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Annemann's Mental Mysteries

First published in 1929 as

"The Cabinet of Mental Mysteries"

The Premier Book Test

The Mentalist's Card Staggerer

The Psychic Writing

Instantaneous Card Memory

"Phantasma" -- A Mental Card Feat

José Antonio González Campos

The Premier Book Test

The beauty of this test is, that throughout the experiment, the

performer apparently does nothing whatever, and TOUCHES

NOTHING USED IN THE TEST. The material used can be thoroughly

examined after the experiment is finished. There is the advantage of

being able to use ANY MAGAZINE OR BOOK DESIRED. The cards

used are an ordinary pack of cards. There are several subtleties used

which are practically unknown to magic previously.

The first requires but a slight arrangement of the DECK VALUES only--

with no attention being paid to the SUITS. This is so that any TWO

Cards taken TOGETHER from ANYWHERE WITHIN the pack, will

total, when the values are added--either 14 or 15.

The arrangement in part reads as follows:

SEVEN & EIGHT together. SIX & NINE together. FIVE & TEN together.

FOUR & JACK together. THREE & QUEEN together. TWO & KING

together. ACE & KING together.

TWO & QUEEN together. THREE & JACK together. FOUR & TEN

together. FIVE & NINE together. SIX & EIGHT together. SEVEN &

SEVEN together. EIGHT & etc. until the deck is used up. Except for two

aces which are LEFT IN THE CASE when deck is taken out of It.

The deck may now be cut indefinitely without disturbing the order. So

much for that.

Taking the magazine or book to be used, it is opened at pages 14 and 15

WHICH WILL ALWAYS BE FOUND SIDE BY SIDE when book is

open. The first thirteen words on page 14 are written down in a column

and the same done on page 15.

If the same book is to be used indefinitely for this test, I will say it is

best for you to memorize the two lists of words, each list of course

forming a sentence or part of same, consisting of these 13 words. Then

you are ready for the test.

However, if presenting the test impromptu, or nearly so with

BORROWED BOOK or MAGAZINE, where you don't want to bother

to memorize the lists, use a small end opening notebook. On the inside

front cover of this, write the two lists and place book in your pocket. In

this case, the presentation is the same EXCEPT AT THE FINISH which I

shall take up later.

TO PRESENT:- Have cards and book at hand. Remove cards from case

leaving the two Aces behind. Place deck beside book on table. Walk

away. Ask a spectator to step up and take book. Tell him that you want

him to select a card from the deck but that you will never even touch

deck or see the card. "In fact," you remark, "you had better take TWO

cards to make sure of getting a free choice." Ask him to cut the deck

several times, then to cut once and take two cards from somewhere in

deck and go to a far corner with the cards and book.

Impress upon the audience the point that NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY

KNOW THE CARDS HE HAS--and that it is obvious that he could have

taken ANY CARDS in the deck.

Tell spectator to add the values of the cards together-- Then tell him to

open the book at that page, but to let no one see the page.

Now pick out another spectator and have him step to table, take deck

and shuffle it (incidentally destroying all order). Have him spread

cards faces down on table. Then to wave his hand over them and then

turn face up any card on table he chooses. Ask him to call out the value

of the card to first gentleman with the book.

Performer asks first man to COUNT DOWN to the word at that

NUMBER--on whatever page he has book opened at. Ask him to

remember the word and then close book.

The word is then revealed by any method selected by the performer.

But, you ask, how does performer know which page has been selected?

Another subtle point! In any printed matter containing numbered

pages, regardless of what it is, when the book or magazine is open

before you, the EVEN NUMBER is always on the LEFT--and the ODD

on the RIGHT. The performer knows the WORD NUMBER after 2nd

man has picked and CALLED OUT the card he selected. When the

other man with the book starts to COUNT DOWN TO HIS WORD--just

1 single GLANCE tells the performer whether it is the RIGHT OR LEFT

page he is counting on. Thus the performer knows whether it is the

ODD or EVEN page.

In case memorized list from your own book is being used, the effect is

concluded by the performer apparently READING THE SPECTATOR'S

MIND, and divulging the word LETTER BY LETTER.

But with the secret list method, the performer asks spectator to think of

the word intently and form a picture of it in his mind, if possible.

Taking the little book from pocket with pencil, performer opens front

cover up, writes on top page, tears out same and replaces book in

pocket.

Knowing as he does, the page and the word number, it needs but a

glance at COVER when be to write, to get the word. Then performer

writes, "The word that is being thought of is---." Then the paper is

folded up and handed to another party to hold. The spectator is now

asked to say the word aloud, after which the man holding paper reads

it to all. Thus memory is done away with and the secret unknown list

does its work.

Another method is when working in front of a seated audience, where

it is impossible to see the book and learn WHICH PAGE has been

selected. In this case, the selection is narrowed to two words as you

cannot help but know the word number in any case.

You ask the spectator to think of the word. Now in every case but very

rarely, these two possible words will be of varying lengths, different

letters, meanings, etc., which greatly differ. You are apparently trying

to read his mind and alter a due amount of thought you name the

FIRST LETTER of the word. If he says "Yes," you go on and finish it or

write it down. If "No," ask him to think harder, while you concentrate

again. And this time, you give it correctly. Or you can have him think

of the NUMBER OF LETTERS in the word, state the number, and if

wrong, you immediately know the word is from the other page.

There are many little kinks that can be used here as it is only a case of

knowing which of the two is the correct one.

The Mentalist's Card Staggerer

It is with both regret and pride that I herein release a genuine pet trick

of mine.

From the first conception of this advanced effect, it took over four

months of intermittent work and thought to develop it to its present

unsurpassed form. I want to thank both Mr. Al Baker and Mr. Stuart

Robson, both of New York City for various suggestions and

presentation points and also for their patience in watching me do it

over and over again in order to improve.

The finished effect has completely fooled more than one advanced card

man. None other than T. Nelson Downs commended me upon it as a

beautifully subtle effect, and then used it himself. I can only ask that

you present it EXACTLY as herein described.

In effect, a pack of cards is shown and shuffled. The spectator deals a

row of five cards face down. Any one of these he looks at while your

back is turned. The five cards only are picked up by you and placed

into an empty pocket.

One at a time the cards are drawn forth openly from your pocket until

but one remains. This one the spectator removes himself from the

pocket and finds it to be his OWN CARD.

Everything can then be examined as there is nothing suspicious to find.

Working

All that is needed is a pack of cards and five extra cards to match. These

five are all DUPLICATES. For example we shall call this duplicated

card the Ace of Spades. First, take from the deck five cards (among

which is the Ace of Spades). Place this Ace at the FACE of the packet of

five and place packet in your inside coat (breast) pocket, faces

TOWARD BODY. ALSO PLACE IN THIS POCKET, SEVERAL

PAPERS OR LETTERS.

Have the upper RIGHT VEST POCKET empty.

On top of the deck place the FIVE DUPLICATES and between the third

and fourth cards from top place a CONTRASTING card from deck. For

instance, a red picture card. You are now ready.

First, turn deck face up and slowly run through it from front towards

back, showing cards and saying "If I were to ask you to merely think of

one of these cards and then find it, it would be a very wonderful feat.

However, I haven't yet advanced to such a stage, although I am very

successful upon a smaller scale."

By this time you are NEARLY through deck (although NOT THE LAST

SIX) and you close pack up and turn FACE DOWN. This introduction

serves to show the cards all different and well mixed. It also

SUBCONSCIOUSLY impresses them with the fact that you are

handling the cards freely and carelessly.

With deck FACE DOWN, riffle shuffle once or twice, LEAVING THE

TOP SIX CARDS INTACT and on top. Hand deck directly to spectator

asking him to deal five cards FACE DOWN in a row. This is a bold

move but a SAFE ONE under the circumstances--and he

unsuspectingly deals the top five cards out faces down.

Taking deck back you tell him that when you turn your back you want

him to turn up and look at ANY ONE of the five cards he wishes--then

to replace it--then to move all the cards slightly-- so that POSITION OF

CARDS can give you no dues.

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