# Lanier Verbatim Memory System - Complete Description **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Tags:** lanier-system\ **Created:** [September 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lanier-verbatim-memory-system-complete-description/30978 "2015-09-25T18:44:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thatoldfool](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/thatoldfool/32/3714_2.png) [@thatoldfool](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/thatoldfool)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lanier-verbatim-memory-system-complete-description/30978/1 "2015-09-25T18:44:08Z")
Good evening All, I’ve been corresponding with Gary Lanier the last few weeks to nail down his Lanier Verbatim Memory System. After probably 24+ hours of work, I submit this short summary for your review. I’m tired of looking it over, despite doing copyediting professionally, and I need help to standardize language, fill-out descriptions, and generally improve what I’ve written. Caveats: 1. When I write “mnemonic machine,” I mean a mnemonic that has reusable moving parts. I couldn’t find where I read about ancient mnemonic machines, but it involved imagining disks with various information and having them align to generate to help you recall information. I think mnemonic machines is a fair term to use as it is distinct enough from a regular journey to warrant renaming. 2. Some of the terms are my own. For example, “Start at the top, read like a clock” is too long a title for a system, so I used the “Clock Face” Journey instead. I decided to use this because it was descriptive and because it was a term I already used to describe my table of contents memorization technique. 3. Any logical errors here are my own; if anything seems off or inefficient, it is only because of my own shortcomings as a writer. Do not attribute these flaws to Gary Lanier or his system, but to me. Since forum formatting will likely distort the formatting, here’s a pastebin link that preserves it: > The pastebin text is also useful for you comments since you can refer to specific lines. ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@Bonsai](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Bonsai)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lanier-verbatim-memory-system-complete-description/30978/2 "2015-10-08T00:25:47Z")
This is much appreciated. I had started working to incorporate this system. I have one question; Mr Lanier seems to have come up with a very comprehensive list of substitute words for abstract nouns, which are very useful. I know this forum has a link with a few common words and substitutes, but he really seems to have put a lot of thought into them. Is his list available anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Liam](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/liam/32/5903_2.png) [@Liam](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Liam)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lanier-verbatim-memory-system-complete-description/30978/3 "2015-11-12T02:03:02Z")
Thank you very very much! ---
**Author:** ![Vini\_Villela](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@Vini\_Villela](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Vini_Villela)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lanier-verbatim-memory-system-complete-description/30978/4 "2024-07-09T02:09:34Z")
Thank you very much for this excellent description! I can see some resemblance of Mr. Lanier system with Robert Fludd’s ideas on mnemonics, although I cannot say I understood more than 10% of what Fludd was trying to explain, so perhaps I am seeing wrong connections or seeing to little of them. A thank you for Mr. Lanier, for such a nice system. Perhaps I will not use it completely like him, but oh!, how much it made me consider principles and practices to be incremented in my own memorization!