Henry Christ Force

78 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 to 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
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card
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 The Perfect Miracle
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 130) 524
Unknown 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
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
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force continued on p. 198
Related to July 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 194
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
Related toVariations 1969 Hierophant (Issue 2) 65
Edward Marlo, Henry Christ Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement, five variations
Related to 1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 283
Lin Searles Christ Force Handling
1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 37
Roy Walton Christ Force Handling
Also published here 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 74
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force
Oct. 1973 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2) 33
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
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
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
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
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
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
Unknown 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 The Perfect Miracle based on 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
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd
 		2004 The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5 42
Henry Christ 203rd Force
Feb. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1) 31
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
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
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 297
Tomas Blomberg PreMEMOnition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 303
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired by
  • "All Expenses Paid" (Jim Krenz)
Related toAlso published here 		2017 False Anchors — Volume Two 41
Unknown 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
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