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2. Billet reading - Wikipedia

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   Billet reading, or the envelope trick, is a mentalist effect in which a performer pretends to use clairvoyance to read messages on folded papers or inside sealed envelopes. It is a widely performed "standard" of the mentalist craft since the middle of the 19th century.

3. The Piddingtons - Wikipedia

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   The second example is a classic example of a book test, a trick that goes back hundreds of years. In the book test, some sort of method is used so that the same passage is selected every time. In some variations, this is accomplished with trick books, in others, some sort of magician's force is used. The complex method of selecting the passage ...

4. Mentalism - Wikipedia

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   For example, a mind-reading stunt might also involve the magical transposition of two different objects. Such hybrid feats of magic are often called mental magic by performers. Magicians who routinely mix magic with mental magic include David Copperfield, David Blaine, The Amazing Kreskin, and Dynamo. [41]

5. Mind reading - Wikipedia

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   Mind reading may refer to: Telepathy, the transfer of information between individuals by means other than the five senses; The illusion of telepathy in the performing art of mentalism. Cold reading, a set of techniques used by mentalists to imply that the reader knows much more about the person than the reader actually does

6. Joseph Dunninger - Wikipedia

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   Here's Fun for Young and Old: Dunninger’s Magic Tricks (1940) What's On Your Mind (1944) 100 Houdini Tricks You Can Do (1954) The Art of Thought Reading (1956) Magic and Mystery: The Incredible Psychic Investigations of Houdini and Dunninger (1967) Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic (1967) Dunninger's Secrets as told to Walter Gibson ...

7. Karl Fulves - Wikipedia

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   The first follow-up published in 1979 as Self-Working Mental Magic with 67 mind-reading tricks. Volumes on table magic and number magic published in 1981 and 1982. A direct continuation to the series' first entry published in 1984 with the title More Self-Working Card Tricks, and an entry on paper magic followed in 1985.