The Think A Card plot. Astoundingly early origins and examples of this plot are:
– Reginald Scot – To tell one without confederacie what card he thinkth, in The Discoverie of – Witchcraft (1584). Which was most likely contributed by John Cautares.
– William Hooper – The Card Thought on per Force, from Volume 4 of Rational Recreations (1774)
Robert-Houdin – The Card Thought Of, in The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (1877).
– Bob Hummer – Mind Reader’s Dream (1952)
– Dai Vernon – Out of Sight – Out of Mind, in Dai Vernon’s More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
(1960). Search also for “Think A Card” or “The five card mental force” by Dai Vernon.
– Ed Marlo – Mental Topper in New Tops, Vol. 6, no. 4, April 1966.
– Ed Marlo – Marlo’s Mindreader
– Paul Harris – Think of a Card, in The Magic of Paul Harris (1976) and Book 1 of Art of Astonishment (1996).
– Ray Kosby’s – Deep Thought also in Book 1 of Art of Astonishment (1996)
– Derek Dingle – The Complete Works of Derek Dingle(1982).
– Bob Farmer – Tsunami (1987)
– Ralph Hull – Supreme Mental Discernment
– Howard Albright – Super-Psychic Mental Effects
– Al Koran – Al Koran’s Prediction Deck
– John Scarne – Think-A-Card
– Paul Curry – Think of a card or, Sealed Miracles
– Jon Racherbaumer – Topping Mental Topper, in Cardfixes (1990)
– Jon Racherbaumer – First issue of Antinomy Magazine in “The Artful Ledger”
– Roger Crosthwaite – Thesaurus
– Roger Crosthwaite – in Arcadia, Think A Card (1999)
– Dani DaOrtiz – The Fan-force
– David Berglas – The Berglas effect
– Thomas Baxter – A Card Merely Thought Of
– Richard Osterlind – Miracle Thought Projection in Dynamic Mysteries
– Milt Kort – All Outs Think of a Card in Ron Bauer Private Studies No. 19 (1997)
– John Bannon – Ak47
Progressive Anagrams or similar thoughts:
PA’s probably started with Henri Decremps in 1785, Le Cygne ingénieux. But there are also mentions of a man named Stanley Collins and a date back in the 1920’s.
Note: Not all of the following mentions are routines with anagrams. Some here I mentioned, because they are very similar to the idea and/or very good mind-reading products that helped me to get to where I am with my routine today.
– Michael Murray – Isolation
– Peter Turner – Isabellas star
– Max Maven – Contimental
– John Mahood – K.E.N.T.
– Atlas Brookings – The Prodigal
– Kenton Knepper – Kolossal Killer, Mind Reading
– John Mahood, puplished by Knepper – K.E.N.T.
– Joshua Quinn – Paralies
– Patrick Schlagel – Mnemosign
– Doc Dixon – Double Duty, in MonkeyShines, Vol. One
– Jerome Finley – Thought Veil
– Armando Lucero’s – “Empanada” routine
– Dr. Richard Wiseman – The Eyes Don’t Have It
-William Larsen Sr. – Out to Lunch Principle, “Finger Prints”
– Alain Nu – Hardcore Mentalism
– Atlas Brookings – The Prodigal
– Atlas Brookings – Penguin Live Lecture
– Ran Pink – White Room
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