Bernard Zufall - Memory Trix 1

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Zuffall's Memory Trix No. 1

Method for Memorizing Magazines, Etc.

Originally published by BERNARD ZUFALL of Forest Hills Ne! "or# $he %ental %agi&ian

'opyright (00) by *os+ Antonio ,on-.le- 'a/pos

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EFFE'$ %e/bers of the audien&e &all out the page nu/bers of the %aga-ine pages of !hi&h ha1e been distributed and you des&ribe the/ or 1i&e 1ersa2 Or they na/e the ad2 story &artoon et&2 !hile you na/e the page lo&ation and other details2 $he feat is based on a fe! si/ple natural la!s of /e/ory su&h as Attention Assi/ilation Assi/ilation 3/agination Asso&iation Asso&iation and Repetition44and the use of an artifi&ial %ne/oni& series of &ode !ords to aid in lo&ation of pages2 $he length of the list of &ode !ords &an be arranged to suit the a/bitions of the entertainer2 One hundred hundred or so !ill usually suffi&e for one !ho intends to do the tri&# o&&asionally !ith one /aga-ine only2 only2 $he &ode lists are based on a phoneti& syste/ using a figure alphabet !hi&h is e5plained on the inner pages and the idea of !hi&h you &an easily understand2 %ental 6ision 6ision or 3/agination also plays an i/portant part so a brief e5planation of that should be gi1en first2 3t is ne&essary that you pra&ti&e the /ethod regularly to be&o/e e5pert2 7olish &o/es !ith patient pra&ti&e2 8hile a serious &ons&ious effort !ill ha1e to be /ade at the start the sub&ons&ious sub&ons&ious /ind !ill aid greatly !ith ea&h su&&eeding effort and it !ill be&o/e easier and easier as you go along2 "ou "ou /ay be&o/e so interested later that you !ill !ant to atte/pt t!o or /ore /aga-ines in your de/onstrations and you should be able to /e/ori-e the high spots in a &o/plete /aga-ine in an hour or so2  MENTAL  MENTAL VISION  VISION 

%ental 7hotography 6isuali-ation 6isuali-ation or 3/agination /ight be &onsidered as one2 $o 9!or#9 the /ental &a/era you should first use the prin&iple of Attention2

 is  ATTENTION   ATTENTION  is

ne&essary to get a deep i/pression of anything upon the /e/ory2 $o obtain this

3nterest /ust be /anifested in the /atter2 8hen deep i/pressions i/pressions ha1e been /ade on the /e/ory the /atter of re&all is easy2 easy2 :o Attention to details is all i/portant2 And ne5t is 'on&entration of Attention !hi&h is the /ental &ondition !here the entire /ental energy of the indi1idual is fo&used on !hat he is thin#ing or doing2  ran#s  ASSOCIATION   ASSOCIATION  ran#s

ne5t to Attention in %e/ory training2 3t is a /ost i /portant la! of %e/ory 'ulture44Asso&iation of 3deas2 By /eans of Asso&iation !e &onne&t ne! things !ith those !e

already #no!2 CODE WORDS

our ne5t step is probably the /ost diffi&ult step in the /ethod2 $hese &ode &ode !ords

!ill be the 9things !e #no!9 and used to &onne&t the things !e !ant to re/e/ber in se;uen&e44as in this tri&# the /aga-ine pages44so !e &an re&all their lo&ation later2 A Figure Alphabet is used to &onstru&t the list of &ode !ords2 $he &ode !ords are based on a phoneti& arrange/ent fro/ the Figure Alphabet2

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$ N % R L * D as in Dog in Dog Sh as Sh as in :h :hoe $h as in $h $ hief soft G as in Ag A ge  9 9 Ch as Ch as in Chur Church ch  9 9 T  as  as in Nat  Na t ion ion  9 9 Z  as  as in :ei zure  zure  9 9 S as in Sure  9 9 C  as  as in Oc Ocean  9 9 DG 9 DG as  as in Dodg Dodgee  9 9 Tch as ch as in Dutch Dutch

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? @ as in Queen hard , as in Egg E gg  9 9 Ch as Ch as in Ach A chee  9 9 ' as in C o! o!  9 9 Ck  as  as in 'heck  'heck   ing as ing as in ?ing ? ing  arbitrary as belo! :ing  0) :inge  0(C

F 7 : 6 as in 8av 8a ve B as in Boy =:harp> Z as in Z oo oo 7h as in Ph in Photo oto =:harp> ' as in Ac Ace Gh as Gh as in $ough $ou gh

Note Note $he letter letter  !hen !hen pronoun&e pronoun&ed d ?: as in O x O x    )0 ?:H as in An xious  xious  )C Z as in X  in X enia enia  0 6o!els A4E434O4U and letters 84H4" ha1e no nu/eri&al 1alue2 $he abo1e &o/plete alphabet /ay at first see/ diffi&ult to understand2 *ust bear in /ind !e !ill only use the basi& &onsonant letters to represent the figures and this si/ple senten&e !ill help to easily #eep those basi& letters in /ind at the start2

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$he abo1e senten&e gi1es you the e5a&t order of &onsonants as they o&&ur2

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Hat  Hat  3nn Hom Home 8ar Hol Hole Age Hack  Hack  8if  8if e  Pi  Pie  Do  Dose  Da  Dat e  Da!  Da!n n  Di  Dime  Doo  Doorr  Do  Doll  Di  Dish  Du  Duck   Dea  Deaf  f   Do  Do pe  pe  N e!s e!s  N ut   N un  N ame Hon Honor  N ail ail 3nch  N eck  ?nif e  N a p  M iss  M at   M an  M um

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J ok e J eff  J a p Gas Goat  oat  Gun Game Gear ear Gale Gash Gag Guff  Ga p  " ace  " it   " un  " oam oam  " air air  " ool ool  " ish  " ak e  " if e  " o p  Po  Pose  Po  Pot   Pa  Pan  Poe  Poem m  Pea  Pearr  Pai  Paill  Pu  Push  Pi  Pick   Pu  Puff   Po  Po pe  pe  Di  Diseas ease

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7la&e &ode !ord on this side44as  Di  Dime or T eam eam =if you use it>

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As you 9re1ie!9 the &ards let us say < &o/es up after you 9shuffle9 the/2 "ou at on&e #no! the &onsonants $ =or D> and % /ust be used44$ or D for  and % for <2 Repeat D% or $% and Di/e or $ea/ !ill &o/e to /ind2 "ou should soon be able to &ount as fast by &ode !ords as you do by nu/bers so instead of 4(4< et&2 it should be Hat 3nn Ho/e et&2 "ou !ill noti&e that in preparing the list of &ode !ords nouns !ere used in all &ases be&ause asso&iations &an /ore easily be /ade !ith !ords that &an readily be /entally 1isuali-ed2 3f you !ant to /a#e &hanges in this list or to /a#e up another one you &an do so by referring to the figure alphabet2 For instan&e you !ill obser1e that 3 ha1e used !ords beginning !ith the &onsonant 9D9 rather than 9$9 in the series of &ode !ords fro/ ten to t!enty2 3f you &are to start a se&ond list fro/  to 00 you /ight start !ith the follo!ing using 9$9 rather than 9D9 fro/ 0 to (0 and in the series fro/ go to 00 use 9B9 rather than 9729  ( <  G C )

Hut  Hut  Hen Hen Hem Hem Her Hero Hill Hill Hedg Hedgee Hook  Hook 

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Hoof  Hoof  Ho pe  pe T oes oes T ot  T o!n o!n T eam eam T o!er o!er

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T ool ool T ouch ouch T ag Thie Thief  f  T ue  N ois oise and so on2

7RO'EDURE After /astering the &ode !ords you /ust tie up or asso&iate the pages of the /aga-ine !ith the &ode !ords so they &an later be lo&ated2 First of all 9bro!se9 through the /aga-ine44hit the 9high9 spots2 Noti&e the relation of one page !ith another2 Obser1e the layout the &olors et&2 on ea&h page2 :tudy it2 Find out !hether there is any i/aginary tie up of ads su&h as Arro! shirts !ith 8e/bly 8e/bly ties for instan&e2 ,et your /ental &a/era !or#ing2 7ra&ti&e and use the la!s of Assi/ilation Attention Attention 3nterest Obser1ation and Asso&iation spo#en of earlier2 earlier2 Loo# o1er the outstanding arti&les or stories2 8ho !rote the/K 8ho did the illustrations !hat is the story aboutK *ust as !ith a boo# get a little of it at first then add a little /ore to it on se&ond reading and so on2 Loo# for unusual details2 %a#e a &ons&ious effort in analy-ing to get e1erything you &an2 :&an ea&h page &arefully2 &arefully2 'on&entrate2 $ry to do this slo!ly and &arefully in a ;uiet pla&e !here you !onMt be disturbed2 "ou "ou !ill find it easier to get /ore details as you be&o/e e5perien&ed in obser1ing things2 $hen outside influen&es !onMt bother you so /u&h2 "ou &an do the sa/e44it !ill help in /any !ays2 8hen riding in trains or buses noti&e the ads and after loo#ing at the/ &lose your eyes and try to re&all the/2 'onstantly pra&ti&e 9%ental 7hotography29 7hotography29 $here are /any other !ays of doing it i t besides using /aga-ines2 No! after you ha1e /entally photographed ea&h and e1ery page in the /aga-ine you !ish to /e/ori-e and ha1e &arefully re1ie!ed the/ you are ready to 9hit&h the/ up9 so to spea# !ith page nu/bers2 For this purpose the &ode !ords &o/e into play2 7age one !ill be #no!n by &ode !ord Hat44or !hate1er you intend to use as a &ode !ord for one2 7age <44Di/e page 044Ra&e page 44Fair IG447ail et&2 Let us no! ta#e a /aga-ine and try a fe! pages as they a&tually are laid out2 As you ta#e the indi1idual pages 9boil9 all you see thereon do!n to one !ord at the start44hit&h that one !ord the na/e of the ad1ertiser his produ&t or !hate1er else it is44the /ost outstanding !ord on the page44 asso&iate it !ith the &ode !ord representing the nu/ber of that page2 For e5a/ple

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96aseline Hair $oni&9 should be rubbed 9in 9in99 but not the entire 9'ontents9

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9Ne5t 8ee#9 &olu/n and 'entral 3ns2 'o2

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Arro! :hirts =full page ad>

9Arro!9 /ade hol% in hol% in shirt2

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9?eep 7osted9 and enoy 9Life9 before (g% before (g% &reeps  &reeps up on you2

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Hack  Hack 

,eneral %otors A&&eptan&e 'orp2 =full page ad2>

9,eneral %otors9 /ade /any a  ,$ck 2

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Log 'abin :yrup =,en2 Foods 'orp2 =full page ad in &olors>

'if% says 'if% says 9Log 'abin :yrup is good and &olorful2

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9All Right ,entle/en do !e get the /oneyK944 Arti&le by Florabel %uir2

:ee/s easy as Pi% as  Pi% as#ing  as#ing ;ues4 tion li#e 9All Right ,entle/en do !e get the /oneyK9=or shall !e 9floor9 you and get 9/ore9 said the Bad Boy2

8hile the abo1e are gi1en to you in e5a&t se;uen&e it is not /y intention to ta#e e1ery page in the issue to sho! you ho! to /a#e all the tie4ups bet!een &ode !ords and pages2 $he abo1e should gi1e you the idea2 Re/e/ber that these asso&iations or tie4ups need not be perfe&t sin&e you !ill !ant to forget the/ by the follo!ing !ee# so you &an ta&#le the ne5t issue2 DonMt be 9fussy9 about trying to a1oid asso&iations that at the ti/e see/ silly silly for so/eti/es be&ause they are silly silly they 9sti better2 better2 :o ta#e the/ as they &o/e to you2 *ust get enough of a 9hold9 so you &an /entally 9see9 the page if you &lose your eyes2 $he /ental photographs should auto/ati&ally 9erase9 the/sel1es fro/ your /ind in a !ee# or so4then the plate !ill be &lear for a ne! /ental photograph2 3f it isnMt use your se&ond or dual list of &ode !ords to a1oid any /ental &onfusion2 For E5a/ple !ere !e to use Liberty Liberty Life or any other /aga-ine issued under sa/e date the use of the se&ondary list of &ode !ords is ad1isable to a1oid &onfusion2 Although it is not absolutely ne&essary sin&e the ads or other sube&t /atter are li#ely to appear on different pages2 