Secrets of Mental Magic

Plot

Thornton, Dr. Spencer: Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic
©1958 Ed Mellon
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 28 pages
©1969 Second Edition, Jim Swoger
©1978 Third Edition, Micky Hades International, Canada
© Revised Edition, Magic World Publishing
Softcover, 5.5x8.5", 70 pages
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Comments: Original edition edited by Kenny Woodward, Jr..
Note that an earlier edition of the Magic World Publishing revised edition was available in 54 page comb-bound, 8.5x11".

Contents (from Magic World Publishing revised edition ToC):

5 Introduction (Dr. Spencer Thornton)

7 Section One: One Man Mentalism
7 Thorntonism
10 - Other Thorntonism Ideas
10 Pulse Control
13 Thornton’s Impossible Book Test
16 Direction of Thought
19 Precognition
22 Mind Over Mind
26 - Par X Prediction
27 - Variations
27 The Sensitive Touch
32 Mental Three Shell Game
34 I’ll Read Your Mind
36 Anytime Anywhere
39 Futuramic Headline Prediction
44 Minds in Unison

49 Section Two: Two Person Mentalism
49 The Mentalist’s Pencil
51 Initial Psychometry
53 Mind to Mind

58 Section Three: Do-It-Yourself Ideas
58 The Pocket Writer
60 Two Man Mentalism
60 The Diminishing Mirror
61 - Transmission by Contact
61 The Locator Card
62 Using Your Bottomless Glass
63 One-Way Forcing Deck Ideas
63 - Simultaneous Discovery Book Test
63 - Free Choice
64 The Exchange Tray
65 - Mystery of the Keys

67 Section Four: A Challenge
67 Magnetic Fingers

69 About the Author
70 Recommended Titles


Here is a book of intriguing mental effects and do-it-yourself
ideas for making secret gimmicks and modifying
standard equipment. Many of the effects presented will be
new; some are baffling variations of older principles; all
are meritorious. The author describes a number of effects
(twenty-seven in all) suitable for one and two person
acts. Many contain ideas pertaining to the manufacture of
individual mental gimmicks and contain ideas useful to the mentalist in his everyday
show. Illustrated by the author, first edition.