Henry Christ Force

108 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Henry Christ Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henry Christ The 203rd Force
Related toVariations 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
38
Henry Christ The Perfect Force double backer, 203rd force
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
128
Al Baker Effect 2 double backer, Christ Force type challenge location, setting double back key card
Related to 1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
498
Henry Christ Christ Force
1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[5]
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[7]
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[8]
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[8]
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card, "by no means new", for impromptu method see footnote
Related toVariations 1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
8
Henry Christ The 203rd Force uncredited
Variations Feb. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 9)
37
R. M. Jamison Double Back Card Force method to repeat 203rd Force with a second card
Inspired byVariations July 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 2)
60
Henry Christ Christ Force
1945
My Best
76
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1945
My Best
78
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toAlso published here 1945
My Best
79
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 1945
My Best
79
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
524
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
Related to 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
44
Edward Marlo Christ Force Handling double facer
 		1953
Unlimited
11
Stewart James The Nullificator based on Henry Christ Force, card cut and turned over behind back of performer
Related toVariations 1954
The Nullificator
3
Stewart James The Open Prediction #10 starts with a free cut, halves are placed back-to-back, card at separation is only card dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
8
Herb Zarrow Revolving Aces four times Christ Force
Related toVariations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
98
Henry Christ Christ Force
1962
Close-up Card Magic
98
Dai Vernon, Hubert Lambert, Faucett Ross Emerald Isle Aces four times riffle force in which top packet is turned over and spread until first face-down card
Related toVariations 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
228
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force continued on p. 198
Related to July 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 9)
194
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
Related toVariations Winter 1969
The Hierophant (Issue 2)
65
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement
  • Basic Handling
  • First Variation
  • Second Variation
  • Third Variation
  • Fourth Variation
  • Fifth Variation
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
The Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
283
Lin Searles Christ Force Handling
May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
37
Roy Walton Christ Force Handling
Also published here Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
74
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Double Backer Effect No. 607, setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure, shown by Al Baker
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
169
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
Paul Curry Turn of the Century setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1974
Paul Curry Presents
57
Henry Christ The Original Christ Force including five variations, one with double backer
Also published here 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
32
Henry Christ Christ Force
Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Reinhard Müller Eine Doppelrückenkarten kann Karten forcieren forcing with double backer
  • Anwendung 1
  • Variante
  • Anwendung 2
 		Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
32
Jerry K. Hartman, Henry Christ Christ Force Variation behind the back, interesting
 		Jan. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 1)
155
Henry Christ Christ Force
1979
That Certain Something...
15
Jochen Zmeck Stabbing Henry Christ Force card stabbed to with knife as get-into for Henry Christ force
 		1979
Zwölf Zmeck'sche Zaubereien
26
Henry Christ Faced Deck Force with double facer
 		Mar. 1979
Ibidem (Issue 36)
28
Roger Smith Oddly Unexpected odd-backed duplicate of selection is found at cut-off point, value of selection is used to count down and find actual selection
 		1980
The Smith Notes!
5
Henry Christ Christ Force
1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
178
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1982
Best of Friends
349
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Christ Location no-touch cut-deeper selection procedure
Variations 1982
Sessions
39
Stephen Tucker No Cover Henry Christ inspired by the cut deeper force
Related to 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
35
Meir Yedid Perpetual Force Variation see Zarrow's Christ Force handling
Inspired by 1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
100
Henry Christ Christ Force Variation
Also published here 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
32
Lou Gallo Im-Packed disguised Christ Force, selection changes back color
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
196
Roger Curzon The Christ Coincidence two decks, same card is chosen using the Christ Cut Force, cards found reversed in other decks
Also published here
  • Roger Curzon's "Lecture Notes 1" 1979.
 1985
Tribute to Ed Marlo
1
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1986
Angel Card Rise Plus
20
David Britland Sagittarius out-of-hand selection, performer stabs reversed card next to selection, Henry Christ Force inspired
Related to 1986
Psychomancy
20
Roy Walton Christ Force Handling
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
18
Henry Christ Christ Force
1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
92
Edward Marlo Do It Right four times riffle force in which top packet is turned over and spread until first face-down card to find the Aces, credit information
Related to July 1990
Technomagic (Issue 1)
5
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1992
Deceptive Practices
37
Henry Christ Christ Force
1993
Applications
45
Peter Duffie Betwixt and Between card chosen, Christ Cut to select a number by counting turned-over block, then Jokers turn over and trap that number of card, then the selection
Inspired by 1993
Card Selection
8
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Four Get Me Not four cards are divined, Christ Cut Force
 		Nov. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 5)
12
Jack Avis The Lap Addition Christ force under the table
Related to 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
192
Jack Avis Under-the-Table Reverse getting ready for Christ type force under the table
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
193
Herb Zarrow Stop at an Ace No. 17, four chosen cards via cuts or stopping at riffling turn out to be the Aces, consecutive Christ Forces
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
29
Edward Marlo Henry Christ Force Handling
1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
96
Philip T. Goldstein Cruz Control spectator cuts at an Ace, then other three Aces are produced
Also published here
  • "Cruz Control" (Phil Goldstein, The Linking Ring one man parade, 1995)
 1995
Inside Cardmagic
57
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force second variation, key placement
Also published here 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
10
Pablo Domenèch, Jon Racherbaumer Forzaje por Extension / Inversion sobre la Mesa five variations on the Christ Force and cut forces
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
180
Henry Christ The 203rd Force / Henry Christ Force
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
194
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd force
 		1997
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 4
63
Roy Walton Whispering Henry two cards selected, performer names one of them, it turns over, second selection named and found, Henry Christ Force application
Variations 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
118
Tomas Blomberg Pre-MEMO-nition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Also published here Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
75
203rd Force Variant under the table
 		2000
I'm Dancing
25
Paul Curry, Henry Christ Variation of 203rd Force
2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
99
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
129
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
292
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
293
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
294
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Inspired by
  • Lu Brent's "U-Find-It" in "Five Super Card Mysteries"
Also published here 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
296
Robin Robertson, Stewart James Cut Force CF
face-up deck cut and cut-off packet placed face-down on table, rest on top, inverted Henry Christ Force, credit information
  • The Force
  • Delayed Action
Also published here
  • "Handle with Care" (Robin Robertson, 1964)
  • letter from 1957 published in "The James File, Vol. 1" (2000, see trick "Jogestja")
 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
17
Newell Unfried The 203rd 4rce
  • Background
  • Basic 203rd Force (Original Christ Method)
  • Spectator Handling Subtlety (Clayton Rawson)
  • Easy Multiple Force Variation
  • Revolving Block Multiple-Card Force Principle
  • Adding and Ditching the Double-Backer
  • Business cards
Inspired by 2003
Mystery School
403
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd
 		2004
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5
42
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here 2004
Deserting the Legion
3
Henry Christ 203rd Force
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
31
Peter Duffie On a Roll spectator selects a card and cuts the deck into three piles, top cards and selection make up the four Jacks
 		2005
Card Secrets Unlocked
26
Justin Higham "Oops" Open Prediction using a form of the Henry Christ Force
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
354
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
2007
Card Dupery
153
Syd Segal Two-Timing two cards cut to and lost by spectator with Henry Christ Force procedure (cut and turn pile over), one spelled to and one found reversed
 		2007
Freebie 8
4
Nick Trost A Simple Coincidence mate of selection turns over in deck
Variations 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
33
Henry Christ 203rd Force
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
269
Karl Fulves KF Notes on the 203rd force as revelation
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
271
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty and his "Force Majeure" introduction to Christ Force applications
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty and his "Force Majeure" introduction to Christ Force applications
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
16
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
16
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
16
Paul Curry, Christian Engblom Double Facer Cut Force spectator cuts under table
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
40
Michael Weber, Paul Curry An Old (sheared) Black Ram2 variations on Curry's idea:
  • Easy
  • A Little More Work
  • Even More Work (position of selection named)
  • Great Minds Think Alike (further credits)
  • And For Those Who Read This Far
Inspired byRelated to 2010
An Old Black Ram2
3
Henry Christ Christ Force faced cards instead of double backer
 		2010
Card College Lightest
61
Nick Trost Revolving Marriages four times Christ Force to locate Kings, Queens are found together face up in center
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
623
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
297
Tomas Blomberg PreMEMOnition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Inspired byAlso published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
303
Alexander de Cova Forciermethoden on forcing methods that can be used blindfolded
  • Hinduforce
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 3
185
Nick Trost Revolving Queens and Aces four times Christ Force to locate Queens, then the Aces turn over
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1231
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2017
False Anchors — Volume Two
41
Double Faced Christ Force
2018
Solomon's Secrets
69
David Solomon Matcho From a Shuffled Deck two cards chosen by Christ cutting procedure, predicted
 		2018
Solomon's Secrets
75
John Bannon, David Solomon A Christ Session four Sixes produced, starting with a Christ force
 		2018
Solomon's Secrets
77
Gareth Bell Close-up Comfort in Harry's High Herb spectator finds Royal Flush, four times Christ Force handling
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
394
George McBride Vernannemann a Four is put reversed in deck, spectator cuts to a card, it matches, other two Fours show up as well
Inspired by
  • "The Message Card" (Dai Vernon, Dominic Twose's Impromptu Secrets)
 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
96
David Britland Fribble Forecast
  • Cardopolis
spectator does trick to performer, performer picks card and spectator finds mate with cutting procedure
Related to Sep. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 9)
58