Harry Lorayne - Super Power Memory, Ultimate Magic eBooks Collection
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How to Develop
A SUPER-POWER
MEMORY
by Harry Lorayne
A. THOMAS & CO.
PRESTON
Contents
Foreword
11
How Keen Is Your Observation?
13
Does what you see register in your mind? Which
light is on top of the traffic light? Is the number six
on your watch dial, the Arabic #6 or is it the
Roman #VI? Other observation questions. The
importance of observation in memory.
Habit Is Memory
20
There is no such thing as a poor memory, only a
trained or untrained one. There is no limit to the
capacity of the memory. Lucius Scipio was able to
remember the names of all the people of Rome;
Seneca could memorize and repeat two thousand
words after hearing them once.
Test Your Memory
24
If you can remember any one thing by association,
you can do it with anything else. A series of tests
for you to take now to indicate how limited your
untrained memory is.
Interest in Memory
32
The first step is to be interested in remembering
names, faces, dates, figures, facts—anything, and
that you have confidence in your ability to retrain
them.
Link Method of Memory
What the Link Method is. Use this method of
associating ridiculous mental images with items
you want to remember. Start to remember as
you've never remembered before.
39
Contents
The Peg System helps you associate and remember
numbers. You can learn to remember 52 items by
number, in and out of order.
48
Uses of the Peg and Link Systems
60
Start with remembering a Shopping List and Daily
Errands. From this you will go on to more difficult
feats.
Test yourself (and your friends) on a "trick" sign.
How to sharpen and develop your observation abil-
ities.
66
How to retain the contents of a speech or script
JOT
delivery or use when wanted. How to memorize
the complete contents of a magazine!
72
How to remember the lay and play of cards in any
card game. How to perform memory feats with
cards.
81
How to remember numbers—short, long, in se-
quence and out.
91
How the Alphabet can aid your memory.
97
How to remember any date; how to perform stunts
with days and dates; learn to do the amazing "per-
petual calendar" stunt.
104
Peg System of Memory
How to Train Your Observation
It Pays to Remember Speeches, Articles, Scripts
and Anecdotes
It Pays to Remember Playing Cards
It Pays to Remember Long Digit Numbers
Some Pegs for Emergencies
It Pays to Remember Dates
Contents
It Pays to Remember Foreign Language Vocabu-
lary & Abstract Information
114
It Pays to Remember Names and Faces
120
Impress the name on your mind; associate the
name and face with something of significance to
yourself.
What's in a Name?
128
More advice on how to remember names. Substi-
tute picture words and symbols for names.
Now test your ability to remember names and
faces. Compare your score and your improvement.
139
It Pays to Remember Facts about People
151
The more you can remember about people you
meet, the more success and happiness you will
have in your social and business life.
It Pays to Remember Telephone Numbers
157
Here's how you will be able to remember any
number of telephone numbers with the greatest
of ease.
The Importance of Memory
How a trained memory helped successful men and
women in their activities and careers.
167
How to handle and overcome mental blocks.
174
Learn the incredible "400 digit" memory feat and
astound your friends.
181
Learn the system of substitute words to help you
to remember difficult foreign words, thoughts and
abstract ideas.
More about Names and Faces
Don't Be Absent-minded
Amaze Your Friends
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