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How to Create a Sustainable Memorization Routine for the New Year
New Year’s is approaching and this is usually the time where we start thinking about our goals and setting resolutions.
Dec 20, 2025 • Ronald Johnson
Memory as Stewardship and the Joy of Generosity
“O greedy men, what will satisfy you, if God Himself will not?
Dec 17, 2025 • Ronald Johnson
Dante and the Mnemonic Text: The Memory Arts Tradition in the Divine Comedy
Imagery, Poetic Meter and the Proper Use of Space
Aug 16, 2025 • Ronald Johnson
The Metaphors of Memory, Solitude, and the Disembodiment of Ars Memoria
Introduction
Jun 29, 2024 • Ronald Johnson
Words on Flight, Memory and their Wings
Introduction
Apr 24, 2024 • Ronald Johnson
Why I'm Memorizing the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
“He [Dante] writes not like a man but an angel…” - Sayers
Feb 28, 2024 • Ronald Johnson
How to Memorize an Epic Poem
In October 2022, I interviewed Vanni De Luca, an Italian mnemonist who memorized the majority of the Inferno by Dante Alighieri.
Feb 10, 2024 • Ronald Johnson
Why Memorize Poetry?
Why memorize poetry when we have ChatGPT and advanced search engines?
Jan 27, 2024 • Ronald Johnson
The Craft of Memory
The Craft of Memory
How to memorize texts verbatim through the classical art of memory

The Craft of Memory

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