In the past, the Greeks believed in the titan goddess Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory and remembrance. An embodiment of the power of recollection, she’s believed to have invented language and words. Orators and storytellers, poets and musicians, artists whose medium were words and sounds were all believed to be blessed of Mnemosyne.

Why? Before writing was invented, ancient Greece would master extremely long and complex stories of battles, romance, folklore and more and tell them flawlessly over generations. How? They developed a means to memories using visualization. Creating journeys in their head with the words so that images ‘stick’ to their mind, making forgetting impossible. This was called the Method of Loci.

The word “Mnemonics” was derived from her name and it means a system, derived to improve memory and assist in recollection. It comes in different forms. A word, an acronym, a song, a rhyme, an image, a phrase or a sentence designed to encode a large amount of information for easy memorizing.

It gives relatable alternatives that by association, produces the information you need.

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