This is one of the most exciting books I have read in a while. The Memory Arts by Sarah and David Trustman and Vanishing Inc. will teach you how to easily memorize things in a way that makes it effortless. It is really amazing.
I have read a few of my friend Harry Lorayne’s books on memory and had a decent idea of what the Memory Arts was all about. It teaches you a system on how to remember things. The method is not a secret and I will briefly run through it below in very general terms.
The book you get is a 7 and half inches by 7 and a half inches hardcover book with 341 pages. The pages contain numerous glossy paintings and diagrams that are used in your learning or memorization of either one or two stacks; particularly the Tamariz’s Mnemonica stack of the Aronson stack. The illustrations and artistry were created by Mr. Trustman. Although you can and should, I did not use this book to remember the Mnemonica stack because I taught myself the stack the hard way years ago. I do not recommend the rote memory method as it was painful and not fun. Learning a stack using the Memory Arts book is neither painful nor tedious and it is in fact very fun. By the way, you are not limited to learning the order of a deck of cards, you can use the method to remember a shopping list or many other things that you would normally forget.
I am going to do what I said I would never do: learn a second stack. Aronson here we come!
So, how hard is this? Let me put it to you like this. I went to breakfast with my elementary school child and at the end of the meal the first 26 images were memorized. Truly amazing! So you know, you learn 52 totally random images. These images are, as referenced above, created by David Trustman. They are fun and creative. After you easily remember all 52 images, you learn a system of how to remember each card by turning each playing card into an image that then is remembered as part of the original 52 random images. So, what are the random images? They could be a Conquistador, a sailboat in the middle of the desert, a smoke exhaling dragon, a tunnel or a Ringmaster teaching a lion. Weird right? Yes, but it works!
The book is written clearly and easy to follow so learning is a snap. Now, be forewarned that you need to put in a small amount of work compared to the powers that will be bestowed upon you. Yes, there is some memorizing things, but the way it is taught makes it simple.
Back to my child elementary school child. After breakfast I went home and read (not showed) the names of the first 26 images to my wife and asked her to recall them. She couldn’t. She got the first 4 and then got the order wrong and couldn’t remember. I think asked her to ask our little one to name the images by number and she ran through all 26 in a row. My wife was flabbergasted and thought it was a magic trick. I then handed the book to my wife, taught her the method in 30 second and 2 minutes later she named all images 1 through 10 perfectly.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It is one of the best new books I have read in years. After reading this book you may feel like you have super powers and can remember anything. All you have to do is remember to buy it!
Immediately go to your nearest online Murphy’s Magic outlet and buy this awesome book!
