Memory Palaces and Masonic Lodges: Esoteric Secrets of the Art of Memory by Charles B. Jameux
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Overview: Reveals how the art of memory is the origin of the Masonic method
• Explains the classical techniques of the art of memory, how they were reworked by hermetic thinkers during the Renaissance, and how they contributed to the transformation of operative Freemasonry into speculative Freemasonry
• Traces the creation of speculative Freemasonry to 1637, one hundred years earlier than previously thought
• Explores how the "memory palaces" created with the art of memory enabled access to universal knowledge as well as represented the Masonic temple in its imaginary state
In Antiquity, the art of memory was a mnemonic device that allowed an orator, such as Cicero, to recall all the points he wished to make by associating each of them with an image or architectural element in the site he was speaking. When this art was rediscovered in the Renaissance, hermetic thinkers like Giordano Bruno reworked it into a method that allowed them to acquire knowledge with the creation of "memory palaces." The elements of these memory palaces were not intended to trigger the memory but would actually transform into talismanic objects with knowledge entirely new to the seeker.
Genre: Non-Fiction > General
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