Lynne Kelly - The Memory Code & The Memory Craft

The Memory Code and The Memory Craft examine the role of memory in various cultures and the ways in which information has been passed down through generations. This includes a focus on the use of mnemonic techniques in oral cultures and the importance of these techniques in preserving cultural and historical knowledge. I have corresponded with Lynne Kelly, noting that the techniques used in a memory palace map directly onto stories of Greek mythology, in that characters are personifications of concepts or elements of the natural world, interacting in the most surprising ways, and the stories of mythology are actually ancient memory devices, but we have not retained the knowledge of what they are memory devices for. The distinction between the literary and figurative is blurred. She agreed, and reinforced that  stories of ancient memory devices are set everywhere and everywhen.

When she learned and applied the technique's she became Australia's Senior memory Champion.

More here: https://www.lynnekelly.com.au/


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