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Billet reading

Billet reading, or the envelope trick, is a mentalist effect in which a performer pretends to use clairvoyance to read messages on folded papers or inside sealed envelopes. It is a widely performed "standard" of the mentalist craft since the middle of the 19th century. Billet is the French term for note or letter, referring to the rectangular shape of…

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Billet reading

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related to history · 25
Billet reading → American, Annemann's, Another, Bert Reese, Billet, Charles, Dingwall, Eric Dingwall, Foster, Hereward Carrington, In, It, Joseph Dunninger, Joseph Rinn, Magician Theodore Annemann, Martin Gardner, New York, Practical Mental Magic, Reese, Reese's
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Billet reading → Carnac, Carson, Ernie Kovacs, Johnny Carson's, Magnificent, Mr, No, Question Man, Steve Allen, The, The Answer Man
related to One-ahead · 7
Billet reading → Another, In, Instead, It, Most, The, To
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Billet reading → example of a generalized class of tricks known as

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Billet readingis aexample of a generalized class of tricks known as0.90text
Joseph Dunninger but managed to fool a number of people into believing he was a genuine psychicinstance ofMartin Gardner wrote that Reese was an expert mentalist no different from stage magicians of the period0.80text
Billet readingrelated to historyBillet0.60section
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Billet readingrelated to historyCharles0.60section
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Billet readingrelated to historyBert Reese0.60section
Billet readingrelated to historyMagician Theodore Annemann0.60section
Billet readingrelated to historyReese's0.60section
Billet readingrelated to historyThe Jinx0.60section

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