A rosary as a memory aid?

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Hi,

I’ve been reading Lynne Kelly’s book “Memory Craft” and I have read the bit about memory aids. One is known as Lukasas, which are essentially pieces of wood and such which have beads which correspond to different memories. While I am not all that interested in imitating the Lukasa, it did strike me that a Rosary could be used in a similar way.

For those who aren’t aware, a Rosary is a Prayer Tool, which has either 153 or 53 Beads for the “Hail Mary” prayer and either 6 or 16 for the “Our Father”, a Crucifix and a centrepiece holding the beads together along a chain.

I am curious, does anybody have experience here with using this sort of thing as a Memory Aid? I am very new to Memory techniques and this struck me as something potentially useful.

Thanks

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Hi,

In Tibetan Buddhist practice, the mala (Bodhi tree wood) is used to count mantra repetitions.
The counting of the mantra, based on your proper learning of how to pronounce the mantra, helps you remember the pronunciation of the mantra.

If you wanted to use the rosary as a Memory Road (as opposed to a Memory palace which is a mental construction of a house or home) to remember things you need to buy or remember to do, you could.

Stefos

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