Goodsell, David: The Complete Oracle ©2009 David Goodsell Magic eBook, PDF, 1072 pages plus appendices

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Comments: The Oracle was a magazine of mostly Bizarre and Mental magic that ran for three volumes from January 2006 through October 2008 and was edited by David Goodsell and Larry White. The print edition contained 252 pages, while the additional online material covered an additional 820 pages. All the issues, including the online content, have been compiled into a CD edition, which is also now available as a download from Lybrary.com. Some material, such as audio files, however, have not been included. In addition, the CD contains four appendices - Gene Poinc's Arguments With God; Burlingame's Tricks In Magic, Illusions and Mental Phenomena; Endless Amusements (from 1820); and an Oracle Rogue’s Gallery, with short 1 pagers on contributors to Oracle.

Contents (from eBook edition, I've numbered the 'web' version pages according to the PDF page)

Oracle Volume 1

Volume 1 No. 1 Print
1 An interview with Alain Nu
4 Merlin’s Six Tarot Repeat (Leslie Melville): six card repeat with Tarot Cards and appropriate patter
6 The Hunch Player (Brother Shadow): a three way betting prediction with an additional punch
8 Invisible Zone Zero (Payne): clever routine with a Tenyo Invisible Zone and a color changing sponge ball to square
The Ghost In the Bottle (Larry White): a clear plastic bottle suspends from a rope
12 The Clear Perspex Clipboard - The Ultimate Clipboard (Roni Shachnaey): message duplication using a clear board
13 Curiosities: How to Sit Without Chairs
14 The Inner Chamber (David Goodsell): welcome to the first issue of Oracle

Volume 1 No. 1 Web
2 Alain Nu Interview continued
5 Flipped Out (Alain Nu): comedy coin value, side-up, and date prediction
7 Pro Choice (Alain Nu): an impromptu-seeming version of Mental Choice
9 Wisdom of the Ages (David Goodsell): a folded business card double prediction using a set of Egyptian Tarot cards
15 Help Clean Up New Orleans (Bruce Barnett): routine around slush powder, with Doug Howe and Eric Lenz
17 Mindvention 2005 Review (David Goodsell)
20 Test Conditions Spirit Message (Larry White & David Goodsell): spirit message appears on a card sealed in an envelope
22 - Feedback on Test Conditions Spirit Envelope: suggestions from Allen Zingg, Bill Thompson
23 Oracle Reviews
23 - Richard Osterlind's Mind Mysteries Too, DVD Volumes 5, 6, and 7
24 - Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi: a novel
24 - P-Pik Prediction Cards by Kipp Sherry: effect
25 - Glass Box Headline Prediction by Devin Knight and Al Mann: effect
26 Feedback - Clear Perspex Clipboard: ideas from Karl Bartoni and Bill Thompson
27 Feedback - on Sitting Without Chairs: comment by Barton

Volume 1 No. 2 Print
1 Brother Shadow a Conversation: interview
4 Bell Book & Candle (Mark Strivings): specatator selects one, and either the bell stops ringing, the book is blank, and/or the candle won't light
6 Do You Sushi (Pascal Clement): a clever food rotuine using the PATEO force
8 The Escape Artist (Bob Neale): a linking safety pins routine
10 Bloody Simple Movie Prediction (Tony Iacoviello): horror movie prediction
13 Curiosities - Spikes From the Mouth: Hooudini photo
14 The Inner Chamber: notes

Volume 1 No. 2 Web
2 Feather Psychokinesis (Brother Shadow): a feather moves by apparent thought control under a glass dome
4 Follow Up Discussion With Brother Shadow About Feather Psychokinesis
6 Bell Book & Candle, Additional Notes (Mark Strivings)
7 Ring/No-Ring Bell - Alternative Ideas (Larry White)
9 Teeny Genie (Kotah): alternate patter for The Ghost In the Bottle from issue 1
10 Lucky Jacques (David Goodsell): adaptation of Brother Shadow's The Hunch Player
15 Oracle Reviews:
15 - The Shiels Effect by Tony Shiels: book
16 - An Audience with Doc Shiels: DVD
16 - The Art of Storytelling Magic by Brother Shadow: book
16 - The Stark Chronicles by Stombil H. Trodworth III and Stark, the Man and His Methods by Dean Montalbano: books
17 - Inside the Mind of Garrett Thomas DVD Set Volumes 1, 2, and 3
18 - Larry White's The Feather From an Enchanted Owl: effect
19 The 14th Annual Gathering of the Magic (EvilDan): ICBM 2005 Review
23 In the Oracle’s Ear: feedback from readers
23 - Sitting Without Chairs (Loebig)
23 - Flipped Out (Al D'Alfonso): see March 2004 issue of Magic Magazine
23 - Ghost In the Bottle (Shachnaey): idea
24 - How I Became a Storytelling Magician (Jack Shea)
24 - Professor Scratch's Flea Circus (Tim Converse)
25 - Request for Help (Simon Carmel)
25 - Oracle Feedback (Chet Cox; Alan Wassilak)
27 A Final Curiosity (Bob Friedhoffer): humor about a simple trick run through several on-line language translations
29 Oracle Binders: advertisement

Volume 1 No. 3 Print
1 Storytelling Magic - Method to Our Madness (Larry White)
2 - Play for Peanuts (Larry White): storytelling applied to Gardner's Three Heaps trick
4 The Cups and Balls Have Been Done By Death (Bill Palmer): cups and balls presentation for the bizarre performer
6 The Great Jethro (Bob Parmacek): an old man and the color changing knife
8 A Weigh Out Prediction (Danny Archer): weight prediction
10 Through the Looking Glass (Ed Solomon): the mystery of mirrors and an effect using a mirror message
13 Curiosities - The Rapping and Talking Table: from 1890
14 The Inner Chamber: notes

Volume 1 No. 3 Web
2 Peanuts (Larry White): interview with Larry on his Peanuts effect
6 The Great Jethro (Bob Parmacek): the unabridged version of this color changing knife effect
9 Oracle Product Reviews
9 - Dick Barry's Add-a-Pad: effect
9 - Leslie Melville's Kismet or The Enchanted Stepping Stones: manuscript/effect
10 - By Darkness Influenced by Ron Dayton: book
11 - Carney Pitchman Indian Chief, an autobiography of Carl Harron by Brother Shadow: book
12 Book of Copyright Free Arcane Images by Brother Shadow:
12 Tom Crecelius' The Toad House: sponge ball effect/prop
12 Magic of Mark Leveridge 3DVD Set
13 Hermes Beckons by John Caris: a novel
14 The Magic of Paul Potassy by Uwe Schenk and Michael Sondermeyer: book
15 Andy’s Gump (Bob Neale): comedy slate trick and the 4DT move
18 Developing Storytelling Magic (Bob Neale): the origin of Andy's Gump
19 Veil of Glass (Ron Dayton): message reading using a special photo frame
20 The Stark Experiment (Dean Montalbano): card trick extract from The Stark Chronicles
23 The Sword of Diablo (Gerald Wincklhofer): Theatre act with a moving sword
25 The Charles Cameron Gathering 2005 (Karl Bartoni): a review
28 Rapping and Tapping Table: Details from 1890 book
29 Alien Postcards (Jim Fish): alien variation of the boomerang illusion
31 In the Oracle’s Ear
31 - Bell Book and Candle Addendum
31 - Do You Sushi: thoughts by Alan Wassilak
32 Advertisement: Oracle Binders

Volume 1 No. 4 Print
1 Bizarre Then Bizarre Now (David Goodsell): on the development of Bizarre Magick
3 Heart of Arkam (Michael Henry): message in a locket gains a message that matches a card selection
6 Sleep Can Be a Very Odd Conveyance (Walt Anthony): introduction to effect
7 A Polite Nod of Mourning (Walt Anthony): vanishing silk routine
8 Slip of a Reading (Kenton Knepper): spectator selects the only billets that match 2nd spectator's person
11 Directional Pendulums (Stefan Dardik): article on choosing and using pendulums
13 Curiosities - The Three Faces of Finlay Dunn: unusual face drawing
14 The Inner Chamber: some words of widsom

Volume 1 No. 4 Web
2 A Bonus From Mike Caveney: Heart of Arkam apparatus from Eric Lewis' A Continuation of Miracles
7 Mental Locket (Mikame Craft): original ad for Mikame Craft's version
8 Stark Experiment (Odes Odhner): variation of the Stark Experiment from Issue 3
10 Oracle Product Reviews:
10 - Vadou Pour Les Enfants Kit by Larry White: effect
10 - Pentalogy, When Magic Becomes Theatre by R. Shane: book
12 - Final Curtain by Borodin: book
14 - Jack the Ripper, A Séance of Bizarre Magick by Peter Marucci: book
14 - Bell, Book and Candle by Peter Marucci: book
15 - Staked by Subterfuge Magic and Paul Harris: stake through foot effect
15 - Can-Tastic by Sam Lane: vanished ring in can effect
15 - Wizard PK Ring: prop
16 - Third Degree Burn by Jason Palter: card effect & DVD
16 - One Hundred by Warlock by Elizabeth Warlock: book
18 The Saga of Wild Bill (Peter Marucci): 2 in the hand one in the pocket with dice
19 The Curse of Seth (Pasqual Perrino): a card effect with Tarot Cards
22 ICBM West Coast Circle & Magical Weekend (David Goodsell): review
26 Big Bargain! (Shane): a change bag story of a genie
29 The Strange Ritual of Purification & Confession (Felippe Fabbi): the sin paper goes up in flame while the good attribute paper floats into the hand
31 The Essence of Yang (Stefan Dardik): approach to the 1089 math trick
32 In the Oracle’s Ear
32 - A Polite Not of Mourning: comment by Bob Neale
32 - Cups and Balls by Bill Palmer: Stefan Fisher provides a source for monkey skulls
33 - A Web Link: humor
34 Spoon Bending (Roni Shachnaey aka Ronaldo): an easy method
35 Finaly Dunn Curiosity: Dunn's three faces revealed
36 Advertisment: Oracle Binders

Volume 1 No. 5 Print
1 Invisible Coinetic (Larry Becker): magician pours from manila envelopes the objects mentally selected by three spectators
4 Ode to Tarot - The Dardik Poem Stack (Stefan Dardik): a Tarot deck stack and some uses
7 The Power of the Curse (Alexander Roemer): coin burns through deck to find selection
10 Emotional Chairs (Roni Shachnaey): magician predicts who will sit in which of 5 chairs
13 Editrivia: story from Jinx about a Mandrake the Magician stunt
13 Curiosities: a photo mystery
14 The Inner Chamber: general news

Volume 1 No. 5 Web
2 Sounds of the Oracle: news about audio recording features
3 Dardik’s Sample Psychic Reading (Dardick): sample reading using 22 Tarot cards and the Dardik Poem Tarot Stack
6 Dardik’s Tarot Poem Stack Bookmark: to print and save
7 Emotional Chairs, a Discussion: further ideas on Roni Shachnaey's routine
8 Emotional Chairs II (David Goodsell): a variation
12 The Oracle (Ed Solomon): an envelope prediction revealing the spectator's dark side
15 Bizarre Magick at the S.A.M. Convention: review
17 Merlin’s First Magic (Tom Crecelius): story around a Lota Bowl
18 Possessed (Leslie Melville): introductory story for a magic trick
19 The Flight of the Little Yellow Pom-Pom (Leslie Melville): a travelling pom-pom trick
23 Frame of Mind (Odes Odhner): routine for the sand frame
25 Nevermore (Peter Marucci): a four card trick around an Edgar Allen Poe story
26 Peek A Card: a sampling of reader's magic business cards
28 Brainwave My Way (Roni Shachnaey): presentation for the Brain Wave deck
29 An Oracle Challenge (Pierre Barry): magician matches selected color pencil with appropriate colored card
30 In the Oracle’s Ear:
30 - Directional Pendulum (Bob Neale): some additional info
30 - Credits (Jack Weigle): some trick credits for The Hunch Player and The Ultimate Clipboard
30 - Brother Shadow's Feather Psychokinesis (Odes Odhner): idea for using a fish bowl
31 - Archie Mcphee Items (Bill White): notice of Houdini toy figure availability
32 The Goden Age of Seances and Psychic Equipment Project (Stefan Dardik): announcement of a historical photo documentation book projects
34 The Curiosity Solved: a better look at the photo from last issue
35 Advertisement: For Oracle ads

Volume 1 No. 6 Print
1 Theatrical Magic (David Parr): Interview
3 Premature Burial (David Parr): a mysterious story around a safety coffin
6 The Underhanded Undertaker (Ron Dayton - Kotah): magician determines who's ring is in a box
8 Kexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (Kim Walkowski): bizarre story around the number 666, uses a HauntedMemories morphing photo
11 For Justice (Marlene Clark): a Buddha Papers and vanishing cloth effect around a story of a false witch accusation
13 Curiosities: To lift a man with five fingers
14 The Inner Chamber: reminder to renew subscription

Volume 1 No. 6 Web
2 More Parr: David Parr’s Interview continued
5 Edna Gray’s Premature Burial (David Goodsell & Larry White): another safety coffin routine
7 How to Make Edna Gray’s Coffin Bell (Larry White): a cleverly gimmiced jingle ball
9 I Am Here (Peter Marucci): A Jack the Ripper routine using a special Tony Binarelli deck of cards
10 Talking Us to Death (Ed Solomon): a "Glorpy" style moving handkerchief with a different working
14 For Better… Or Worse (Walt Anthony): a grusome lost and restored borrowed finger ring
16 The 27th Victim (Ron Dayton): card trick around a serial murder plot
18 The Borley Rectory Séance (Ed Loveland): a magical séance
23 A Halloween Story (Leslie Melville): a Robert Orben poem and worm idea
25 The Legend of the 13 Graves (Larry White): a kid's counting trick
27 Oracle Challenge Responses: two submitted routines for the pencil/color challenge from issue 5
28 - My Answer to the Oracle Challenge (Brian Scott)
30 - The Crone and The Books of Knowledge (Jim Kleefeld)
32 In the Oracle’s Ear: source for bones; a couple of other websites
33 A Halloween Curiosity: optical illusion
34 Advertisement: preview of volume 2

Oracle, Volume 2

Volume 2 No. 1 Print
1 Tossed Out Deck (Cody Fisher): magician names three cards peeked at
5 Dark Knight Detectiving (Mark Piazza): finding right selection in an envelope based on Batman character cards
8 The Die is Cast (Philemon Vanderbeck): routine around a Die Box
10 The Shroud of Marcel (Master Payne): presentation for the Handkerchief Frame
13 Spirit Key Convincer (David Goodsell): another way to get the Ghost Key to turn
13 Curiosities: an interesting image
14 The Inner Chamber: general news

Volume 2 No. 1 Web
2 More Thoughts on the Tossed Out Deck (Cody Fisher)
3 The Handkerchief Frame (Master Payne): Construction Plans
5 Batman Anti-Hero Cards: to print out for Dark Knight routine
7 Romeo & Juliet (Geoff Goodway): story effect using two Chinatown coins and a Half shell
9 Reverie (Walt Anthony): A Poetic Presentation for the Linking Rings, two verions
13 Band of Brothers (Doug Byrd): Civil War story where a name is selected and only that person is left in a photo
17 Love Conquers All (Peter Marucci): a set of 5 pairs of lovers match
19 Mitos Odnalor: an introduction
20 Jesusita y El Lobo (Mitos Odnalor): strange effects occur during the tale of love for a werewof
23 Read Them Like a Book (Odes Odhner): a multi-part effect
23 - The Telltale Heartbeat: finding the card selection by spectator's pulse
24 - A Stranger's Eyes: presentation for the dice revelation in plastic tubes
26 Ask Not On Whom the Pendulum Tells - It Tells On Thee: pendulum reading
29 Review of the 15th ICBM Gathering (Leslie Melville): 2006
32 In the Oracle’s Ear:
32 - Movable Hole Idea (Charlie Randall)
32 - Gene Poinc (Ron Dayton): photo of Gene with some commentary
33 Tickling The Oracle’s Funny Bone: Die-Box cartoon by Alan Wassilak, and a few other jokes
34 Oracle Subscribers: a list of states and countries where subscribers reside
35 Advertisement: Volume 2 Binder Face sheets

Volume 2 No. 2 Print 2006
1 SpecWriter (Roni Shachnaey): Using glasses as a sort of Boon writer
5 The Tortured Bill (Robert Neale): presentation for Harry Eng's Impossible Bill
8 Food for Thought or The Performer Picks Your Brain (Kenton Knepper): almost literally
10 Egyptian Cinderella (Larry White): the story
12 The Egyptian Cinderella - A Stage Illusion with an Egyptian Theme (David Goodsell): a play/script around the above story
14 Curiosities: a squirting tulip
14 The Inner Chamber: some reader feedback

Volume 2 No. 2 Web
2 Egyptian Cinderella (David Goodsell): the full script with discussion of illusions that could be used
9 Satan’s Seat (Tom Palmer): stage illusion plans from TOPS Treasury of Illusions
12 The Elves’ Gift (Brother Shadow): story for the Buddha Papers and more
15 Billet Buzz (Roni Shachnaey): near impromptu billet reading
18 Sublime Success - An Adventure With the Unemployable Fortune Teller (Bob Neale): routine uses Chinese Coins and a red string
23 The Lock Pick (Max McLaughlin): an approach to Key-R-Rect, where only one key opens the lock
26 Ain’t Nothin’ Easy (Ron Dayton - Kotah): vanished and recovered coin around the floods of Louisianna
28 The Dragon Box of Feng Fang Foom (Stefan Dardik): a verbal force, prediction, and Color Vision trick
32 How To Stretch Your Arm (Larry White): visual stunt
33 The Legend of the Bell Rock (Leslie Melville): background to one of the fiction stories by Melville
34 In the Oracle's Workshop: a make it yourself project
34 - Bizarre from the Bazaar (Ed Solomon): modifying an auction item to enhance a card trick
37 The Charles W. Cameron Memorial Gathering 2006: review
39 In the Oracle’s Ear:
39 - Cody's Trick (Bruce Kalver): tip on making the deck
39 - Annemann Quote (Alan Wassilak)
39 - Roni Shachnaey List

Volume 2 No. 3 Print
1 Denomolos: interview
4 Egyptian Curses (Ed Solomon): message appears on a scroll in a box
7 The Chessman Problem - Schrodinger's Queen (Santiago): experiment with a Chess Queen using a Jeff Sheridan Stargate Silk
9 Curiosities: Tesla photo
10 Sweet Intuition (Larry Becker): spectator rightly selects the prize winning card
12 Coins for the Ferryman - Plus a Little Something for the Crew (R. Shane): a death story around two pennies changing to half dollars and then bills
14 Curiosities: old photo of Larry White

Volume 2 No. 3 Web
2 Denomolos Interview: continued
6 An Interview With Ed Solomon:
6 - Ed Solomon on DeNomolos
7 - Ed Solomon on Story Tellling Magic
10 - Exploring Creativity (Ed Solomon)
12 - Pizza Please (Ed Solomon): a sort-of coin matrix trick with pizza slices and pepperonni 'coins'
14 The Plain Brown Box (Ed Solomon): a teacher's story and a production of candy
18 The Blind Men and the Elephant (Ed Solomon): card effect to accompany the poem
22 Pontificationon Story Telling Magic (Bob Neale)
23 The Unexpected Return of the Traveler (Lary Kuehn): business idea
25 Keep Your Trap Shut (Dean Montalbano): signed card to mouth using an animal trap
27 Never Bet the Devil (Stefan Dardik): story trick using a Docc Hilford rough & smooth Tarot deck and a card box
29 Only a Paperfolded Rose (Bob Neale): a paper rose folding routine
29 - Folding Notes
30 - Routine
31 - Performance Notes
31 - Deluxe Version - Tissue Paper and Gift Box
32 - Mini Model
32 - Sources
34 Brother Shadow's Sewing Lesson: story around the Bachelor's Needle rope trick from Tarbell Volume 3
36 Royal Purple (Larry White): card trick with non-dangerous chemicals
38 The Dayton Wallet (Ron Dayton): Ron's loading wallet and how to make it
41 - Ron's Basic Routine
42 - A Lesson Learned (Ron Dayton): a Bizarre routine for the Dayton Wallet
44 In the Oracle’s Ear: some quick letters from readers
44 - Career Builder Disney Dream Job Competition
46 The X-Ray Bill Curiosity (Larry White): American $5 bill fact that can help in mentalism

Volume 2 No. 4 Print
1 Docc Hilford Society Entertainer: Interview
3 Glass Demons (Docc Hilford): version of the truth or lie puzzle and a billet read
8 A Moment in Time (Joe Cabral): a pocket watch time stops at a predicted time
11 Curiosities: the Stone Breaker - breaking a stone with the hand
12 Fate Healing (Bruce Kalver): in finding the card selection, magician accidentally stabs his hand
14 The Inner Chamber: news

Volume 2 No. 4 Web
2 Docc Hilford Interview: continued
5 A Moment in Time: Evelyn’s Postcard & Letter for the Moment in Time effect
7 Demon of the Tarot (Alexander Romer): a demon story using special Tarot cards
13 First Lie Detector (Larry White): magician finds card selection using an 1800's lie detector
15 Cleromancy - Predicting With Dominoes (Chuck Smith): a cold reading combined with an old dominoe trick
22 Morning Breath (Ron Dayton): comedy routine with earplugs
24 Zohar (Roni Shachnaey): magician matches rings in envelopes with their owners
27 Magic Glasses (Brother Shadow): a horror story with a pair of glasses
28 Paper Fortune Cookie (Larry Becker): cards are eliminated until 1 remains, which matches a fortune paper
32 It’s In The Mail (P. Craig Browning): a sealed prediction used to help you get a job
36 How to Age Cards (Mary Tomich): workshop
37 A Stab in the Dark (Master Payne): a periodesque card routuine in one act, wherein a card after being selected is revealed in a most novel manner
42 The Man Who Knows (Dewey K. Rivkin Jr. & Stefan Dardik): a one ahead billet routine
44 A Memory of Gene Poinc: Gene's cartoon of Hieroglyphics
45 The Pre-Destiny Experiment (Larry White): building and presenting a multiple prediction effect
51 In the Oracle’s Ear: letters of praise

Volume 2 No. 5 Print
1 Barrie Richardson Magical Experiences: Interview
3 The Spooky Fork (Barrie Richardson): a fork rises from the palm
4 Sophie’s Back (David Goodsell): a spirit theatre using the above gimmick
6 Roni's Trauma (Roni Shachnaey): a bit of cold reading and reading a message written by a 2nd spectator
8 The Mona Lisa Scream! (Bruce Ballon, aka Dr. Spektor): Mona Lisa's smile and the Scream's mouths transpose
9 - Oracle Notes: another presentation suggestion around reincarnation
Secret Service (David Goodsell)
12 Secret Service (David Goodsell): spy story around a mathematical magic effect
14 Curiosity - The Graven Vex Eggs: messages on eggs

Volume 2 No. 5 Web
2 Notes on Roni’s Trauma: a box improvement and some other tips
4 Art Prints for Mona Lisa Scream
7 Secret Service, Additional Notes: how the math works
9 Locker Combination Theme (David Goodsell): using the above principle for a different story
11 The End of the World As We Know It (Shane): three way prediction match about how and when the world will end
20 The Human Pencil Sharpener (Dean Montalbano): a pencil is sharpened to a stub, the shavings placed in the mouth, and the pencil restored
21 Name in Flames (Roni Shachnaey): the only name remaining on a card is the the one written by the spectator with a spooky message
23 Frixion Pens: how they work
24 The Gnome’s Magic Copper (Joe Cabral): magical story around the cap and pence
26 The Chesspiece (Larry White): in a story about Sherlock Holmes, a chesspiece finds the murderer card, but only once!
30 Business Minded (Bob Solari): business card drawing duplication
31 An Adventure with a Leaf (Leslie Melville): a wilderness magical tale using a prop leaf that works like the Okito pencil that rises in the hand
34 The Fountain of Youth (Brother Shadow): Ponce De Leon story using the Buddha papers
35 How to Turn a Plain White Xerox Copy into a Priceless Antique (Brother Shadow): how to age paper
38 The Lone Ranger’s Secret Phobia (Mitos Odnalor): a werewolf story with magic rocks
43 Walking Barefoot (Ron Dayton): strange appearance of a shoe
44 What Goes Around (Ed Solomon): a magical story of paying it forward
47 In the Oracle’s Ear
47 - Neil Tobin on Bruce Kalver's Fate Healing trick: an alternate presentation
47 - Cavalcade by Walter Satterthwait: a novel
48 Tickling the Oracle’s Funnybone: samples from Salem, MA bumper stickers and one liners

Volume 2 No. 6 Print
1 Todd Robbins Dark Séance - Charlatan's Séance: Interview
4 Dreams, Death & Divinations (Odes Odhner): story around eliminating coffins to end on a death message
The Petrified Soldier (Stefan Dardik): civil war story around a mummified finger in a box
10 The Unexplained Event at Webster’s Tavern, a Report by The Scribe: a ghost story with a melting candle
14 The Inner Chamber Curiosities: vampire wines

Volume 2 No. 6 Web
2 The Todd Robbins Interview - Dark Séance - Charlatan's Séance: continued
8 Séance, A Journey Into The World of Spirits (John Coulter): finding venues and presenting them
11 - Sample Advertising
12 - Harwich Oracle Newspaper Article
13 The Deadly Nut & Bolt (John Coulter): presentation for the Haunted Bolt & Nut effect
14 The Ghost of the Medicine Woman (Roni Shachney): a ghost appears under a cloth and leaves behind just dirt
17 Some Methods of Spirit Rapping (Stefan Dardik): 10 methods described
19 The WitchFinder General (Dr. Todd Landman): Liar and Truth presentation around witch trials; also uses progressive anagram
15 Steve Glaser’s Séance: Steve's experience in presenting one, in four acts
32 Curious Coffin (Bob Neale): a packet trick using coffin cards
40 Not A Kind Wiccan… She! (Gene Poinc): a greed witch story and a vanishing marked quarter that reappears in a jar
43 Electronically Controlled Candle (Ed Loveland): how to build a self-extinguishing candle
47 Handy Project Workshop (Ed Solomon): ideas for modifying toy plastic skeleton hands for magical use
52 Toast The Season - Dringks With a Bite: Classic Vampire Cocktails drink mix recipies
53 In the Oracle’s Ear
53 - Barries Rising Fork (Bob Neale): some thoughts
53 - Barries Rising Fork (Ed Solomon): a true story
54 - Dean's The Human Pencil Sharpener (Gil Earle): some tips
54 - A Droodle: a mysterious picture
55 Jack Benny and His Cast Hold a Séance: April 25th, 1954

Oracle, Volume 3

Volume 3 No. 1 Print
1 Neil Tobin Supernatural Chicago: Interview
4 Resurrection Mary (Neil Tobin): Dance girl photo vanishes in this ghost story
8 The Four Sisters (David Goodsell): a story of the Sisters around a Four Ace Assembly
11 The Legend of Banaue Rice Terraces (Sinnead): during the story a pendant vanishes and rice grains are produced
13 Curiosities - A Trick to Die For: match trick to determine the numbers on two thrown dice

Volume 3 No. 1 Web
2 Neil Tobin The Interview: continued
10 The Four Sisters (David Goodsell): A Rough/Smooth version
11 - Here Is the Suggested Routine
15 Harry Truman's Duplicity: (Harry Truman): finding the coin under one of four cups, and duplicating a drawing
19 Just Add a Pinch for a Tasty Séance (Mark Strivings): incorporating the sense of taste in a séance.
22 The VCR Zodiac Sign Test (Dale Hildebrandt): a Very Clear Response using pulse reading and unconscience finger signals
24 Sharing a Fantasy (John Coulter): story around a Brainwave deck
26 A Ration of Dark Rum (Ron Dayton): a mummified hand drops from an old treasure map
27 Clear Vision (Roni Shachnaey): magician matches objects in clear bags with the owners, with additional ideas
29 I Shot An Arrow In The Air It Fell to Earth I Know Not Where (Ed Solomon): a story about falconry with a surprise arrow finish
33 The Toe Tag Test (Larry White): mentalism with a body toe tag
37 Holiday Gift Magic (Larry White): building a box to predict which object was taken
42 How to Die Three Times: math dice trick with three dice
43 The Charles Cameron Memorial Gathering (David Goodsell): 2007 review

Volume 3 No. 2 Print
1 Devil of Bar & Pub: An Interview with the Scribe
3 Laura Wright - Lion Tamer: a flea circus effect
6 Luke and the Beer Cans: detecting the full beer can
9 Marie Toomuch's Prince of Darkness: packet trick and card box with a story of Dracula
12 Tony Walter’s Ghost Hunt: a Jumbo three card monte style effect
14 Curiosities - A Devil of a Bar Bet: balancing a newspaper sheet

Volume 3 No. 2 Web
2 Devil of a Bar & Pub: Interview with the Scribe continued
7 Ghost Hunt Continued (Tony Walter): packet trick with specially printed cards
10 Prince of Darkness Cards
11 Doctor Broose at Circe’s Rest (Scribe): heads and tails coins by sense of touch
14 Evildan Goes To Hell (Evil Dan AKA Dan Terelmes): two coins thru the table using bottle caps
17 Pete’s Hotel (Demons Loo): story about a ringing bell with no clapper
19 A Trick for the Chinese New Year (Stefan Fisher): a card trick around Chinese culture where 8 is a lucky number and 4 is unlucky
21 Voodoo Dart Toss (Jim Magus): dart toss prediction
24 Mental Fetch (Dr. Spektor AKA Bruce Ballon): mental magic with the commercial Xpert Card Trick and your pet dog
26 Super Coin (Dale Hildebrandt): determining which coin is in which hand with a unique method
28 Incident at Mitre Square (Ron Dayton): chosen coin makes knife become bloody in this tale of Jack the Ripper
29 Stylesmith Presents Gemini Reclothed (Chuck Stylesmith Smith): card matching using a Pinochle deck and the Gemini Twins effect by Karl Fulves
31 The Under the Tree Experiement (Roni Shacnaey): a sort of cold reading using laminated sheet drawings by participants
36 Holmes and Watson (Peter Marucci): a card trick with a detective theme
Tibetan Buddhist Sacred Monkey Skull (Ed Solomon/DeNomolos): a Egg Bag utilized with a monkey skull in this story effect
41 A Low Budget Spirit Lock Idea (Master Payne): workshop to build your own self-opening victorial lock
43 Entombent: patter for original story to accompany the lock
45 Tickling the Oracle's Funny Bone: twist on the rabbit to duck illusion and some variations
49 London Mentalism Meeting II (Dr. Todd Landman): review
51 In the Oracle’s Ear
51 - Four Sisters Routine (Todd Landman): no-palm solution
51 - The Mourning Pillow (Ron Dayton): a further idea on Mark Striving's Tasty Seance
52 - Magic In the Ancient Greek World by Derek Collins (Walt Anthony): review
54 Advertisement: for Oracle Binders

Volume 3 No. 3 Print
1 Master Payne Master Storyteller: Interview
3 The Pardoner’s Tale (Master Payne): period treatment for the Die Box
5 - Discussion on the Use of the Die Box for The Pardoner's Tale
6 How I Became a Jongleur (Master Payne): a periodesque routine for the Chinese Sticks
9 One Way Ticket (Larry White): Storyline for a bank-nite type of effect; method to be found online
11 Super Shopper (Larry Becker): spectator chooses a product name and price, which matches the prediction
13 Curiosities - Here's a New One! Try It!: physical stunt from the Chicago Tribune around 1920
14 Miscellania: Master Payne's lecture notes

Volume 3 No. 3 Web
2 One Way Ticket (Larry White): method for the effect from the print edition
4 More Payne (Master Payne): interview continued
7 Professor Payne’s Gallery: photos of Payne's custom props
9 My Adventures with the Jim Rose Sideshow (Master Payne): article
13 The Number of the Beast (Pasqual Perrino): wherein the magician selects the right poker hand against the Devil
16 Notes On The Hofzinser Cards (Larry White): with a recommendation for Marty Grams Art of Card Splitting
17 Experiment With the Application of Transparent Cards (Hofzinser): extract from is book with the Ace of Hearts routine
21 Have You Ever Been Hypnotised? (Leslie Melville): presentation for the Professor's Nightmare rope trick
24 A Dream Dinner (Dr. Spektor AKA Bruce Ballon): volunteer discovers through party favors, flowers and selection of dinner that the performer knew everything
34 Spec-Break (Roni Shachnaey): performer appears to bend and break his glasses frame - two methods
37 Le Bateleur (Dr. Todd Landman): a combination of nested boxes, vanishing ring, etc. combined into a Poker winning and a 3-way climax
43 Zodical Light (Ed Solomon): a story about light and using a FISM Flash
46 The Devil’s Wand (Peter Marucci): using a Tarot forcing deck and a prediction
49 Frixion Pen Magic Brainstorming: a collection of ideas for using these unique pens
51 - From Ron Dayton: light bulb ideas
51 - From Bruce Barnett: pen writing its color
52 - From Larry White: business card trick
53 - From Bob Neale: Fire and Ice
54 - From Lee Woodside: the Contract
56 - From Lee Woodside: The Ghost Under the Bed
58 The OM Box (Chuck Stylesmith Smith): making a billet switching box; OM stands for Otis Manning as pritned in an old Jinx
60 - The Ghost of a Chance (John J. Crimmins, Jr.): using the above box
61 - Further Ideas
63 - Some Commercial Boxes: Mikame, Viking, Larry Becker

Volume 3 No. 4 Print
1 Masklyn ye Mage AKA Tony Andruzzi (David Goodsell): about Tom Palmer, who later became Tony Andruzzi
3 The Breath of Hella (Masklyn ye Mage): candle goes out while stared at
4 Cagliostro’s Final Seecret (Alexander Roemer): iron to gold and back again, using Viking's Alchemist's Dream prop
7 The Mark of Septimus (Stefan Dardik): the mark of death passed to an evil wizard
10 The Deryni Factor Revisited (David Goodsell): two magic symbols transpose
13 Curiosities - Ghost: optical illuksion
14 Miscellania: permissions from Richard Kaufman for interview portions, and a note on the Cameron Gathering

Volume 3 No. 4 Web
2 The Deryni Factor Revisited: artwork for the effect
4 Memories of Andruzzi From Those Who Knew Him
4 - Ford Kross
5 - Bill Palmer
5 - Mark Piazza
5 - Lary Kuehn
6 - Ed Loveland
6 - Peter Zenner
9 Daemon Dirt (Tony Andruzzi): Tony's failing trick and background
10 The Ghost of Masklyn (Mark Piazza): quickie for the Vanishing cards or deck
11 The Key of Imagination (Dr. Spektor AKA Bruce Ballon): reworking of Bill Simon's Business Card Prophecy
16 - Two Spectator Optional Adaptation
18 Shoes - A New Orleans Scam (Mike Rogers): a scam Mike often saw in New Orleans
19 Meditations on a Die Box (Frederick Turner): a wisdom story for the Die Box
21 Routine for Fogel’s Triple Prediction (Brother Shadow): an almost impromptu card routine
23 Mad Money (Dale Hildebrandt): routine around a bill production from an empty coin purse
25 A Visit to the Corner Store (Ed Solomon): story of a prayer and equal weights
27 The Tell Tale Teletubbie (Master Payne): a murder mystery with marbles, Poe and Po
31 20/20 (Ron Dayton): effect using a set of brown and blue artificial eyes
33 Rebirth of the Phoenix (Peter Marucci & Gene Poinc): dove pan effect with links to an Origami Swan
35 Certainment (Jim Kleefeld): construction of a clever mentalists clipboard
38 Circle of the Morning Star (Jim Kleefeld): routine using the above clipboard
41 Solving The Cleveland Torso Murders (Jim Kleefeld): solving a murder mystery wih the Certainment Clipboard
45 Nomi the Alchemist (Jim Kleefeld): a clipboard routine around the Zodiac
49 Jack’s Forgotten Victims (Jim Kleefeld): Map location determined using the Clipboard

Volume 3 No. 5 Print - The Cameron Gathering Issue
1 Fangs for the Memory (Alexandra Wallace AKA The Queen of Hearts): a biography of Charles Cameron
4 The Voodoo Doll (Ed Loveland): doll predicts which limb will not be poked
6 The Name of the Dead (David Goodsell): magician determines which person the spectator names for an unmarked grave
8 Roni’s Center Tear (Roni Shachnaey): used in the above routine
Then Another…Then Another… Then Another… (Leslie Melville): a re-scripted presentation of Roy Scott's Repeat Bank-Note Production using the Jap Production Box
13 Curiosities: name the magician
14 Miscellania: answer to who the magician is

Volume 3 No. 5 Web
2 Paulo – Priest and Scientist (Roni Shachnaey): a magic square and the rope through the neck saves the Priest
4 Short History of the Inquisition
6 Photos For The Name of the Dead: and folder design
9 Watering (Bob Neale): Two routines about water using Dissolvo paper
9 - Swimming: about the trial of a witch
11 - Water Boarding: about a method of interrogation
13 Black Art Prediction (Don Drake): for stage or platform
14 Sea Fever (Larry White): a Lota Bowl routine and a poem
15 Signed, Sealed and... (Chuck Stylesmith Smith): a bill serial number predicted a week before matches the spectator's bill
17 Woosh (Larry White and Bob Neale): brainstorm to turn a joke into a card trick
19 Tip From Bob: for Magician's Wax substitute
20 Bob Neale's Handling for Woosh: using the same cards
22 The Tears of Our Children (Odes Odhner): routine for Rupert's Pearls
24 How To Make Rupert’s Tears (Larry White): Workshop
28 In the Oracle’s Ear:
28 - Shim Steel Source (Simon Carmel): for Jim Kleefeld's Certainment clipboard
28 - The Twenty and the One (Ed Solomon): short story for bill switch
29 - Dover Publications: note about an Antique Playing Cards Designs CD-ROM
29 - Leslie Melville's Advertising: photos of fliers
31 Death Becomes Us (Peter Marucci): mummy Tarot cards effect about Egypt
34 Sri Lanka, The Sanitary Vampire (Lary Kuehn): a vampire attacks his victim through a soda straw
35 The Alphabet Block (Ron Dayton): poem where an Alphabet block becomes bloody
39 Séance for an Unknown Spirit (Roni Shachnaey): a different living and dead test for magicians
44 Two Presentations for the Haunted Key (Stefan Fisher)
44 - Clara's Key: adapted from The Key to Borley Rectory by Peter Marucci
45 - Key to Imagination
46 Darwin’s Séance Table Gimmick (Don Drake & Gary Darwin): make things move along a table top
48 Portal Rouge (Ed Solomon): a dollhouse door opens mysteriously during a story

Volume 3 No. 6 Print
1 Jeff McBride Magic At the Edge: The Gifts of the Magi, A Conversation with Jeff McBride
3 The Fire Ritual (Jeff McBride): a fire bowl story with audience participation
6 The Gods Play Dice (Bob Neale): routine for the Die Box
10 Cannibal Cards (Eugene Burger): Eugene's approach to this card trick
14 And One Last Curiosity: carrying many chairs

Volume 3 No. 6 Web
3 More McBride: the Interview Continued
11 Gods Play Dice (Bob Neale): Dice Box Sources
12 Birthdated (Dale Hildebrandt): mentalist guesses birth month within 2 months and only a pen and paper
13 A Yuletide Smash & Stab (Master Payne): performer smashes all bags except the one with the Christmas ornament inside
17 The Beast in the Hall (Ed Solomon): defeating evil with Holy Water, using a change bag and color changing silk
20 Seeing with the Fingertips (Chuck Smith): Magician predicts value and location of matching cards from two decks
22 Alternative Presentations: additional ideas
23 A Shel Silverstein Routine (Marlene Clark): a dice routine to a Shel Silverstein poem
26 That Magic Moment (Larry White): paper hearts become joined, using the Clippo principle
Arachniphobic Anni (Odes Odhner): story for use with Jim Pace's The Web card trick
31 Scripting Magic - Just Say Yes (Pete McCabe): Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket approach
38 Coffin Nails Plus (Ed Loveland): a nail heats and bends
40 My Card at Your Number (Larry White): predicted card appears at any number named by spectator
42 The Game of the Master (Ed Loveland & Mark Sherman): a coffin variation of the Bank-Nite theme
Doctor Watson’s Lost Journal, a Story Puzzle (Leslie Melville): a version of the truth teller and liar puzzle with comedy ending
45 The Mayan Spirits of Teotihuacan (Ed Loveland): routine for the Mayan Mummies effect, where the magician can tell in which coffin the mummy lies
50 Spooked Horse (Ed Loveland): story around a horse that rocks by itself
53 La Casa Rosada En La Esquina (Mitos Odnalor): outline of a story with a flipping bill and a Twisting the Aces type of effect, but no details
59 Captain Slone’s Glass Eye, a Devil of a Bar & Pub Report: math trick with an old map and some cards
67 The Swastika, a Story Puzzle (Leslie Melville): a puzzle
69 The Vampire Convention (Larry White): a science trick dressed up for Halloween
70 Mystery of the Bells workshop (Ron Dayton): three shell game with jingle bells and how to make them
74 Psycrets – The British Society of Mystery (Roni Shachnaey & Dr. Todd Landman): event review
77 Tickling the Oracle’s Funny Bone (Alan Wassilak): a short story
78 A Gift Card from Odes (Odes Odhner): a card force antique photo
82 Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot? (Ed Solomon): two wine glasses clink together on their own on a table
85 It’s About Time (Ed Solomon): a story about time, using two drawer boxes

The Larry White Memorial Issue - 2009 October
2 Introcduction & Contents
3 Remembering Larry (David Goodsell): a short biography
5 Larry White’s Spirit Cabinet Presentation (Larry White introduced by Leslie Melville): a full routine with humor
11 On Margery the Medium (David Goodsell)
12 Dear Readers (Master Payne): introduction to the poem
13 A Properly Parsed Poem for The Mystery of the Five Linking Rings (Master Payne)
16 Hell’s Bells (Jim Kleefeld): a death story about ring/no-ring bells
22 Hellbound and Other Diversions - The Name is the Game (Robert Neale): ideas using a vanishing name for Frixion Pens
23 - Hell Bound
23 - Death Calls Back
23 - Trash Removal
23 - Go Get 'Em
24 - Attention Please
24 - Heaven Help Us
24 - Notes
25 Mental Menagerie (Dr. H. Fredrick Reisz, Jr.): mentalism suitable for children, using animal rubber bands and some animal crackers
29 The Devil Takes A Hand (Peter Marucci): spectator picks the Devil card from amongst blanks
32 Dicky Dean’s The Card That Never Dies (Dicky Dean): production of cards
34 Dicky Dean Meets Peter Marucci, or, The Devil’s Hand Never Dies (David Goodsell): a variation on The Devil Takes a Hand
36 Dead or Alive Blindfold Test (Roni Shachnaey): using blank visiting cards and magnetic paper and a PK ring
40 The Legacy of “Jimmy the Giant” - The Sliding Die Box Revisited (Alan Wassilak): uses a no-frill dies box that uses 2.25" die
47 Brainbusters - Lucky Seven (Tom Craven): envelopes handed out in a random order contain cards that spell a name and a card selection
50 Not Yo Mummy (Ed Solomon): a tapping hand routine
53 Extra Sensory Deception (Larry Becker): Revelation of an ESP card selection using envelopes
58 Cursed (Brother Shadow): an interesting story for a Bank-Nite type effect
60 Spell-Check Mated (Ron Dayton): magician determines which chess piece was selected
Mind Lock (ERYX): good use for a word based lock
64 True Scary Tales - The Night I Held Hands With Larry White in the Dark! (Bruce Kalver): article on performing a séance, and some ideas that never got used
66 The Lion Ring (Bill Palmer): approach to any "spiked" routine, where the magician dangerously finds the cup with a spike under it
68 Jesusita’s Haunted Railroad Crossing(Mitos Odnalor translated by Rolando Santos): routine around the rising finger ring on rubber band and Cubio
76 The Cursing (Bruce Barnett): object named by one of five words selected is found in a small box - no force
80 Curiosity: sinking and floating egg experiment
81 The Mesmer Deck (Mitos Odnalor translated by Rolando Santos): selected card vanishes and ends up face up in the deck
85 The Open Book Experiment (Ed Solomon): workshop for a book that opens by itself

Appendices

X-1 Arguments with God (Gene Poinc):
5 Introduction
6 Angels Giggle, Angels Cry: Tarbell's Chinese Rope Chain applied to Atheists getting into Heaven
8 Happy Birthday God: presenting jewels and a turd; yes you read that right
10 Hide And Seek: the Ball and Tube trick
12 In The Beginning: Three card Monte around the Garden of Eden
14 Requiem For Guardians: Using the Pea Can, a story about Christ until the twist at the end with a 666
17 Reunion: an irreverant story of a Child's death with a card trick
19 The Book: a Magic Coloring Book story around Creation
21 Weeping Man: weeping for God, again with a Pea Can
23 Ultimate Humiliation IV - Powers of Prayer: backs of the cards all change in a story of prayer
25 Ultimate Humiliation V - Summit Meeting: Out of This World presenation about a Ying & Yang version of the beginning of the World
28 Whatll’Ya Have?: an aging card and nickel in this story of aging
31 Gene Poinc Remembered:
31 - Photos
31 - Carrion of the Field (Gene Poinc): poem
33 - Gen Poinc's Biography - In Brief (Gene Poinc)

X-2 Burlingame’s Magic Tricks
See full contents at: Burlingame, H.J. - Magic Tricks

X-3 Endless Amusements
See full contents at: Thomas Boys (pub) - Endless Amusements

X-4 Oracle Rogue’s Gallery (short 1 pagers on contributors to Oracle)
1 Walt Anthony
2 Danny Archer
3 Bruce Barnett
4 Pascal Clement
5 Ronald J. Dayton
6 Felippe Fabbi
7 Jim Fish
8 David Goodsell
9 Michael Henry
10 Carl Harron
11 Tony Iacoviello
12 Kenton Knepper
13 Peter Marucci
14 Leslie Melville
15 Robert E. Neale
16 Alain Nu
17 Odes Odhner
18 Bill Palmer, MIMC
19 Bob Parmacek
20 Master Payne
21 Pasqual Perrino
22 Steven Rivkin
23 Roni Shachnaey
24 R. Shane
25 Ed Solomon
26 Mark Strivings
27 Phlemon Vanderbeck
28 Larry White
29 Gerald Wincklhofer
30 Alexander Roemer
31 Larry Becker
32 Pierre Barry
33 Tom Crecelius
34 David Parr
35 Brian Scott
36 Douglas Byrd
37 Jim Kleefeld
38 Kim Walkowski
39 Marlene Clark
40 Ed Loveland
41 Cody S. Fisher
42 Mark Piazza
43 Tim Santiago Converse
44 Bruce Kalver
45 Chuck Smith
46 Mary Tomich
47 Lary Kuehn
48 Dale A. Hildebrandt
49 John Coulter
50 Neil Tobin
51 The Scribe
52 Stefan Fisher