On Apr 12, 2017, BeThePlunk wrote:
And you assemble the second deck in the reverse order that you memorized the first one. So apparently you capture the whole deck together, not in a front to back order. Can you assemble the second deck starting at any point? How long does the memory of one deck last?

On Apr 12, 2017, Memory_Magician wrote:
There are many resources some good, most bad lol. I would say "How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week: 52 Proven Ways to Enhance Your Memory Skills" By Dominic O'Brien as one of the top resources for starting out.

On Apr 3, 2006, Bill Palmer wrote:
Although Feinagle did develop the system that Lorayne's is based upon, Lorayne probably got his start with either the Roth system or the Zufall system.
If you can find the David Roth memory course (not by the coin man, different David Roth) you will have a book that is superior to anything that Harry Loraye has published.
For one thing, there are more illustrations. These make it much easier to grasp.

A lot of this depends on what you intend to do with it, though. If memorizing a deck of cards in one minute is your goal, Harry's system may not be the best. If doing a memory demonstration for a group of people is your goal, it will work just fine.

On Apr 03, 2006, Memo wrote:
Within the "inner thoughts" I published my technique, which was published (for free) by the German memory-athlet Steffen Buetow about four years ago. On a good day, I memorize a deck of cards in about 30 seconds using this technique.

On Apr 20, 2006, Memo wrote:
I can memorize a number with 250 digits in five minutes, a deck of cards in 40 seconds - and I do not have to use a single technique, that has not been known by people at least 400 years ago!

On Apr 03, 2006, Memo wrote:
Mr. Lorayne is too often overstating his success and minling memory effects and "pure memory". He would have no chance at a memory competiton. It is sad, that nearly all people dealing with memory training on a really high level are very disappointed by Loraynes statements about memory and memory-performers.

Especially, that Mr. Lorayne claims to be the inventor of a lot of techniques, that have been known for ages - because the major basics of all the memory techniques we are talking about have been invented/found by ancienct Greek people more than 2000 years ago. If you like to, you could learn all the techniques you need for great memory effects from the books of Socrates or Keos!

If you like to learn how to memorize a deck of cards in two minutes, any of the known systems will help you and Lorayne maybe is the first one who ever published the technique specialized for playing cards (still using the same 2000-years old ideas). But if you like to memorize a deck of cards in less than a minute or even 40 seconds (after a lot of training) it might be helpful to read what experienced memorizers do (just small changes to old and basic technqiues).