Anthony Metivier's Magnetic Memory Method Podcast

What happens when someone who has spent decades teaching memory techniques enrols in law school to find out if everything he teaches actually holds up? That’s exactly what I’m doing. Mind you, I’m not the first person to try a learning feat like this. Nor am I the first to document the journey of applying mnemonic methods to the law. In 1491, Peter of Ravenna published The Phoenix, a manual designed to teach his approach to the “Art of Memory.” It’s a short, but detailed memory improvement book that explains Ravenna’s techniques and how they enabled him to possess a massive amount of civil law code in his mind. His legal knowledge isn’t the only thing that made Ravenna legendary. As I explain in my previous writing about him, he could also recite mountains of scripture and speak multiple languages. Myself, I’ve memorized more than enough scripture to demonstrate the teaching I’ve offered in my own memory improvement manuals. Likewise, I’ve abso