Ancient Memory Techniques

Ancient memory techniques are amazing, and all the more so when you include multiple locations and periods of time. As we go through this list together, two things: There’s no particular order of importance here. I’m just laying out all the great techniques I’m aware of 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. 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. --- Bookmarks --- 0:55 "Dusty old books..." 1:18 Don't get me wrong on this point 2:25 Repetition Rocks! 2:33 Bruno's Wisdom 3:50 Repetition is difference 3:59 What "ancient" means 4:31 Aboriginal memory techniques 5:53 How to use a Songline 6:12 Songline example 6:41 Abbreviations 8:21 Pegword method 8:54 Katapayadi 10:15 Buddhist memory techniques 11:39 Ars Notoria 12:51 The Greek Memory Palace 14:46 The Hidden Greek knowledge 15:14 Parallelism and Enveloping 17:59 The Hand Memory Palace 19:50 The Mystic Ark 20:42 Bruno's Statues 22:09 Statues for learning multiple languages 22:13 Using a toy as a Memory Palace 23:29 Ninja memory techniques 26:38 Robert Fludd's "Real" Theater Technique --- Additional Resources --- Active Recall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9S6TDVP0Y Tyson Yunkaporta on Aboriginal and Indigenous memory techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_--IAZz410 Ars Notoria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIEWtw8B-j4 Mike McKinley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5HEffOd27Q ❤️ If you find my content helpful, join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdIwC3d4CRjrrQdaqZaNBpA/join 🔔 Subscribe to this channel for more memory improvement and Memory Palace tips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdIwC3d4CRjrrQdaqZaNBpA 🚀 Resources I recommend: 🏢 The Memory Palace Technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-YrZhudPU Memory Improvement Books: https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/memory-palace-books/ 🎨 Mind Mapping for confidence to use these techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BracGhyKS4I 🔥 The Truth That Every Successful Learner Needs To Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aSIaqhsqio 🗣️ My TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtYjdriSpM ✅ Recommended playlists: The Art of Memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3GGcO5Cx3I&list=PLkZ2FGJhR5R9njWtWwRrkZKaq8j7OjDL3 How to Become Fluent in a Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2TOary2yQQ&list=PLkZ2FGJhR5R-tGGaDkT0w8oDDMoPj0Kt1 How to Study Effectively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nr0HkOn9m4&list=PLkZ2FGJhR5R8OR3Qofo3XLX3iVeqPZdO2 Focus Your Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zTkA8MW2k&list=PLkZ2FGJhR5R9wwdZj_YPSRY_VF12HRLSo Mind Palace Training Secrets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3BQPH0MlM&list=PLkZ2FGJhR5R_mzDp76DZH5n5mG-ni72LC Memory Improvement Books: https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/memory-palace-books/ 🔥 Get my FREE Memory Improvement Kit; https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/yt ✅ Let's connect: Twitter - @anthonymetivier Insta - magneticmemorygram And of course, get subscribed to this channel and enable notifications so you don't miss any of our community live streams. 🙏 If you enjoyed this video on memory training and mnemonic memory techniques, please help others by adding some captions.