Six Hour Memorized Deck by Martin Joyal

In 1997 Hermetic Press released Martin Joyal's Six-Hour Memorized Deck, teaching a unique and revolutionary stack designed for those who wish to do the miracles made possible by a memorized deck, but who do not have the many hours necessary to master the Nikola, Aronson or Tamariz stacks, or do not perform frequently enough to keep such stacks fresh in their memories.
 

• The Six-Hour Memorized Deck does not use lists of mnemonic peg words for memorization.

 

• The Six-Hour Memorized Deck does not use any form of calculation to slow you down during performance.

 

• The Six-Hour Memorized Deck displays no discernable order, even on lengthy examination. To convince yourself of this, here is the stack order. See if you can find any pattern that suggests an arrangement.

The system of the Joyal Stack allows the average person to memorize the order of all fifty-two cards and their positions in the deck in six hours or less. All you need to commit to is just four ninety-minute sessions and you will be able to recall the position of every card in the deck!

The Six-Hour Memorized Deck has been out of print since 2007. Since that time, demand for the book has forced the sale of used copies from prices ranging from $200 to $750! Given the importance of this work, and the extensive desire for it, we have decided to make The Six-Hour Memorized Deckavailable again, as an e-book.
 

• This is not a simple scan job.

 

• We have made corrections and historical updates.

 

• We have added color not just to enhance attractiveness but also to improve learning.

 

• The book is searchable.

 

• And we have added two practice chapters that you can load onto your e-reader or cellphone to help you master the stack whenever and wherever you find yourself with a few free minutes.

In other words, The Six-Hour Memorized Deck e-book is much more than its ink-and-paper predecessor.

The Six-Hour Memorized Deck is like getting a brain implant. But this isn't science-fiction. The procedure is real and it works! In addition to this revolutionary memorization system, you will learn a number of astonishing tricks using the stack, such as...

An unprepared deck is given to the audience, and as many who desire to may mix the cards. Meanwhile, you ask someone to choose a number, which he keeps to himself. Someone else names any card in a standard pack. Both selections are freely made, with no forces or collusion. The thoroughly shuffled deck is passed to the magician, and another spectator is invited to count down to the selected number, which the performer now hears for the first time--and the card found at that spot is the one randomly named!

Now, isn't an effect like that worth six hours of your time?

In addition to all this, Martin Joyal has provided an in-depth study of deck stacks, systems and memorized stacks, and the magic they can produce, giving you valuable information for making informed decisions on which tools you choose to spend time learning, as well as many references and recommendations for tricks in the literature and books offering magic with memorized decks and other stacks. The Six-Hour Memorized Deck has 227 pages of information, plus two Practice files containing 208 pages, all in PDF format, capable of being read on PC and Mac computers, and on many e-readers and mobile phones.