Miller, Gordon (editor): Strange Secrets Volume One ©1984 Abbott Magic Co., Colon, MI Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 89 pages

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Comments: This book is an edited, augmented and slightly abridged version of material which originally appeared as:
- Thrilling Magic By Leonard H. Miller
- Super Sensitive Fingertips By Howard P. Albright
- Jap Mirako Act By Vin Carey
- Mindreading For Two People By Sydney De Hempsey
- Super Memory Plus By Gerald Kosky
- Forbidden Wisdom By Howard P. Albright
- Thought Wings Onward (Part One) By Eddie Clever
Also available as an eBook from Abbott's.

Contents:

1 Thrilling Magic (Leonard H. Miller): Note, don't try most of these!

1 Author's Note
1 Publisher's Note
1 Fire Eating
1 - Introduction
2 - How To Make Torches
2 - How To Eat Fire
3 - An Opening Stunt
3 Spouting Flame To Light A Torch
3 Human Volcano
3 Human Blow-Torch
3 Salamander's Dinner
3 Devil's Desert
3 Eating A Ball Of Fire
3 Chewing Molten Lead
4 Eating Burning Coals
4 Swallowing Burning Oil
4 Magic Flash
4 A Comedy Flash
4 How To Make A Flash Box
5 Eating A Lighted Candle
5 Burn And Yet Not Burn
5 Fireproofing A Hank
5 Fire From Water
5 Fire Eating-Chinese Method
5 Eating Smoke As An Act
7 Cautions For Working With Fire
7 Sword Swallowing
7 - Introduction
8 - Where To Obtain Swords
8 - Preparing The Swords
8 - Swallowing The Sword
9 - Cutting Sword The Right Length
9 = Cautions
9 Miracles With Spikes
9 Driving A Spike Into Head
9 Hindu Bed Of Spikes
10 Driving A Spike Into A Plank With The Fist
10 Some Other Miracles
10 Temperature Rising Stunt
11 Human Pincushion
11 Eating Glass
11 Walking Through Fire

12 Super Sensitive Fingertips (Howard P. Albright)

12 Introduction
13 Feeling The Spots
14 Reading The Cards
15 The Lip-Reading Test
15 Important Features
15 Hints About Blindfolding
16 The Master's Touch
16 Reading Dates On Coins, Numbers On Bills, Etc.
18 Miracle Color Vision
19 Reading Ordinary Printed Matter With The Fingertips
21 Here's Your Card
21 Snappy Numbers
22 Psychometry
23 In Conclusion
24 The Si Stebbins Pre-Arranged Deck System

25 Jap Mirako Act (Vin Carey)

25 Jap Mirako Act Mindreading For Two People
29 The Code
29 To Tell The Date On A Coin
29 To Tell The Number Of A Railway Ticket
30 The Color Code
30 To Tell The Color Of Anything
30 The Day Code
30 To Tell The Day Any Person Was Born
30 The Month Code
30 To Tell The Month
31 The Metal Code
31 To Identify A Metal
31 The Pipe Code
31 To Identify A Pipe
31 The Mouthpiece Code
31 To Tell The Mouthpiece On A Pipe
31 To Describe Everything On A Pipe
31 The Money Code
31 To Tell The Value Of Any Coin
31 The Card Code-Value
32 The Card Code-Su1t
32 To Tell The Name Of Any Card
32 The Family Code
32 The Countries Code
33 The Name Code-Centlemen
33 The Name Code-Ladies
33 The Letter Code
34 The Article Code No. 0
35 The Article Code No. 1
35 The Mindreading Performance
35 The Opening Speech
35 The Great Blackboard Test
37 The Figure Test
37 To Tell What Name Has Been Written On The Blackboard
37 To Tell What Card Has Been Chosen
38 Closing Demonstration

39 Super Memory Plus (Gerald Kosky)

40 Suggested Presentation
40 Mnemonic Number Code

43 Forbidden Wisdom (Howard Albright)

43 Fortune Telling By Cards
43 The Triple Turnover
43 Out Of The Hat
44 The Mental Wonder
44 Simplified Interpretation Of The Cards
44 The Suits
44 The Values
45 How To Memorize
45 The Mystic Circle
46 How To Give An Interesting Reading
46 Pseudo Palmistry
47 A Sample Reading
48 Pseudo-Craphology
49 Presentation
49 Pseudo-Astrology
51 The World Of Dreams
52 Fortune Telling With Coins
53 Fortune Telling With Dice
55 Pseudo-Numerology
56 Scribble-Ology
57 The Psychic System
57 Subjects Of Interest
58 Sure-Fire Predictions
58 Addenda

60 Thought Wings Onward - Part One (Eddie Clever)

60 Dedication
60 Acknowledgment
60 Introduction
60 Foreword
61 Part One: Concerning The Philosophy Of Mental Magic
61 Prologue
63 Heritage Of The Past
65 Something About Qualifying
68 Something More About Qualifying
70 Something About Presentation
75 Weber Speaks - Something More About Presentation
79 Something Concerning Programs
82 Something About Patter
85 Much Ado About Ethics

89 Whatever Is - Is Best (Ella Wheeler Wilcox): a poem