The Big Idea
Catalogue of resources I am processing through around Memory and memory methods.
PDF Readings
Articles
- Verbatim Memory Tool for Memorizing Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians by Donald L. Potter Interesting introduction around memory and memory function. Also lays out a first letter system. From my perspective it is an interesting idea but not very scalable.
- Learn the Art of Memory from artofmemory.com. Basic run through of common memory techniques.
- MayesLociCommunesATheologiansBestFriend.pdf from Logia CTSFW Journal. Interesting look at the practice of common place books during the Lutheran age of orthodoxy. Seems like a master class in logical organization but definitely leaves out a lot of the complexity of the real world and poetry.
Mini Course
A. Magnetic Memory Method Mini Class This is the place I first really had memory palaces make sense and could use them after. Have since done a few of his other mini courses that have been very good. Eventually want to do his full Magnetic Memory Masterclass but have not yet.
Online Articles and Resources
Anthony Metivier Articles
- How Memory Works: A Guide Anyone Can Understand
- How to Memorize Paragraphs, Sentences, and Passages Fast
- How to Memorize Vocabulary
- How to Learn & Memorize Names & Faces: Using a Memory Palace Specifically Designed for Social Success, Magnetic Memory Series
- 15 Brain Exercises & Memory Exercises For Rapid Remembering - Especially points out Exercise 1, 2, 5, in this video video
- Mnemonic Devices: Top 10 Tools For Boosting Your Memory Fast
- The 8 Step Bible Memorization Plan That Leads to Success
- 6 Benefits of Mind Mapping With 6 Personal Mind Map Examples
Other Articles
Book List
Need to look into McLuhan and Ong
General Memory Improvement Books
- Unlock Your Amazing Memory by Brad Zupp. Very fun and simple introduction to the idea of memory strategies. Definitely aimed at kids which can be helpful starting out.
- Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley
- How to Develop a Brilliant Memory Week by Week by Dominic O’Brien
- The Memory Palace by Lewis Smile
- Remember, Remember, Ed Cooke
- Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer
- The Victorious Mind (need to be careful with this one that memory does not become a self made way to God)
- Memory Craft - Lynne Kelly
- How to Remember Anything - Mark Channon
- [The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius](https://a.co/d/0iqFuIlA]\(https://a.co/d/0iqFuIlA)- St. Ignatius
- The Medieval Craft of Memory - Mary Carruthers
- Medieval Music and the Art of Memory - Anna Marie Berger
- Jonathan Spence’s The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci (2020) focuses on the life of a Jesuit memory palace practitioner from the Counter-Reformation.
- The Memory Book (1974) by Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas includes a brief historical overview.
- Ageless Memory: The Memory Expert’s Prescription for a Razor-Sharp Mind (2007) - Harry Lorayne’s
Memory Historical Overviews
- Memory in Historical Perspective - Douglas Herrmann
- The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture - Mary Carruthers
- The Art of Memory - Frances Yates. This seems like the bellwether for a historical look at memory. It is cited all over the place.
- Memorize the Bible! The Comprehensive Guide to Memorizing Bible Verses, Facts and More! by Blair Kasfeldt This has been hard to find much information about without buying it.
- Memory: A History (Oxford Philosophical Concepts) 1st Edition by Dmitri Nikulin
- Mastering the Mind - Saul Clarke
- Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature - David M Carr
Jewish and Early Christian Memory
- Memory and Manuscript: Oral Tradition and Written Transmission in Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity - Birger Gerhardsson - On Amazon
- Memory and tradition in Israel - Childs, Brevard S- https://archive.org/details/memorytraditioni0000chil/page/n5/mode/2up
- Jesus in the memory of the early church : essays - Dahl, Nils Alstrup - https://archive.org/details/jesusinmemoryofe0000dahl