r/memorypalace 17d ago

Secrets of the Body Memory Palace

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r/memorypalace Jun 13 '26

Coming up with images for your Memory Palace is EXHAUSTING. It's totally unnecessary. Here's what works better.

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People endlessly email me or post here and on my YouTube channel about how tiring they find the creation of mnemonic images.

No doubt.

I'd find it tiring too.

The reality is...

It's unnecessary to "create" anything when using mnemonic methods like Memory Palaces and mnemonic association.

Frankly, it would not be a very useful technique if you had to use creativity at all.

No, until the 20th century mass media books came along, the memory books were almost always clear, from very early on, that associations should be:

  • Alphabetical
  • Highly specific
  • Easy to animate
  • And 100% based on figures already in your memory

So here's a simple exercise.

No app needed.

Just a pen and paper...

And a BIG sheet of paper with colored pens for bonus points and some additional diffuse thinking and interleaving effects.

Personally, I have multiple lists, many based around celebrities for the simple reason that I've spent tons of time either watching or listening to them.

But I also use friends, teachers, family members, and sometimes even politicians.

Here's one of my celebrity lists:

Magnetic Memory Method "Celebrity List"

I do this exercise a few times a year, each time addressing different categories.

It keeps my pool of associations constantly building, sharp and accessible.

For more details and exercises like these, learn how to elaborate each familiar association even further here:

https://www.magneticmemorymethod.com/mnemonic-images/

Set up your association system in the same way or a similar way for rapid elaboration and you will memorize much faster.

And with stronger retention over the long-term.

The best part is that this exercise, when completed regularly, makes your mind like a visit to Disneyland each and every time.

Or Disney World, Mount Olympus... whatever metaphor your prefer.

Happy memorizing!


r/memorypalace 1d ago

Memory Palace Deep Dive with Rick Rubin on the Tetragrammaton Podcast

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r/memorypalace 7d ago

Is this a memory palace or something similar?

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Since i was a kid i would build inner worlds from my memory of experiences, and sometimes i would associate something unrelated into that inner world and i still remember them, it’s not very developed but i’m curious, i would also replay them in my head over and over again, i replay other things in my head aswell continuously only if it’s something i truly care about


r/memorypalace 13d ago

How do you guys memorize very long sentences in your memory palaces?

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what's the best advice you guys could give here


r/memorypalace 13d ago

Tips for a beginner? organizing information

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So I just started almost a week now, and I'm having trouble organizing each information to make it easily retrievable. I'm trying to memorize (not fully) a textbook, and the way the information is stored is a bit of a mess because I relied on the chapter's series of topics, (example, T1 then T2 then T3 then T3.1 then T3.2) it's kinda like this and I want to get a useful topic immediately without going into the first parts that aren't related to what I want to retrieve.

How do you organize your topics? Do you make another room? Like walking on a road, entering a house then leaving for another house? Do you get the idea??? Sorry my English isn't strong..


r/memorypalace 15d ago

How to actually “practice” using memory palace technique

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So i need a solution for my problem which is i couldnt find a training method for using memory palace and actually being “good” at using it like much faster and much detailed and more likely to remember the info. If u have smth like a training method that helped u or u just heard about it then type it down below with simple explanation and with (an example if u have)


r/memorypalace 15d ago

How to group facts together?

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I am trying to learn plants, trees and mushrooms. So I would like to memorize the characteristics of different species. So for example for a tree, I would like to group together its characteristics, like leaves, bark etc. But I need it to be associated with that tree in particular. Is there any way of achieving this in a memory palace? I thought that maybe each object could have its own room, but my memory palace does not have that many rooms.


r/memorypalace 16d ago

Need an advice

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Guys I am starting the memory palace technique from today for the first time , I have 500 pages of facts that I need to mug up in a week , can you all advice me how can I quickly get into it .

Also should I be drawing a palace on my personal notes side by side for quick revision or shall I mark the locations on the textbook itself on its margins and revise from there ?

If this works , it will be life-changing for me , so it's that important


r/memorypalace 19d ago

How can this be useful?

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I can understand Cicerone using It because there was not paper

But nowadays why should It matter? Just write on paper a graph and you're done

I mean, link method Is useful and that's straightforward. But what about this? It should Just help remembering the order of the concept but not them?

For example, suppose I put entire chapters of a book in a memory palace. For each locus I put a story made by link method. Then I know what comes First and After but the method tells me nothing about the concepts in the loci


r/memorypalace 20d ago

huge subjects

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i have to study my history book (about 200 pages) how can i fill a palace with this much of information


r/memorypalace 21d ago

Does memorizing random facts using a memory palace improves it at all?

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r/memorypalace 24d ago

I found a way to get more places for your memory palace technique !

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So i was struggling with finding places , and i got an idea on how to find places to help me evolve my memorising using the memory palace technique .
1-its so simple just go to Pinterest and type : home plans and then find some homes that has rooms and objects inside of them and then SAVE the picture in your profile . 2- after you saved a home plans and the most important thing that it has some objects inside of it you can have suggestions after you press on it back then you can see many other pics of home plans with the same idea ^~^ 3- it doesnt have to be realstic home plans , it can be digital made and some ppl drew it like the palace i found on my page :


r/memorypalace 25d ago

Where to learn Memory techniques

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I only find expensive courses

What are the best free resources? Are there any?

For example, some website where I can practice Memory palace and image link method?


r/memorypalace 28d ago

How to speed up making of memory palaces?

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r/memorypalace 28d ago

Do you guys have a solution for being slow while trying to find a association (mnemonic image) with a concept you try to remember in a Memory Palace

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It takes so much time and very slow sometimes...


r/memorypalace 28d ago

Is it possible and more efficient to use more than one memorizing method?

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like using Sirianni Method alongside the memory palace technique.
if it's possible how do I make it more efficient and powerfull?


r/memorypalace 28d ago

The Mind Palace Protocol: Tuning imagination to structurally dissect emotional blocks.

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Most people treat the 'Mind Palace' as a neat trick for memorizing cards or trivia. That is a waste of architectural potential.

The true leverage of internal imagination lies in Emotional Compartmentalization. When your mind is flooded with unprocessed chaos, anxiety, or internal noise, your raw cognitive performance and imagination drop to zero. You cannot create when your internal space is cluttered.

I built this system to act as a cold, sterile laboratory for the mind. It forces you to take formless emotional debris, isolate it into structured columns (Unprocessed, In Discover, Labeled), and translate psychological weight into cold, visual data analytics. By surgically isolating the noise, you instantly free up your cognitive bandwidth, enhancing your imagination’s peak performance.

The Honest Reality:

I am a 19-year-old computer science student. I don't have a corporate marketing budget, a fancy agency, or a team. I am just a student building these low-level systems and structural protocols to help fund my education and engineering tools.

Because I care about honesty and utility rather than corporate scaling, I am pricing this project very low—just a few dollars to help keep my resources charged and my studies going. No hidden subscriptions, no marketing fluff. Just pure, unyielding architecture for anyone who wants to govern their internal space with absolute clarity.

The interface is completely stripped of soft, colorful distractions to ensure monolithic focus.

If you want a sharp, dark-mode sanctuary to structure your mind and unlock your imagination's full capacity, the protocol is ready.

Note: I am distributing the access link directly via DMs to avoid spamming this space. If you want the protocol, leave a comment below or drop me a message, and I will send the Whop link directly to you.


r/memorypalace 28d ago

How can I improve my mind palaces?

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I have 8 mind palaces that I use

256 > pieces of information memorized.

I've been using Star Wars themed locations with skyrim that I have memorized over the years.

I was wondering how I can get the most out of each palace.

Any tips for memorizing better?

Anything at all


r/memorypalace Jun 15 '26

A few points from my recent MP journey

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Spontaneously ended up in this forum, felt to comment.

I've experimented with multiple formats and dynamics of memory palaces and techniques. A few points to discuss:

  1. My biggest attempt so far has been my World of Knowledge which I'm building (rather half assedly) as a Misogi for the year (bastardized concept from Shinto popularized by Jesse Itzler, basically a year long project to mark each year of life with). This has been developing progressively, though really so far it's been more helpful for my geography knowledge than encoded knowledge. I started with alphabet peg memory towns (and movies where necessary) and started filling them with keywords that encapsulate concepts from my morning pages reviews weeks after completing them (in this way, I'm not just encoding every idea I arrive at in my morning pages, but being more selective). I originally intended on storing authors and points from their books in their birth places. Also looking at storing points from lectures from my Guru given in cities around the world in those cities. Both of these aspects haven't come along yet because of the delay in my regular learning functions they impose. Would love to hear anyone's thoughts.

  1. For some time, I was working in the same cafe most days and started encoding powerful spiritual ideas onto the various regular customers and passer-bys I saw.

  1. One cool thing I did that I've really benefited from is encoding a series of layered images onto my own person. I have 26 ideas encoded (mostly in acronym symbolic images) and stored in my hands and different body locations. Those points are all attention guides so I return to them frequently to keep myself looking in the right directions.

  1. The biggest hurdle to my success with these and other memory/learning practices is consistency of encoding and retrieval. Any suggestions you have for how I could make this more natural and effortless would be appreciated.

Thanks for reading, looking forward to discussion.


r/memorypalace Jun 10 '26

I can’t think of any more palaces

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I can use the technique, I’ve done school, home,
Work. A few maps on video games. But I’m cooked now…


r/memorypalace Jun 08 '26

Is there a structured all-in-one course?

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When I was younger I used the major system with the memory palace technique to memorise a few hundred digits of pi, so I know this technique really works, but I never really made it past this point. I wanted to use it for studying in school but I could never figure out how to use it beyond just numbers. So I ended up quitting.

Most of the information that I find is all over the place or incomplete, it gives you some vague ideas and then leaves you on your own to figure it all out by yourself. Are there any properly structured 'no-bullshit' courses on this technique or even a book that cover everything in detail?


r/memorypalace Jun 07 '26

So i want to start using more relational style of leraning but dont want to stop using memory palaces

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The problem is memory palaces are nor only good for me cause they allow me to remember more in more detail but also they allow me to organise the information better. My bigest problem before using them was that a lot of cocenpcts were melting in together. However using physical space to organise that informatioj really helped me with that. Is that a way to use those things together without spending too much time doint those?


r/memorypalace Jun 05 '26

I found memory technique a bit boring...

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It's like 3 years that on and off I memorize things with the memory palace, the major system for numbers and the link method. I'm not interested in becoming a memory athlete but I like memorize useful information. But I usually I review like 200 pi digits, and the entire periodic table maybe phone numbers but after that I don't know what to memorize anymore it become boring and I give up for months, after that I review those things again and this cycle has repeated for the last 3 years. Some recommendations?


r/memorypalace Jun 04 '26

I want to make memory palaces more popular. Where would you start ?

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I consider that memory palace are criminally underrated compared to their usefulness, the fact that they're fun to use, the potential to elevate one's mind, their academic credibility, the fact that intellectual sports have recently risen to fame with great success (mainly thinking about chess).

What would you do to improve their popularity ?