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Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena

Chapter 25: INDEX.
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A magician and stage‑illusionist draws on long experience and séance attendance to analyze methods used by fraudulent mediums. The work systematically explains slate‑writing techniques and the devices and sleights that make messages appear, describing single and double slates, hidden flaps, removable coverings and other concealing mechanisms. It then surveys related spirit tricks and controls, including alleged mind‑reading, table lifting, rapping, binding and handcuff tests, séance contrivances, and miscellaneous illusions. Throughout, the emphasis is on exposing mechanical and psychological methods of deception and on showing how mediums exploit attention, expectation, and procedural gaps to convince sitters.


INDEX.


PAGE
Bags, trick,98
Balance illusion,143
Balancing tricks,117
Bandage test,86
Blindfolded juggler,121
Blotter trick,17
Bottle, miraculous,130
Cabinet test,108
Cabinet, the trick,109
Card balancing,119
Carpet, slitted,29
Chair and net test,108
Chalk, writing on,60
Chalks, writing with colored,36
Confederates,107
Cricket, card,139
Cuff, leather,73
Cupid lighter than a butterfly,143
Davenport tie,88
Double slate,32-41
Eddy Brothers, séances,101
Egg glass, use of,55
Eggs, spinning,118
Fay’s séances,103
Finger, prepared,19
Flap, false,21-38
Flap, interrupted,48
Fly, educated,62
Folding slate,33
Hands, holding,28
Handcuff test,96
Head, mermaid’s,136
Hinges, false,39
Hook for table raising,74
Inks, sympathetic,11-17
Interrupted flap,48
Juggler, blindfolded,121
Light séances,101
Loop, double,92
Magician’s omelette,115
Magnetic writing,34
Mind reading and kindred phenomena,51-71
Mirrors, reading writing by,47
Miscellaneous slate tests,41-51
Miscellaneous tricks,115-146
Omelette, magician’s,115
Pad, transferring to,20
Pen, surprise,125
Pencil carrier, thumb,52
Pencil, silver nitrate,44
Pencil thimble,18
Photography, spirit,113
Pistol loaded with chalk,41
Post tests, etc,93-100
Post test, mechanical,94
Post test, ordinary,93
Potato cutting,120
Raps, spirit,81
Ring test,96
Rods and cords, Chinese,123
Rope test,82
Séance, spiritualistic,76
Séances,101-114
Silica slate,6
Silk flap,5
Silver nitrate pencil,44
Single slate,3-32
Slade, Dr.,105
Slate, double,32-41
Slates exchanged,30
Slate, folding,33
Slate writing on china,8
Slates, locked,36
Slate tests, multiple,38
Slates, padlocked,32
Slates, pivot,26
Slates, riveted,24
Slates, screwed,24
Slates, scaled,34
Slates, sliding,33
Slates, tied,22
Slates, transferring,37
Slates, wedging,24
Slates with false hinges,39
Sliding slates,33
Spinning tricks,117
Spirit collar,97
Stencil, wood,42
Sucker for table lifting,72
Sympathetic ink writing,9
Table, false,10
Table lifting and spirit rapping,71-82
Table, traps in,25, 26
Table trick,47
Telegraph,77
Telegraph, foot,66
Telegraph head,68
Thimble key,36
Thimble pencil,18
Thumb pencil carrier,52
Tie, Davenport,88
Ties, rope,85
Ties, spiritualistic,82-92
Toes, writing with the,45
Traps,106
Tube, speaking,67
Vase, miraculous,132
Wine glass, miraculous,128
Wire cage test,110
Wire, cloth,61
Writing, reading concealed,51-58