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Memorization Methods
Until now, there were two basic methods of memorizing a stack of 52 cards. The first consists simply of learning the order of cards by rote memory. The stack-number-to-card correspondences are simply recited out loud until they are learned by heart.

The second method uses mnemonics, a system that employs associated words to recall stack numbers and cards. A mnemonic is a kind of helpful memo. An example of a mnemonic is the word “CHaSeD”. Thinking of this word immediately brings to mind the suit order Clubs-Hearts-Spades-Diamonds.		 Six-hourMemorized Deck- Highlight
The advantage of the mnemonics method is that it can serve other purposes as well. The memorized words can indeed be used to remember all sorts of lists, to produce effects of mentalism, or to perform exceptional feats of memory.

There now exists a third method: memorization with the help of rules. This is the method proposed in THE SIX-HOUR MEMORIZED DECK. It must not be confused with systems that use mathematical formulas to translate stack numbers into cards and vice versa. Far from it! It is simply a memorization method which allows you to remember easily and quickly a stack of 52 cards.
The charts below present a comparison between memorization methods using mnemonics and the method based on rules, as proposed in THE SIX-HOUR MEMORIZED DECK.
Memorization Method
using Mnemonics		 Memorization Method
using Rules
1. Memorize the mnenmonic number-alphabet (L= 1, N= 2, M= 3, etc.) 1. Memorize fourteen basic rules (ex. Rule 1: 4-8-16-32 gives the position of the four Aces)
2. Memorize fifty-two mnemonic words that represent the fifty-two stack number (heN= Stack No. 2, haM= Stack No. 3, etc.)
3. Memorize fifty-two mnemonic words that represent the fifty-two cards in a deck (SuN= Two of Spades, SuM= Three of Spades, etc.)
4. Memorize fifty-two pictures that link each mnemonic card-word with a mnemonic stack-number-word (the sun eating a ham; a hen pecking a calculator to arrive at a sum, etc.)
Total information to be memorized Total information to be memorized
Number Alphabet 14 Rules
104 Mnemonic Words
52 Mnemonic Pictures
Time required to memorize the stack Time required to memorize the stack
30 days, 45 minutes per day 4 days, 90 minutes per day
Time required to master the memorized stack Time required to master the memorized stack
Another 1 to 6 months Another six hours