Hello.
I have read in some places that journeys and memory palaces are the same thing, but in some other places they are referred to as something different.
Do i understand correctly that a journey is a outdoor location whereas a memory palace is a indoor location?
a clarification and an examble would be awesome, thanks!
Most people would probably answer that a memory palace is a type of memory journey, but not all memory journeys are memory palaces.
I like Lynne Kelly’s term, “memory spaces”. (See The Memory Code.)
In practice, they’re about the same. For example, in and and around my house I have 85 loci total. 60 loci are inside the house, and I added 25 outside my home, around the front of my house, the sides, and my backyard. I don’t really make a distinction, but I call the entire thing one memory “palace”. But it’s really just a long journey, starting in my master bathroom, then going to my master bedroom, etc. and ending in my backyard.
Hi there Sand_Elephant,
A journey is the route one takes to remember within a Memory Palace.
Memory Palaces are complete edifices a person uses in which a journey is made.
Example from History:
During the Renaissance, the stage of a Theater/Theatre would be used to make a journey in.
Although by itself the stage isn’t a “Palace” the entire Theater could, in theory, become a palace.
In Ancient Greek times, An empty gymnasium would be used as a memory palace, per se.
The point being that each locale would be used to remember.
Stefos
One difference, I think, is that a journey is definitely intended to be serial, but a memory palace doesn’t have to be.