Yeah, what Michael B. said. I thought it was called the Silva Learning System or something like that. "How much time does it take?" What are you, like fourteen years old? Learn how to work and how to read and everything else will come to you, that's my advice. Silva system never was a magic pill, you still have to work at it. I wouldn't exactly call it a "New Age" thing either. It's just a method of learning that utilizes modules and units and builds them up into cohesive larger systems, and it utilizes multi-media as well. Kind of boring when you take out the "mind control" nonsense and perceive it for what it is, eh? UC Steve.