Contact & Muscle Reading

43 entries in Mental Magic / Effects / Contact & Muscle Reading
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Frederick E. Jones Mind Reading, Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading on muscle reading
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
3
Frederick E. Jones Tips on Finding the Knife tips on muscle reading
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
8
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Mind-Reading word in dictionary is selected and the book and a pin are hidden, performer finds objects and word, blindfolded
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
12
Frederick E. Jones Street Drive driving blindfolded through the city and finding hidden object
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
15
Frederick E. Jones Writing of any Combination of Figures guessing numbers, while writing them again on a blackboard, held by the spectator
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
18
Frederick E. Jones Writing the Date of a Coin guessing number on a coin, while writing it together with spectator, muscle reading and probability
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
19
Frederick E. Jones First Test in Reading Sealed Billets envelope is found by muscle reading, then content is revealed, electric torch
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
20
Frederick E. Jones Second Test in Sealed Billet Reading envelope is found by muscle reading, then question is answered
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
21
Frederick E. Jones Third Test in Sealed Billet Reading question is folded and put in an envelope, which is sealed with wax and sewn, performer finds the hidden envelope and reveals the question
 		1911
Mind Reading Secrets and Sealed Billet Reading
24
Gerald Kosky Touch-Me-Not finding hidden object, fake, code
 		Apr. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 59)
242
George B. Anderson A Mental Illusion two hidden objects are found in the audience, looks like contact mind reading, detective presentation
Variations 1949
It Must Be Mindreading
31
George B. Anderson Card Muscles with contact mindreading
 		1949
It Must Be Mindreading
42
Thought Discernment divine on which hand someone is thinking
Related to
  • Joseph Ovette's "Yogi Power"
 1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
11
Ormond McGill Telepathic Card Selection finding one of five cards
 		1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
11
Ormond McGill The Hidden Object Test
Related to
  • Dariell Fitzkee's "Contact Mindreading"
 1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
12
Ormond McGill Improved Muscle Reading headphones with metal plate on the end of the wire, two versions to find a selected card, first with sleight of hand to elicit a good spectator for muscle reading for second phase
 		1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
16
Pauline Hammer, Nail and Chalk Cross blindfolded performer finds hammer and nail hidden in the room, then he finds the chalk cross and drives the nail through it
 		1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
18
Ormond McGill Mental Impulse spectator sit in a circle one is touched on the forehead, performer knows which one, non-contact mindreading
 		1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
19
Theodore Annemann A Mediumistic Stunt sealed and thought of cards are divined
 		1952
Annemann's Buried Treasures
15
Tony Corinda Part Five: Muscle Reading
  • Advanced Forms of Contact Mind Reading
  • The Copper Wire Contact
  • Action with the Chosen Object Following Location
  • When to Use Contact Mind Reading
  • The Blindfold
  • Hellstromism
  • The Blackboard Test
  • Conclusion
 		1958
Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading
50
Tony Corinda Glorified Muscle Reading presentation and staging contact mindreading
 		1960
Publicity Stunts
384
Dick Johnson Ouija - Ouija idea for contact reading climax
 		1961
Still More Miracles in Mentalism
29
George B. Anderson Muscle Reading brief
 		1968
You, Too, Can Read Minds
41
John Newman Neuman's Muscle Reading No. 415, seven tips for muscle reading, and seven tests:
  • 1) Flower Test
  • 2) Cards
  • 3) Book and Poem Test
  • 4) Typewriter Test
  • 5) Cigarette and Match Test
  • 6) without contact
  • 7) Paper Test With Writing On Paper
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
112
Stephen Minch King of the Thought Ways
1974
The Book of Thoth
12
Gerald Kosky Contact Mindreading Made Easy method learned by Ari De Leone
 		1974
Magick (Issue 107)
535
Burling Hull The Who Dunnit Mystery four weapons in row on table, selected weapon, victim and murderer divined
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
44
Sandy Spillman Digital Divination spectator thinks of one finger, performer divines which one
Also published here 1978
Magick (Issue 211)
1052
Hal Weaver, Robin Weaver Quick Guide to Contact Mindreading - Part I
  • The Basic Principle
  • Make the Subject Think
  • A Process of Elimination
  • How do You Begin?
  • Where to Start
  • Discovering the Target
  • Getting the Subject to Move
 		1979
Magick (Issue 233)
1165
Hal Weaver, Robin Weaver Quick Guide to Contact Mindreading - Part II
  • Tune In
  • Only an Experiment
  • Keep a Running Record
  • End the Experiment Differently
  • Don't Fear Failure
  • Extend the Technique
  • Verbal Suggestions
 		1979
Magick (Issue 235)
1175
Sandy Spillman Digital Divination spectator thinks of one finger, performer divines which one
Also published here 1980
The Spill Bar and Grille
47
Thomas Alan Waters Palmystic muscle reading technique, hidden as palmistry
Related to 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)
110
Joseph Dunninger, Al Mann Methods of Gaining Information for Performer for the blindfold drive
  • A: The Impression Envelope
  • B: The Stuffed Pen
  • C: Stuffed Cigarette
  • D: Contact Mindreading
  • E: Impression Notebook
  • F: (publicity with VIPs)
  • G: A Confederate
  • H: Clip Boards, Etc.
  • I: Audience Participation (with changing bag)
 		1984
Publicity Secrets
3
Steve Beam Leftovers on an idea for finding a check with muscle reading, a very risky idea to find a selected card over the phone, John Riggs
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7)
120
Sandy Spillman Something on My Mind: Contact Mind Reading on muscle reading
 		Nov. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 5)
9
Sandy Spillman Something on My Mind: Contact Mind Reading - Part 2 on muscle reading, Axel Hellstrom
 		Dec. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 6)
9
Dr. E. Raymond Carlyle, Max Abrams Kismet: Pseudo Contact Mind Reading using center tear, tips for center tear
 		Feb. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 8)
4
The Will Power Trick spectator stops at the right card when moving his finger along a fan, pulse and muscle reading
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
2
Greg Albright Practice Contact routine to practice muscle reading, finding selected card blindfolded
 		1997
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 17)
258
David Berglas Contact Mindreading on muscle reading, several ways to perform it, anecdote with Paul Daniels and Dondo Burghardo (misspelled as Berkado)
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
397
10 Rules For Muscle-Reading
Also published here
  • Joe Labéro, Wundermänner, 1933
 July 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 7)
53
Ted Karmilovich Hellstromism tips, thoughts and suggestions for muscle reading
 		2016
Hellstromism
1
Tyler Wilson Muscle Writing opposite of muscle reading, spectator follows performer's actions (hopefully)
 		2017
Rocky Mountain Session
19