Mental Stuff

61 entries in Match & Matchbox / Match / Mental Stuff
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers Match Divination spectator removes matches, performer divines number of remaining matches
 		1927
Tricks That Work
3
Tom Sellers A Novel Match Box and Die Trick multiple out one out of six prediction
Variations 1927
Tricks That Work
16
Frank N. Dodd The Double Steal number "selected" with dice is predicted by number of matches
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 36)
244
Edward Victor A Match Divination divination of amount of selected matches
Related toVariations 1937
Magic of the Hands
114
Divination with Matches number of matches moved is divined by performer
 		1938
Greater Magic
827
Paul Scheldon Unter Magischem Zwange two piles with different amount of matches, selected one is predicted
Related to 1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
3
Hans "Severus" Ernst Magie mit Zündhölzer three tricks with matches
  • mathematical divination
  • growing match
  • producing smoke, burnt striking surface
Also published here
  • "The Magic Fan" July 1939.
 1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 1)
15
Franklin M. Chapman Match Divination one of several matches is marked by spectator, performer finds it by touch behind back
 		1942
Quick Tricks
9
Jean Hugard The Long and Short of It "A Sure Force"
forcing an object by letting the spectator selects a match, short piece and normal match
 		July 1943
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
6
John C. Holoubeck The Spirit Match initials of card appear on head of burnt match
Related to Dec. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)
88
Richard Lindahl Psychic Match Mystery card is selected which has the same value as the amount of secretly moved matches
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
9
Frederick Mosteller Thesis named number appears on burnt match
Related to Jan. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 118)
475
Billy McComb William Amid the Fakirs gazing at a match causing it to ignite
 		1947
The First Book of William
42
Gerald Kosky Matchaskill miraskill with matches
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 145)
581
Russell Swann The Photographic Match No. 36, card is selected, match is lit and when extinguished, name of card appears on head of match
Related to 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
65
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1954
Minds in Close-Up
9
James G. Thompson Jr., Verne Chesbro, William H. McCaffrey, Gerald Kosky Strike One longer routine with matchbooks and matches, matchbook appears, match penetrates card, color of head change color, paddle routine, prediction of amount of matches and eventually matches transform into salt
Related toAlso published here 1956
Top Secrets of Magic
44
Frank N. Dodd Frank Dodd's Prediction Number "selected" with dice is predicted by number of matches
Also published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
43
The Three Heaps start with three heaps of matches, magician can (without looking) form a single pile of matches equal a number called out by spectator
VariationsAlso published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
55
Fred DeMuth Match Folder Mind-reading Divine thought of number with matchbook of twenty matches, spectator is instructed to tear out matches in some mathematical way
Also published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
55
The Purloined Objects Penny, ring, key distributed to three spectators. Each spectator then takes a number of matches corresponding to some rules, magician then divines who has which object
Related to 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
57
Jack Yates Yates' Four-Object Divination three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking
Inspired byAlso published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
66
Tony Corinda No. 24. Matches or Cigarettes prediction of the amount of spectator's cigarettes or matches
 		1958
The Swami Gimmick
24
Tony Corinda (17) The Matchbox Mystery amount of matches are removed, the reminder is predicted
 		1958
Predictions
121
Bobby Bernard Bookmatch Card Index on burnt match head appears name of selection, index
Related to 1958
Magic in Miniature
4
Punx (30) Strike a Light match is marked an put back in matchbox, light goes out and performer strikes the initialed match and gives it to the right person, luminous paint
 		1959
Mediumistic Stunts
300
Martin Gardner Ein paar Streichhölzer instruction game with matches, three piles, center pile ends up with named number
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
799
Jack Yates Vier Gegenstände three matches facing one way and one match facing the opposite way. After moving matches around, magician correctly can divine which is the reversed match without looking
Also published here 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
805
Ein Mikro-Trick marked match is located among others, behind back
Related to 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)
837
Walter B. Gibson, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Match Twister marked match is located among others, behind back, with notes by Ron Wohl
Related toAlso published here 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 5)
849
Orville Wayne Meyer Match-O-Matic three people, amount of matches is divined
 		1961
Still More Miracles in Mentalism
56
Win Beaver Match-A-Magic spectator removes amount of matches, one match is burnt and number of removed matches appears on head of match
 		Feb. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 354)
244
Max Malini Matching Matches spectator and performer remove some amount of matches from matchbox
VariationsAlso published here 1962
Malini and His Magic
78
P. Howard Lyons No Crap multiple out, one out of six prediction with matches
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
30
Ben Christopher Foregone Conclusion six matches, spectator choses any number of matches, number predicted by die in matchbox
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 2)
72
Roy Fromer Stilts divination of marked paper matches behind back
 		July 1967
The New Jinx (Vol. 6 No. 63)
257
John Dowdell Shades of Arthur Lloyd card secretly written on paper and paper is burnt, name of card appears on head of match
 		Sep. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 28)
148
Gene Nielsen The Power presentation for trick where head of burnt match flies off
 		Dec. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 42)
263
Ken De Courcy Part Three - Match Mentalism chapter intro
 		1971
At the Drop of a Match
19
The Marked Match one of ten matches marked by spectator, all mixed in hat, performer finds it by touch
 		1971
At the Drop of a Match
19
Ken De Courcy The Last Match five matches in a row, spectator turns any one end for end, the chosen one is the match left after some instruction game
Inspired by
  • principle in "Hindu Shells" (Eddie Joseph)
 1971
At the Drop of a Match
21
The Three Piles Divination start with three heaps of matches, magician can (without looking) form a single pile of matches equal a number called out by spectator
Also published here 1971
At the Drop of a Match
24
Norman Murray "The Escapologist" Walters Two Line Divination two rows of matches, some instructions given by performer, performer know amount of remaining matches
 		1971
At the Drop of a Match
25
Ken De Courcy Up or Down three matches in a row are turned by spectator, center one covered, performer divines orientation, mathematical monte
Inspired by
  • coin trick by Cliff Lount (Two in One)
 1971
At the Drop of a Match
28
Ken De Courcy The Jackpot Matchbox divination of amount of selected matches
Inspired by 1971
At the Drop of a Match
30
Walter B. Gibson, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Match Twister / Der Zündholzdreher marked match is located among others, under table, with variation by Ron Wohl
Also published here 1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)
70
Arthur Emerson Match Weight four matchbooks, spectator removes a match from one, performer divines it, then matches vanish from a matchbooks
 		1973
Close-up Cavalcade
161
Gerald Kosky Matchaskill Miraskill using matches with different colored heads
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
234
Karl Fulves Things Equal No. 21, after some handling, matches outside the matchbox and inside equal, repeat phase in which matches multiply
 		1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
31
Nick Trost Three Object Divination three objects distributed to three spectators, each spectator then takes a number of matches corresponding to some rules, magician then divines who has which object
Related to 1979
Close-Up Mentalism
1
Bob Hummer This Is It twenty cards in a row, spectator selects amount of matches and signs the corresponding card on the the face, on the back of the card is written "This is It" and the correct number of selected matches
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1943
 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
30
Jack Yates Match Miracle spectator reverses one of four matches and eliminates one by one after given instructions and will end up with the reversed one
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
63
Matching Matches No. 19, off-beat divination of selected amount of matches, "as many as you plus enough more to make X"
 		1981
Self-Working Table Magic
21
James G. Thompson Jr. Streichholzereien longer routine with matchbooks and matches, matchbook appears, match penetrates card, color of head change color, paddle routine, prediction of amount of matches and eventually matches transform into salt
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
156
Streichhölzer puzzles and impromptu effects
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
69
Simon Lovell Matchbox Betcha number of matches in matchbox divined, mathematical
 		2000
Son of Simon Says!
121
Bob Ostin The Devil's Dictionary matches used to select a page (multiplication of several piles), word is divined
 		2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
124
Andy Nyman The Burning signed match mixed with bowl of matches, performer reaches in and finds it again
 		2010
Bulletproof
177
Ben Hart A Shot in the Dark in a dark room a spectator lights the only fresh match from a matchbox of burnt matches
 		2020
The Darkest Corners
9
David Britland Jackpot Coins credit information, Al Koran, divination of amount of selected matches
Inspired by Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
53
Max Malini Matching Matches spectator and performer remove some amount of matches from matchbox
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
208