The Nightengale Conant production of the Silva Method contains all of the techniques contained in the Basic Lecture Series. However, you do miss the energy and interaction of the live seminar, plus you don't get a little card that allows you to retake the seminar as oftern as you want.
The Silva Method is a fantastic system for relaxation, accelerated learning, self-healing and (at least my own experiences have led me to believe this) the development of ESP and distant healing. There are also practical problem solving techniques, as well as techniques for goal setting and achievement.
The Silva Method dovetails nicely with both PhotoReading and Image Streaming, which really should not be a suprise - all of these methods deal with synchronizing both hemispheres of the brain, using the "alpha rhythms", preconscious processing, etc. Each simply has a slightly different focus.
If I recall, Mr. Scheele recommends PhotoReading books on the Silva Method in his book, _PhotoReading_. As a side note - learning the Silva Method can help tremendously in the areas of recall and activation. One of the Silva Method techniques includes a "mental laboratory". I have found that for activation, going to the "mental laboratory" and activating there can be of immense benefit (e.g., setting up a room in the inner levels and outfitting it with objects relevant to what I am activating and then playing there, invoking counselors who are experts in the area of the book that I am activating and chatting with them about it, etc.).
A side note to those who might be interested: back at the turn of the century there was a child prodigy by the name of William James Sidis (his life story is rather tragic, but he was a contemporary of Norbert Weiner and was just as bright as, if not brighter than, him as a child). He wrote a wonderful little article on how the unconscious mind (preconscious/subconscious/etc.) was really conscious. A link to this article is: http://www.sidis.net/Unconscious%20Intelligence.htm
