Sam Dalal

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
George G. Kaplan	Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties	impromptu stooge, card visible in crystal ball, then performer reads spectator's mind with gag revelation (paper panties)	Related to Women Can Tell... (Sam Dalal, 1974) Crystal Ball (Doc Eason, 1990) Crystal-Eyes (Larry Becker, 1992) Variations Crystal Ball Delight (Doc Eason, 2012) Kristallklar (Tino Plaz, 2018)	1948	The Fine Art of Magic	301	Cards / Principles / Instant Stooge Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / by Spectator Mental Magic / Effects / Gag
Sam Dalal	Introduction			1970ca.	Sound Mentalism	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Sam Dalal	The Basics	on sound reading		1970ca.	Sound Mentalism	5	Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
Sam Dalal	The Two Sounds	systematic approach to sound reading, symbols, letters, numbers		1970ca.	Sound Mentalism	6	Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
Sam Dalal	How to Practice	using an amplifier to practice sound reading		1970ca.	Sound Mentalism	13	Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
Sam Dalal	The Act	on performance using sound reading		1970ca.	Sound Mentalism	14	Mental Magic / Principles / Sound Reading
James G. Thompson Jr.	Jet Thought	one of five cities predicted in envelope (with index)	Variations Ace Under Glass (Karl Fulves, 1979) Indiair (Thomas Alan Waters, Sam Dalal, James G. Thompson Jr., 1982) Jato (Thomas Alan Waters, James G. Thompson Jr., 1983) Pentab (Thomas Alan Waters, 1985) Think of a President (Karl Fulves, 1985) Thought In Color (Tony Bartolotta, 1994) Also published here Jet Thought (James G. Thompson Jr., 1985)	Winter 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)	497	Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Paper / Envelopes / Index Envelopes
Al Koran	Numerology	ca. nine called-out four-digit numbers written on paper and put in bowl, spectator takes out paper and it is predicted, disappearing ink, see p. 552 for credit information, see p. 608 for comments by Mike Rogers and Sam Dalal	Related to "Decision Control" (Syd Bergson) Variations Velleda Variations (David Britland, 1979) Also published here Numerology (Al Koran, 1973)	Apr. 1972	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6)	514	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Pen & Pencil / Special Ink Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal	The Skull of Tamoa-mi-ber	as Sam Delal, skull pendulum, card found by spectator		1972	Magick (Issue 42)	207	Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems Pendulum
Sam Dalal	Turn it 'Round	red square changes to blue one and eventually to a circle, Squaring the Circle with rubber sheeting		1972	Magick (Issue 46)	228	Ring / Squaring The Circle
Mike Rogers, Sam Dalal, Paul Brian	Etcetera			Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5)	608	Articles / Letters
Sam Dalal	Disappearing Ink			Mar. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5)	608	Pen & Pencil / Special Ink
J. A. Lindon	Shed another Tear	paper with text torn and one half destroyed, other half reads as a coherent text, repeated, two examples, see also p. 758 for comment by Sam Dalal		July 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 9)	638	Words & Letters / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves	Drop Out	three red dice alternate with two white dice and are held between thumb and first finger as block, white dice fall out at once, posed a problem	Related to Die behexten Würfel (1900) Variations Drop Out Solution (Sam Dalal, 1974) On "Drop Out" (Martin Gardner, 1974)	Aug. 1973	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 10)	644	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal	I Predict...	of a single card, chosen card has an X on small chart		1973	Magick (Issue 84)	419	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal	Double Vision	two cards predicted on paper slips, using ballpoint pen with pencil lead, mirage deck	Also published here Magigram (Rough-Smooth part, by Sam Dalal)	June 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8)	743	Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / free Choice (all 52 cards) Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Mirage Forcing Deck Pen & Pencil / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal, Marvin Johnson	Etcetera			July 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9)	758	Articles / Letters
Sam Dalal	Drop Out Solution		Inspired by Drop Out (Karl Fulves, 1973)	July 1974	The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9)	758	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous
Sam Dalal	Women Can Tell...	ESP deck, card selected and sealed in envelope, spectator divines symbol by looking into crystal ball	Related to Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties (George G. Kaplan, 1948)	1974	Magick (Issue 116)	577	Crystal Mental Magic / Principles / Instant Stooge Mental Magic / Effects / Divination by Spectator ESP Cards / Divination
Bascom Jones	The Mystic Word	on Sam Dalal's "Swami"		1974	Magick (Issue 117)	584	Articles / Columns
Philip T. Goldstein, Arthur Emerson	'tis the Season to Be Lying	four name tags, spectator finds the one with the real name, based on Arthur Emerson's "Liar's License" in Sam Dalal's Swami magazine, marking method		1976	The Blue Book of Mentalism	10	Propless / Equivoque Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Mental Magic / Principles / Marking Systems
Peter A. McDonald, Sam Dalal, Edwin Hooper	Komische Effekte	gags with balloons, "Die laufenden Frankfurter"		Nov. 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1)	25	Wand & Stick / Chinese Sticks Balloon / Miscellaneous MC & Compere Bits of Business
Al Mann	The Falling Block	block of wood falls, discussion on different methods	Related to Ed Mellon's MentalWise, Vol. II #12 and Vol. III #1, and George Arrowsmith's idea with playing cards "Arrowsmith's Assorted Myseries", Tom Fitzgerald's "A Block from the Wall of Jericho" in Sam Dalal'	1981	The Shattered Chalice	11	Mental Magic / Effects / Psychokinesis Wood Dice (large) & Blocks / Miscellaneous
Thomas Alan Waters	Optionail	three spectator's count their change, name and amount of the one who has the most is predicted, other applications of the principle	Inspired by Sam Dalal's "Magical Musings" in "Swami" Vol. 3, No. 30. Variations Con-Test (Philip T. Goldstein, 1981)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm)	306	Clipboard Coin / Effect Themes / Mental Stuff Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Thomas Alan Waters, Sam Dalal, James G. Thompson Jr.	Indiair	method for two-phase prediction, window envelope	Inspired by Jet Thought (James G. Thompson Jr., 1972)	1982	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm)	309	Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
Michael Close (reviewer)	Swami/Mantra	by Sam Dalal		July 1997	Magic (Vol. 6 No. 11)	30	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes

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