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Memory Palaces and Masonic Lodges - Esoteric Secrets of the Art of Memory (Paperback)
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Memory Palaces and Masonic Lodges - Esoteric Secrets of the Art of Memory (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 220
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Reveals how the art of memory is the origin of the Masonic method
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. In this book, Charles B. Jameux shows that this
hermetic reworking of the classical art of memory was no mystery to
operative Masons, who grafted it onto their own rituals, catalyzing
the transformation of operative Masonry into speculative Masonry.
He shows how the hieroglyphic writing used during the Renaissance
in the art of memory provided the groundwork for one of the most
esoteric elements of masonic practice: the grasp of the realm of
image by the letter, where symbols were "buried" within words.
Using archival evidence from 17th-century Scotland and earlier,
combined with the research of modern scholars such as Frances Yates
and David Stevenson, Jameux argues that the creation of speculative
Freemasonry can be traced back 100 years earlier than conventional
history records--to 1637, when the first recorded use of the
Mason's Word appeared and with it, the first known appearance of
the symbolic Temple of Solomon. He follows Giordano Bruno's visit
to the British Isles in the late 16th century and the subsequent
activities of the men he met there, showing that Masonic symbolism
owes much of its current form to early memory palaces, which
represented the Masonic lodge and temple in their fully imaginary
states. Revealing the pivotal role of the memory palace and
hermetic traditions in early Masonic symbolism, Jameux sheds new
light on the Masonic questions asked of each initiate and the
spiritual importance of the Temple of Jerusalem to Freemasonry.
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