Richardson, Barrie: Theater of the Mind ©1999, Published by Hermetic Press, Inc., WA Hardcover, w/dj, 304 pages

Image courtesy Jake Austin

Comment: Illustrated by Kelly Lyles, Photography by Debbie Murray.

Contents: (from book, updated Mar 2020)

ix Introduction (Tim Conover)
xi Preface

1 Chapter 1: Classics
5 Ovation Position: glass production, and sometimes a bowl of water
10 One in a Half Million: phone book test
16 Dollar Divination: audience participation serial number divination
23 The Airplane Cards: no prep cards across
30 Molecules in Motion: coin and then other objects pass into a bottle
34 Bill in Lemon

45 Chapter II: Mysterious Forces
49 Mental Magnetism: cards cling to the hands and fall, leaving the selection
53 Suspension of Disbelief: a spoon suspends a glass
57 Mental Motor: napkin unfolds on the palm, uses IT
60 The Psychic Strong Man: a demonstration of strength with boot laces
64 The Strange Key: an expanded ghost key - key moves on the palm

67 Chapter III: Shades Of Suggestion
71 Pencil Pusher: spectator can't life pencil from performer's palm until told to
74 Powers of Darkness II: a quarter turns over in the palm of the spectator's hand
76 When Worlds Collide: version of Paul Curry's Out of This World
80 The Power of Suggestion: spectator thinks she removes an Ellis ring from a bottle but doesn't
83 Angel's Flight: apparent experiment in Contact Mind Reading using a stacked deck

89 Chapter IV: Mental Gymnastics
93 The Quasi-Memorized Deck: with spectator involvement
100 The Human Equation: mathematical effect for the stage
104 Barrie's Move a Card: performer detects which card was moved
107 Close-up Memory Demonstration: another version with a second phase
111 Truth to Tell: one hand always tells the truth, the other always a lie

115 Chapter V: From The Platform
119 The Trick That Fooled Einstein: mathematical effect with coins
126 Alphabet Mentalism: with Scrabble tiles
130 Minds in Unison: with imaginary Scrabble tiles
133 Wigging the Baldpate: increasing the seeming odds for the key & lock routine, using an ungimmicked lock
139 A String and Two Borrowed Rings: combo ring & string and linking finger rings routine
152 The Lazy Mentalist: a triple prediction
157 The Very Last Chance: magician gets the balloon with the real bill
160 The Totally Isolated Prediction: spectator's answers match prediction in a balloon
166 Suspension of Disbelief II: another suspended glass, with a special glass

171 Chapter VI: Intimate Mentalism
175 Little Jackpot Coins: close-up version of The Trick that Fooled Einstein
178 Psychometry…in a Paper Bag: performer matches objects with their owner
182 …678: performer's wallet contains the last 3 digits matching the serial number on spectator's bill
184 Center Shtick: center tear for a Post-It Note
187 Pop Thoughts: simple impression pad
190 Sew What!: magical threading a needle

195 Chapter VII: Mental Card Effects
199 Do You Want to Continue?: freely named card found at same position in two decks
205 …And One Makes Fifty-two: missing card effect
210 Almost Real Mind Reading: using a stacked deck
213 Gestalt Vision: another version using a popular gimmicked deck
219 The Du Maurier Force: using a different popular gimmicked deck
222 Think Hot, Think Cold: card divination
226 It Isn't Mind Control: performer reveals multiple chosen cards with a clever tool

233 Chapter VIII: Words With Wings
237 An Experiment in Remote Viewing: magazine test
244 Word Flight: a newspaper strip test
248 Double-sided Thought Transmission: divining a thought of word and a drawing duplication

253 Chapter IX: The Card At Any Number Problem
257 Any Card at Any Number
262 The Thirteen-deck Solution: where the spectator deals some of the cards
267 Any Card at Any Number: the platform version

277 Chapter X: The Fourth Dimension
281 What Time Is It?: a full time prediction with borrowed watches
284 The Reversed-Hands Watch: application of a special watch
286 The Parking Lot Mystery: elaboration of the Clock Trick
290 The Test of Time: combo of watch related mentalism

293 Epilogue: Magic Friends: Reflections on Fred Robinson and Eric Mason

301 Bibliography