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15 Ancient Memory Techniques to Supercharge Your Learning Life

15 Ancient Memory Techniques to Supercharge Your Learning Life

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Frustrated when you read an article about ancient memory techniques that only covers the Greek mnemonic tradition? Me too. See, when I first encountered memory techniques through Harry Lorayne and others, they mentioned the Greek tradition in passing. Lorayne in particular mentioned “old techniques in dusty old books.” But he never went deep into what those techniques were until he wrote Ageless Memory. And in that book, his focus was on the Greek mnemonic tradition. Over the years, my research has continually shown that memory techniques are way older than Simonides of Ceos and his “Memory Palace.” As a result, my practice in using them has deepened considerably, as have the outcomes. Don’t get me wrong. The Greek version of the Memory Palace is a profound tool for learning faster and remembering more. It’s just that it’s not the only approach. And the ancient world has so much to offer our learning lives right now. Not to mention in the future. So if you’re ready to discover a much wider range of ancient mnemonic devices and add them to your arsenal, let’s dive in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0uw27EfCUw Ancient Memory Techniques That Still Work As we go through this list together, two things: There’s no particular order of importance. I’m just laying out all the great techniques I’ve learned from around the world and throughout time.You’ll notice some crossover between these techniques, if not repetition. That’s because all memory techniques appear to be spatial in one form or another. Further, as Giordano Bruno has said in many of his memory books, if anyone thinks long and hard enough about these techniques, they’ll reach the same conclusions as he did.These techniques might seem like they belong to or originate with a particular group. Certainly, everyone should take pride in their history. But because there is so much crossover between these techniques, we should see the common humanity in them and not arrive at some kind of tribalism. This final point is made by Tyson Yunkaporta in his excellent book Sand Talk and repeated during our discussion on the Magnetic Memory Method Podcast. So if you notice universal patterns in my list, I suggest being open to exploring the repetition. I used to dismiss things that seemed repetitive. But over the years I’ve learned that not examining the patterns that repeat is almost always a mistake. If anything, repetition is difference. And in that difference lies so much to explore and benefit from. Finally, it’s useful to note that “ancient” can mean many different things. We often use the word to mean “very old.” But more specifically it sometimes used to mean “before the fall of the Roman Empire.” That would rule out, for example, Medieval and Renaissance memory techniques. For the purposes of this article, I’m not going to exclude either of those periods. Both the Medieval and Renaissance periods definitely count as “very old” in my mind, though I’m certainly interested in your thoughts on this and hope you’ll leave a comment if you think differently. One: Aboriginal Memory Techniques & Songlines Rooted in Landscape There are many Aboriginal and Indigenous memory techniques. Some have caught the interest of scientists and been validated through contemporary testing methods. These techniques include: StorySonglinesLukasaMemory spacesHand mnemonics Songlines are among the most interesting of these ancient memory techniques. As Lynne Kelly describes them in her book, The Memory Code: Songlines, or Dreaming Tracks are pathways through the landscape connecting a large number of significant locations in a fixed order. As she later clarifies in her book, Memory Craft: Songlines were used to help memorize everything Aboriginal people needed to know about animals, plants, navigation, genealogies, the legal system, ethical expectations… the list goes on and on. The culture was entirely stored in memory. How to Use a Songline Songlines are all about being connected to the land. To truly understand how this works, I suggest you start by looking at an actual Songline. Keep in mind that you can use both the land and the sky to help you construct a Songline. Here’s an example of mine based on the Glass House Mountains: I assigned this Songline based on a mountain range and used the Songline itself to help me remember the mountains and the ancestral stories about them. For this particular Songline, I memorized the names and the stories related to the main mountains themselves, Tibrogargan, Beerwah and Coonowrin. The operation is quite simple: You place associations at predetermined points along the Songline. Then you use the Songline in combination with rules of active recall to usher the information into long term memory. Two: The Ancient Mnemonics Hidden In Coins & Scrolls as Abbreviations According to Eran Katz in Where Did Noah Park the Ark?, abbreviations entered use as mnemonic devices at least as ...
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