Dalal, Sam: Mantra Magazine Complete ©1975-1977 Sam Dalal, Calcutta, India Softcover, stapled manuscript, 8.5x11", 112 pages (total)

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I Swami & Mantra (Sam Dalal): introduction to the e-version

1 Volume One Issue 1 April 1975
1 That Fellow Art Emerson (Kirk Stiles): coin prediction
2 Oil and Water (Ed Marlo): card color separation
3 Dinner Gong Silk Production (Sam Dalal)
4 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): cold reading resource, Invocation, on manufacturing rights

5 Volume One Issue 2 May 1975
5 Suit Yourself (Horace Bennett): four cards assemble under a newspaper
6 Evaw Niarb (Sam Dalal): a reverse Brainwave, a reversed card in a packet matches the card reversed by a Spectator
7 Dollar Duplicity (Art Emerson): prediction of two cards using a wallet
8 20th C Misprint (Sam Dalal): comedy 20th century silks
8 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on the nail-writer, feature effects

9 Volume One Issue 3 June 1975
9 Heart Beat (E. B. Surty): performer identifies one of 12 or 15 by their heartbeat
10 Chuan’s Absconding Queen (Tan Hock Chuan): Queen vanishes from a three card fan
11 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): a Zombie joke, tip on Art Emerson's coin routine from Sid Lorraine, responses to manufacturing rights comments
11 By George (George Blake): a variation on the Emerson coin routine with cards
11 S.O.S.: Spectator on Stage - and tips for getting one there
12 In Focus (Sam Dalal): spectator reads the performer's mind

13 Volume One Issue 4 July 1975
13 Card in Crystal (Roy Fromer): card revelation using prisms
13 - Effect #2: One image changes to another
14 - Further Ideas, Tips and Suggestions
15 Knots Away (S. Alam): knots transfer from one rope to another
15 Ripoff - A Number Quickie (Roy Fromer): math prediction
16 Touch and Take (Peter Warlock): an effect for your Stripper deck
16 Edge Marking: an idea

17 Volume One Issue 5 August 1975
17 Dice::ceptions (Stiles, Tenkai)
17 - Before Tenkai (Kirk Stiles): spots move on a die
18 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): tips on Edge marking
19 Tenkai via Stern: another dice routine
19 Once Over (Kirk Stiles): showing top and bottom of die to have the same number
20 The Nightmare Rope (Art Emerson): a version of Professor's Nightmare

21 Volume One Issue 6 September 1975
21 Mind-Kaleido (Sam Dalal): a Kaleidoscope device for revelations
21 - Mental Kaleidoscope: card revelation
21 - The Gadget: and how to build it
23 - Additional Ideas
23 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): On Randi Geller, recommendation for Cy Enfield's Entertaining Card Magic
23 - Corny Presentations Department: patter for Squaring the Circle
24 Ghost in the Graveyard (Tom Fitzgerald): a ghostly figures travels across a drawing

25 Volume One Issue 7 October 1975
25 The Twist (George Blake): a version of Dai Vernon's Twisting the Aces
26 The Absconding Queen Again (Tan Hock Chuan): Queen turns upside down and then vanishes from between two other cards
26 Eskow Aces (Prof. Seymour Eskow): a four Ace routine
27 Anent Ripoff (Leslie May): a tip for Roy Former's Ripoff from previous issue
28 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): More on Uri Gellar, and magic publicity

29 Volume One Issue 8 November 1975
29 What a Wonder - Kaprekar (Sam Dalal): background of D.R. Kaprekar, mathematician
29 Instant Multiplication: spectator writes a two digit number, you write a second one underneath and instantly calculate the total
30 The Bravest Number: gag
30 Cyclic Numbers: used for a card effect
30 Lightning Calculation: using a cyclic number
31 Kaprekar's Constant: used for a number force
31 Kaprekar's Tumbling Numbers: using dice with 5 digit numbers on them, magician can quickly derive the total value of a toss of six dice
32 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on using calculators in your magic, recommendations for Magic with Faucett Ross, and Nick Trost's Sixth Thoth.

33 Volume One Issue 9 December 1975
33 Michele's Cinderella (Michele Douanier): patter of Cinderella using common magic props
34 Give Me a Ring! (Terry Seabrooke): borrowed ring vanishes from one glass to be found in another, using Okito glasses
35 Editorial Note: review of Bud Morris' More Magic With Electronics
35 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): response to Barscom Jones defense of Uri Gellar
S.O.S. Triangle (E.W. Bud Morris): ghost story around an SOS tapping Morse code key

37 Volume One Issue 10 January 1976
37 Clairvoyant Calculator (Martin Gardner): performer predicts the total of a series of numbers sealed in an envelope
38 Umgowa! (Milton Kort): a vanishing, tiny, elephant
40 Through a Glass, Brightly (Art Emerson): the spectator reveals the chosen symbol card with aid of a crystal ball

41 Volume One Issue 11 February 1976
41 A Block from the Wall of Jericho (Tom Fitzgerald): a block tumbles over without being pushed
42 Noitacol A (Sam Dalal): a clever card revelation under test conditions
44 Pseudo Graphology (Will Dexter): performer detects who wrote on which card, along with a "reading"

45 Volume One Issue 12 March 1976
45 The Grand Old Man of Indian Magic - S.D. Mukherjie: about
45 Star Test!: spectator selects an ESP card from a stand and it matches a prediction
46 Fifty Years Later…: the selected famous magician card matches an old prediction letter
46 Two Deck Impromptu: effect using two decks with different back designs
47 Easy Miser’s Dream: coins are caught with a paddle, and many are later dumped from the previously empty pail
47 Project-ion: using marked ESP cards
48 Easy Adder: an addition prediction effect
48 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): reflection on the past year, and recommendation for Robert Grammar's Hats and Hares version of the cups and balls

48a Index to Volume 1
48b The Magic Scene = 1975: highlights of the year
48b Goodliffe, Abracadabra: boom of magic in America, Mark Wilson's Course in Magic
48b John Braun, Hocus in Focus: Manta, other outstanding books, lecture highlights, Doug Henning
48b Edwin, The Supreme Magic Co: ripoff magic in the USA, David Nixon, Magic Circle, other events

49 Volume 2 Issue 13 April 1976
49 Symbol Simon (Phil Goldstein): chosen card matches symbol prediction using specially prepared cards
51 Jadoo (E. B. Surty): Introduction to the "yoga maya" style effects
51 Bed of Nails: how to lie on a bed of nails
52 The Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces (Ed Marlo)

53 Volume Two Issue 14 May 1976
53 One Rap for Yes; Two Raps for No! (Will Dexter): entertaining approach to the rapping hand
55 “Well I Never” Again (Gautam Guha): marked coin penetrates upwards through card and matchbox to be found in the box
56 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on re-invention, rip-off, and new versions

57 Volume 2 Issue 15 June 1976 – Tony Chaudhuri Issue
57 Chung Foo: deck splits in half except for the selection
57 Phantom Card: spectator finds his card, but all the cards are his, except for others that turned into kings, etc.
58 Marlo Quick 3-Way Using 4 Cards: variation of J.K. Hartman handling
58 Elmsley Count
59 Monte Carlo Monte: demonstration of a Monte Carlo three card Monte
59 Colorincidentally: prediction of two cards, which turn out to be the only black cards in the packet
60 Houdini’s Shoe (Tom Fitzgerald): shoe appears on table, then shoe is released from its laces

61 Volume 2 Issue 16 July 1976
61 E.S.Pairing (Leslie May): magician produces named ESP card pairs from behind his back instantly
62 TileDeal (Winston Freer/Maxam): even though tiles are removed, the entire area and number of tiles appear to remain the same
64 Calculatrix (Martin Gardner): selection of quick calculator tricks
64 Editorial Note (Sam Dalal): modifying a calculator to reverse the = and the MR function for magical purposes

65 Volume 2 Issue 17 August 1976
Lie Detector (Robert Schwarz): magician removes from his pocket the correct card matching the selection of six spectators
65 God or Gollywog?: newspaper clipping on the miracles of India's Sathya Sai Baba
66 Yogic Nail Thru Nose - Jadoo (E. B. Surty): not a magic trick
67 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): magic publicity and posting tricks in public magazines; forcing limerick book; recommendation for Jon Racherbaumer's The Ascanio Spread
68 Someeran’s Publicity Bit: business card prediction

69 Volume 2 Issue 18 September 1976
69 Gnosis (Rabbi Samuel Gringras): cassette tape recites the selected poem
70 Stoned (Sam Dalal): clever bizarre magic with a coin slide
71 Dracula's Ladder - Jadoo (E. B. Surty): climbing a ladder of swords and saws
72 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): recommendation for Ian Adair's Dove Encyclopedia Vol IV; Hades' Encyclo of Suspensions and Levitations, and Hull's World of Mentalism

73 Volume 2 Issue 19 October 1976
73 Paper Linking Rings (George Blake): paper tear to produce a set of linked rings, along with a story patter
75 Mindseye (Phil Goldstein): magician draws the figure on a selected card
76 Someeran’s ESP-elling Bee: magician spells each ESP card, the spectator gets a Joker

77 Volume 2 Issue 20 November 1976
77 Teddy Bears’ Picnic (Ken De Courcy): matches vanish and return to the box
78 Biting Thru a Nail - Jadoo (E. B. Surty)
79 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): recommendation for Goldstein's Blue Book of Mentalism; The Shiels Effect, the Miracle Bill Fold
79 Colour-Vision Coin Box: Idea for using a Color-Vision box
80 Mental Die Miracle: another application for the Color-Vision box

81 Volume 2 Issue 21 December 1976
81 Alchemy for Seers Only (Sam Dalal): sealed prediction in few view correctly provides outcome of a two possiblity event
83 Ash-Tounding (Art Emerson): chosen initials appear on the back of the magician's hand
83 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on the mental effects in this issue
83 Predicta-Flexagon: prediction using a paper fold
84 Pre-Symbolization (Leslie May): ESP cards match

85 Volume 2 Issue 22 January 1977
85 13! (Subir Kr. Dhar): card at selected position in a clock dial becomes a King, with the center card matching the value of the selection
86 Viva la Difference (Marlo, Chesbro, Dalal): Oil and Water using male and female symbol cards
87 Twisting the Aces Again (Sam Dalal): a casual, impromptu version

89 Volume 2 Issue 23 February 1977
89 Product-ion (Sam Dalal): a gimmicked product box for trade show magic
90 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on late issues, recommendations for The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan, Goldstein's Red Book of Mentalism and Classic Tackler, Bud Morris' Magick Thesaurus magazine, The World's Greatest Magic, 100 Years of Magic Posters, and Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks.
91 Thumb Tell (Jack Bridwell): magician reads the number written on a sticky place on this thumb without looking at it
91 Down the Tubes (Phil Goldstein): using a Bill Tube a s prediction chest
92 Color-Voyance (Tan Hock Chuan): magician predicts which color rod will be left in a bag

93 Volume 2 Issue 24 March 1977
93 Card Trio (Claude Kenny)
93 - One Up: magician's deal beats te spectator's
93 - A Rough Guess: blue backed card ends up next to the selection, and carries the same value
94 - Ask Bobby: medium knows what card was chosen even after performer left the room
94 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): about volume 3, idea for a living and dead test, and the popularity of thumb tips
95 Peek & Tell (Sam Dalal): using a plastic deck as a Peep deck
96 Jadoo (E. B. Surty)
96 - Blind Leap: leaping onto broken glass
96 - Scar Face: rubbing broken glass into your face

97 Volume 3 Issue 25 1977
97 Mindburst (Jack Bridwell): turning a 2x3" pad of paper into a mentalists clipboard
98 Someeran’s Sexth Sense: card trick utilizing six beauty cards and six ugly cards
99 Ring Release (Claude Kenny): one of three colored rings releases from a string
100 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): extinguishing a cigarette with your fingers

101 Volume 3 Issue 26 1977
101 Odd Story (Sam Dalal): a story of not understanding the odds with cards
101 - The Homework: on the theory of probability
103 Pascal and Permutations: figuring it out using Pascal's Triangle
102 Finitely Speaking: applying the odds to a 52 card deck
102 If Or But And: applying to propositions where possible outcomes are more than two
103 Fun & Games: introduction
103 Dressing Them Up: On presentation, and source of random numbers
103 Giltedge Gambits and Absurd Odds: over 20 propositions where the odds are in magician's favor

105 Volume 3 Issue 27 1977
105 Future Impressions (Sam Dalal): prediction of which symbol is freely chosen
105 Card in Wallet (Tony Griffith, Arthur Carter): using a regular wallet
105 Letter from Singapore - Napkin Rings (Tan Hock Chuan): one napkin ring drops free from a rope
107 Climax Vision (Sam Dalal): color vision with a gimmicked climax
108 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): on publishing a trick that is also sold commercially

109 Volume 3 Issue 28 1977
109 Pick One (Sam Dalal): color forcing necklace
110 Four Aces, What Again? (Claude Kenny): another Four Ace effect
111 Vis-Purse (Jack Bridwell): magician divines date of a coin selected in a clear coin-purse
112 The Backyard (Sam Dalal): recommendations for Tony Chaudhuri's Bedazzled, Phil Goldstein's Scattershot, Green Book of Mentalism, and Verbal Control; Geore Sanderson's Right Under Their Noses; Bill Stickland and Eric Wilson's Join the Party; Magic magazines; Bruce Dunn's L'Majik Satirica; Lloyd E. Jones' The Greater SOB Jr.; Kustha's mini Cauldron; Magic Sounds.