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THE MAJOR SYSTEM
The Multiplier Method:
From 1000 to 10,000 in Ten Easy Steps
It is possible, with ten quick leaps of your imagination, to create a
memory system of 1000 from the basic 100 and a memory system
of 10,000 from the basic 1000. You use a similar method to that
explained in chapter 10, which is simply to coat, cover or colour
sections of your Major System in different substances, etc. For
example, to expand the basic 100 words to 1000, using this new
Multiplier Method, you would adjust the sections of your Major
System as follows:
100-199 In your block of ice
200-299 Covered in thick oil
300-399 In flames
400-499 Coloured a brilliant and pulsating purple
500-599 Made of beautiful velvet
600-699 Completely transparent
700-799 Smelling of your favourite fragrance
800-899 Placed in the middle of a busy road
900-1000 Floating on a single cloud in a beautiful, sunny, clear sky
As with all previous systems, practise the Major System privately
and with friends. You can probably already begin to sense that the
memorisation of books, the preparation for examinations, and the
like, are becoming increasingly easy tasks. The applications of the
Major System are almost as limitless as the System itself and later
chapters in the book will show you how to apply it to the memori-
sation of cards, long numbers, telephone numbers, dates in
history, birthdays and anniversaries, and information for examin-
ations.

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