Memory Powers (1)

What if the "magic" that used to be (using Formulas, practicing odd rituals, etc) was always the "creativity" of today?
Being tend to demonize those they think are smarter/better/etc than they are. Maybe they do that and they called it "magic"? That is probably the most likely thing.
And that is the same reason that "magicians" use magic to describe themselves.

Some of these odd ways to memorize things forever could, if in the correct context, look a HELL of a lot like the "magic" of old. I mean, who thinks to remember the number 46 by seeing Rob Bell standing by a bonfire saying, "Shallom"?
That phrase/picture in my mind is actually 3 things:
1 - the person, Rob Bell in this case
2 - the "object", the massive bonfire from one of his Numa videos
3 - the action, in this case him saying "Shallom" (Hebrew for, please forgive the vastly lacking translation,  "peace to you and your family")
I use this "rule of three" (a HIGHLY implanted idea in our minds through millennia of reinforcment) as a guideline for a group of large numbers I want to memorize. Here's an example of how I would memorize the following number:
956037
First, group it into three parts 95 - 60 - 32, then work on each part:

95 - Which, using the Major Memory System, translates each number to a sound, like so:
9 - The Gee or Pee sound, the sound they normally are when YOU speak (the key here is your "inner voice")
5 - Fff or Vvv sound, like Fit, Fat, Video, Vat, etc...
95 then can be "translated" (they call it encoded in the business) to GV, GF, PG, PF, whichever one sticks out to you the most.
For me it's GF for Guy Faux, he will be our "rule of three" part 1.
Bear with me for just a few more minutes.
60 is the next number which makes me think:
6 - is Bee or Dee like Belly, Bill, Dead, Deal, etc...
0 - the See or Zzz sound like Set, Sit, Zip, etc...
So that gives me 60 = Brandon Sanderson (BS), I see him sitting at a desk, with a PEN in hand WRITTING a new Way of Kings book
He will be my 2nd "rule of three" character.
Finally we have 37.
3 - M, three downward strokes (lowercase m is prolly a better example) is how I was taught to remember it
7 - T, the letter because it looks like it in the correct English font.
37 = MT = Mint = Mentos (the fresh maker) = Kirby (kirby flash video where he had pasta)
He will be our final subject for the "rule of three".
Now we put it all together:
1 - 95 - Guy Faux, The "Guy Faux mask", walking around GARDENING
2 - 60 - Brandon Sanderson, using a PEN, and WRITING a novel
3 - 37 - Kirby, eating PASTA, INHALING like in super smash bros
So we use the "rule of three" to have our 3 "columns" and our 3 "rows" (If you use any spreadsheet application those are the standard terms)
The "Columns" are {1, 2, 3} mapped (so to speak) to {character, object, action}
The "Rows" are {1, 2, 3} mapped to {93, 60, 37}
So we can use our {character, object, action} "Rule of three" to memorize this information in one picture.
Now we use our imagination as much as possible in these next few steps. Instead of following what I do, make up your own ideas and thoughts based on the following:
I see Guy Faux, using a PEN to INHALE a bunch of guards when he's fighting.
Aka 95, Pen - BS - 60, MT - Kirby - 37

Notice how simple it is to remember that image you constructed (it can be anything).
Now just make sure you visualize it with your own information, then in an hour see how well you memorized it. Then in a week try to remember it.
I STILL have this list memorized (I was using link associations, not a system like the one I'm describing) from a few months ago:

Lake
Pillar
Bench
Zebra (after checking my handwritten notes I found this one was DEER, not Zebra /: )
Glasses - Specticles
Car
Crocket Mallet
Milk
Apple
Heart

Well I got 9/10 pretty damn good for something I haven't thought about in weeks.