encoded in the sender's address, clear forcing bag
Also published here 2000
Anam Cara
13
Karl Fulves Stuck Up staple of magazine bent open for levitation or hook-up
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)
58
Steve Beam The Checkout check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet
Also published here 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
104
Steve Beam The Checkout check book, svengali book, as a gag for card to wallet
Also published here 2001
Hand-Picked Card Tricks
49
Martin Gardner Shuffled Pages
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
shuffling two books together by their pages, cannot be pulled apart
 		June 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)
83
David Regal My Black Book prediction
 		2002
Constant Fooling 2
119
Docc Hilford The Second Experiment table lifts, books fall from bookshelf and object vanishes from chest on table
 		2002
H. P. Lovecraft's at the Mountains of Madness
14
Christoph Borer Der Zauberfreund number, city and word is selected and all predicted on a parcel encoded in the sender's address, clear forcing bag
Also published here 2003
Bisingen 03
6
David Kaye The World's Best Coloring Book Routine Coloring book routine
 		2005
Seriously Silly
105
Cushing Strout Holmes Meets Endfield Using a Sherlock Holmes book and a deck of cards to create a coincidence, story telling
Inspired by 2005
On the Other Side of the Mirror
35
Christoph Borer Der Zauberfreund number, city and word is selected and all predicted on a parcel encoded in the sender's address, clear forcing bag
Also published here 2006
Compilation
26
Tom Stone Cinderella Mentalism 2 page torn from book, spectator finds the book it was torn from
 		2009
Fuzzy Logic
7
Tom Stone Paperback Writer words chosen from lists predicted as story
Also published here 2009
Moonshine Monologues
18
Eric Van Duzer Instant Author blank pages are bound together and get printed, magic coloring book handling
 		Sep. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 9)
74
Tom Stone Paperback Writer words chosen from lists predicted as story
Also published here 2011
Maelstrom
149
Chad Long Scratch picture in magazine, apparently with a special x-ray scratch piece on can see under the picture (car and engine, woman and underwear, ...)
(website bonus effect from sometime around 2012)
Inspired by Dec. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 9)
1
Dr. Stanley Jaks You Cross as I Cross spectator and performer make a cross on a page in a book with the same title, it's the same page
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
245
Michael Murray, Jonathan Pickard Word Force position on a torn page, held by spectator
 		2014
A Piece Of My Mind
82
Alexander de Cova Die Feinheit mit dem Buch peek envelope is put in center of book, x-ray book with hole through pages
Also published here Feb. 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 15)
486
Alexander de Cova The Book Idea peek envelope is put in center of book, x-ray book with hole through pages
Also published here Apr. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 9)
59
Alexander de Cova Die Feinheit mit dem Buch peek envelope is put in center of book, x-ray book with hole through pages
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
281
Roberto Giobbi From the Book presentational idea
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 8)
132
Christoph Borer Positiv durchs Jahr front page from a small booklet is cut away and then restored but with the page reversed
 		2016
21
34
Christoph Borer Die Zeitmaschine book put in envelope ages in two steps, time machine presentation
 		2016
21
44
Christoph Borer, Alexander Römer Feuer von Troja coin burns through book ans stops on chosen page
Inspired by
  • Alexander Römer's "Kraft des Fluches"
 2016
21
54
Christoph Borer Buchrücken-Färbung wild cards plot adapted to books, printing on cover and inside is altered
Inspired by 2016
21
71
Christoph Borer Arsène Lupin five envelopes protrude from a book, last one contains money
 		2016
21
140
Christoph Borer Die Musikdose booklet with music titles, selection is predicted with mechanical music box
Related to 2016
21
153
G Thumbprint (画押) Spectator chooses a word from a book, the word appears as writing on spectator's body
 		2016
Emotion
11
Bob Farmer Deja Voodoo 2.0 card named, word "impossible" looked up in dictionary, selection is written next to it, named card has the word written on its back as well, long-short pages
Inspired by 2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
113
Asi Wind Torn, Marked, Stabbed, Crumpled, Burned & Restored Page page is torn from a magazine and a word selected by randomly sticking a pin in that page, the page is burned and reappears crumpled back in the book, with a hole in the chosen word and burned edges, printed flash paper
Inspired by 2018
Repertoire
87
Asi Wind Book Switch with a book shell
 		2018
Repertoire
88
Mike Helmer The Deliquescent Bookmark spectator remembers a page number and word in a book, book mark penetrates book to that page and has word written on it, posed as a problem
 		2018
Alarum (Issue 1 (Summer #1))
2
Roberto Giobbi The Marvelous Book one of several billets chosen, the word on it is predicted in the form of a book
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
85
Nathan Kranzo Riffle Giggle Say 'Stop' but don't stop, cards or books
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
100
Christoph Borer Super Memory apparently knowing content of a book by heart
 		2022
A String of Pearls
32
Juan Tamariz Aces Through a Book book examined, Aces signed, one penetrates deck, one the book, one the book to the inside of its pages, one the table, no lapping
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
9