126 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
Variations
1934 38
Henry Christ The Perfect Force double backer, 203rd force
Variations
1937 128
Lin Searles Multiple Card Force four out-jogged chosen cards are switched for force card, with reversed clean-up card (or double backer)
Inspired by
1938 49
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 [5]
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here
1941 [7]
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1941 [8]
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here
1941 [8]
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card, "by no means new", for impromptu method see footnote
Related to
Variations
1942 8
Henry Christ The 203rd Force uncredited
Variations
Feb. 1944 37
R. M. Jamison Double Back Card Force method to repeat 203rd Force with a second card
Inspired by
Variations
July 1944 60
Henry Christ Christ Force
1945 76
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here
1945 78
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1945 79
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here
1945 79
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Also published here
Related to
Variations
July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
524
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
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1948 44
Edward Marlo Christ Force Handling double facer
1953 11
Stewart James The Nullifactor based on Henry Christ Force, card cut and turned over behind back of performer
Related to
Variations
1954 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 riffle-stop to locate Aces (Christ Force type procedure)
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1962 98
Henry Christ Christ Force
1962 98
Robin Robertson Easy Reverse for Force preparation for Christ Force type handling
Also published here
  • also in: letter from 1957 published in "The James File, Vol. 1" (2000, see trick "Jogestja")
1964 11
Dai Vernon, Herb Zarrow Emerald Isle Aces four times riffle force in which top packet is turned over and spread until first face-down card, should be credited to Herb Zarrow (see Vernon Chronicles in references)
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1961
Related to
Variations
1967 228
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force continued on p. 198
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July 1968 194
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
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Variations
Winter 1969 65
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement
  • Basic Handling
  • First Variation
  • Second Variation
  • Third Variation
  • Fourth Variation
  • Fifth Variation
Also published here
Related to
Variations
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 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
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1974 57
Henry Christ The Original Christ Force including five variations, one with double backer
Also published here
Related to
1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
32
Forcieren mit Doppelrückenkarte Henry Christ double backer force
1976 ca. 8
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
Pablo Domenèch Forzaje por Inversión - Extensión Sobre la Mesa variations on the Christ Force and cut forces
Apr. 1978 110
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 15
Jochen Zmeck Stabbing Henry Christ Force card stabbed to with knife as get-into for Henry Christ force
1979 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 5
Henry Christ Christ Force
1981 178
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1982 349
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Christ Location no-touch cut-deeper selection procedure
Variations
1982 39
Stephen Tucker No Cover Henry Christ inspired by the cut deeper force
1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
35
Meir Yedid Perpetual Force Variation see Zarrow's Christ Force handling
Inspired by
1982 100
Henry Christ Christ Force Variation
Also published here
Related to
1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
32
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
Related to
1984 5
Lou Gallo Im-Packed disguised Christ Force, selection changes back color
1985 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 1
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1986 20
David Britland Sagittarius out-of-hand selection, performer stabs reversed card next to selection, Henry Christ Force inspired
Related to
1986 20
Roy Walton* Christ Force Handling
Also published here
1988 18
Herb Zarrow, Dai Vernon A Note on Zarrow's Revolving Aces spectator says stop four times while riffling, credit information
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
1989 35
Herb Zarrow Revolving Force
1989 35
Henry Christ Christ Force
1989 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 37
Henry Christ Christ Force
1993 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 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 192
Jack Avis Under-the-Table Reverse getting ready for Christ type force under the table
1994 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 29
Edward Marlo Henry Christ Force Handling
1995 96
Henry Christ Christ Force faced cards instead of double backer
1995
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 57 No. 2)
58
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 57
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force second variation, key placement
Also published here
Related to
Variations
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
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1996 180
Henry Christ The 203rd Force / Henry Christ Force
Related to
1997 194
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd force
1997 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 118
Tomas Blomberg Pre-MEMO-nition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Variations
Aug. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 8 No. 12)
75
203rd Force Variant under the table
2000 25
Andrew Wimhurst Whispering Henry's Triumph adding a Triumph finale to Roy Walton's two-card location routine
Also published here
  • "Cheap & Nasty" (2000, Melbourne lecture notes)
Inspired by
2000 [50]
Paul Curry, Henry Christ Variation of 203rd Force
2001 99
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2001 129
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here
2001 292
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2001 293
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here
2001 294
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Lu Brent's "U-Find-It" in "Five Super Card Mysteries"
Related to
Variations
2001 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
  • also in: letter from 1957 published in "The James File, Vol. 1" (2000, see trick "Jogestja")
2003 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 403
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd
2004 42
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here
2004 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 26
Justin Higham* "Oops" Open Prediction using a form of the Henry Christ Force
2007 354
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
2007 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 4
Nick Trost A Simple Coincidence mate of selection turns over in deck
Variations
2008 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
Herb Zarrow Revolving Aces four times riffle-stop to locate Aces (Christ Force type procedure), credit information
Also published here
Related to
Variations
2008 91
Herb Zarrow, Dai Vernon A Note on Zarrow's Revolving Aces spectator says stop four times while riffling
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
2008 93
Herb Zarrow Revolving Royal Flush four times Riffle Christ Force to locate Ten through King of Spades, Ace is found reversed to complete Royal Flush
Inspired by
2008 94
Herb Zarrow Matched Revolvers four tabled predictions are mated with Revolving Aces procedure
Inspired by
2008 94
Herb Zarrow Revolving History forcing a special date/year with Revolving Aces procedure
2008 95
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
2009 16
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here
2009 16
Bob Farmer Christ Almighty four selected cards vanish, using quadruple peek-card gaff ("Christ Almighty Card")
Also published here
2009 16
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here
2009 16
Paul Curry, Christian Engblom Double Facer Cut Force spectator cuts under table
2010 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 by
Related to
2010 [3]
Henry Christ Christ Force faced cards instead of double backer
2010 61
Nick Trost Revolving Marriages four times Christ Force to locate Kings, Queens are found together face up in center
Inspired by
2013 623
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here
2014 297
Tomas Blomberg PreMEMOnition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Inspired by
2014 303
David Solomon Impromptu Matcho two cards chosen by Christ cutting procedure, predicted
Also published here
Jan. 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 5)
70
Alexander de Cova Forciermethoden on forcing methods that can be used blindfolded
  • Hinduforce
2015 185
Cameron Francis Sleightless Sightless three cards from cut-off position are divined, mate of one is turned over in deck
Inspired by
June 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 10)
64
Nick Trost Revolving Queens and Aces four times Christ Force to locate Queens, then the Aces turn over
Inspired by
2015 1231
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
2017 41
Double Faced Christ Force
2018 69
David Solomon Matcho From a Shuffled Deck two cards chosen by Christ cutting procedure, predicted
Also published here
2018 75
John Bannon, David Solomon A Christ Session four Sixes produced, starting with a Christ force
2018 77
Gareth Bell Close-up Comfort in Harry's High Herb spectator finds Royal Flush, four times Christ Force handling
Inspired by
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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 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
Unnamed Magician Behind the Back Location Again behind the performer's back the spectator cuts off a pile and turns it face up onto the rest, remembers face card and removes it, turns face-up cards over again and selection is lost in the deck, performer turns around, deck is riffle shuffled by spectator, performer locates card behind his back
  • Variant Method (different selection procedure without back-top-back cut)
Inspired by
2025 182
Andrew Wimhurst Whispering Henry's Triumph adding a Triumph finale to Roy Walton's two-card location routine
Also published here
  • also in: "Cheap & Nasty" (2000, Melbourne lecture notes)
Inspired by
2025 23