{"id":26247,"date":"2023-08-20T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/?p=26247"},"modified":"2023-08-20T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T00:48:27","slug":"paracosm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/paracosm\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Paracosm? Plus: 3 Steps To Building A Paracosm Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1406\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-26247-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/What_Is_A_Paracosm__What_You_Need_to_Know.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/What_Is_A_Paracosm__What_You_Need_to_Know.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/What_Is_A_Paracosm__What_You_Need_to_Know.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/magneticmemorymethod\/What_Is_A_Paracosm__What_You_Need_to_Know.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"What_Is_A_Paracosm__What_You_Need_to_Know.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/anthony-metiviers-magnetic-memory-method-podcast\/id790315802?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magneticmemorymethod.com%2F%3Fp%3D26247\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26248\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image-300x300.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"what is a paracosm feature image\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image-300x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image-150x150.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image-60x60.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/what-is-a-paracosm-feature-image.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=210&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Are you paracosmic?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know I sure am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it was easy and fun to get there by developing my own paracosm, even if it took a bit of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m talking about having hundreds of fantasy characters constantly rolling around in my mind. Real people too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, some people think this state of having a large mental population is some kind of disease\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frankly, even if it is a disease, I absolutely <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">love <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my paracosm symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wish I could get more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to explain exactly why, on this page, we\u2019ll look into why it\u2019s so beneficial to build and use a paracosm of your own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>What Is A Paracosm?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A paracosm is an invented world, typically populated by many imaginary characters. They could number in the dozens, hundreds or even the thousands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCosm\u201d simply means world or universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Latin prefix \u201cpara\u201d can mean many things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beside<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Above<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resembling<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it can even mean \u201cabnormal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huh?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Paracosm vs Metaverse: Choose The ULTIMATE Memory Palace Tactic!\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OZQGBJquR_g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-1-4899-0310-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handbook of Dissociation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Barry Cohen talks paracosm in adulthood as something belonging to either abused individuals or artists, if not both.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He defines it in terms of repressed images that go through \u201crevisualization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, I\u2019m not saying that some people don\u2019t suffer so badly that they create what Cohen calls a posttraumatic paracosm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But he is walking a thin line and practically reifies having a rich imaginary life as a disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll find a more balanced approach in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Imaginary-Companions-Children-Create-Them\/dp\/0195146298\/scricast-20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In this book, Marjorie Taylor shows how it can be quite healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, she discusses the ways that Ancient Greek poets used to use the gods as their muses. The very idea that those gods exist and influence human affairs is an example of a very productive paracosm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we have more contemporary authors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, take the paracosm created by C.S. Lewis for his Narnia series of books. When I read them as a kid, I actively imagined all of those characters, and even added new ones by writing stories that took place in that world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26249\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a magic book on a desk\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-magic-bood-on-a-desk.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nothing could be healthier when you\u2019re a kid than actively using your imagination. In this sense, having an invented world that lives alongside reality is rarely abnormal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as we\u2019ll see, people who use memory techniques have such a world living alongside them all the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>If Having A Paracosm Is Abnormal, What Are The Symptoms?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-Oedipus\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti-Oedipus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deleuze and Guattarri famously argue out that capitalism creates mental illness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What they mean is that capitalism requires you to justify your existence by participating in an economic system premised upon the notion of production and growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who can\u2019t follow along with this are often deemed mentally ill. You can see this in the Cohen article where you claims that a key symptom of having a paracosm is a lack of \u201cgrowth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly, entire industries have developed in order to sell medicines and other forms of therapy to help people \u201cfit in\u201d and \u201cgrow\u201d according to an economic agenda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you find that you or a loved one is lost in a paracosm to the extent that participating in the capitalistic system is impossible, then you might have \u201csymptoms.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26250\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"a woman is struggling with something\" width=\"1280\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something-300x188.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something-1024x640.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something-768x480.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something-758x474.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/a-woman-is-struggling-with-something.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These might include struggles to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/learn-something-new\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn new skills<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-remember-things\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember things<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like important details, names, appointments, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what if the symptom of having a paracosm could be having a better memory?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where developing your own paracosm circle comes in.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><\/b><b>3 Steps To Build Your Own Paracosm Circle<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mentioned at the outset that I went out of my way to create my own paracosm and link it to both the standard Memory Palace technique I use and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-enhance-your-memory-with-virtual-memory-palaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual Memory Palace<\/a> approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because I needed to remember a lot of information fast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, a major depression practically destroyed my ability to focus or concentrate on my PhD studies and dissertation preparation. And a ton of negative memories kept coming up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I discovered memory techniques.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One principle of these techniques is association, often based on fantasy characters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memory athletes and memory experts often create what is called a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/pao-system\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAO System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to organize their characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A variation technique is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/pegword-method\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pegword method<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, you arrange these in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/memory-palace\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memory Palace<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Memory Palace helps you associate your familiar characters with information you don\u2019t know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And it lets you revisit both your fantasy characters and the information at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help you understand this better, I\u2019ve created a free course called Memory Palace Mastery. Register here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/blog-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28732\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"Free Memory Improvement Course\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New-300x200.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New-1024x683.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New-768x512.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New-758x505.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Free-Memory-Improvement-Course-New.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This kind of paracosm imaginary world is extremely powerful. I wish I\u2019d created one like it much, much earlier! Here&#8217;s how to build one step-by-step.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step One: Create An Alphabetical Paracosm Circle<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Learn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/ramon-llull-memory-wheel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memory Wheel technique of Ramon Llull<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, you create a circle in your mind built from the alphabet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Memory Wheel of Ramon Llull For Generating POWERFUL Mnemonics &amp; PROFOUND Critical Thinking\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Opmb-mU-KPI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step Two: Link Each Letter in the Paracosm Circle To A Figure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This step is fun. When you think of the letter A, link it to either an existing fantasy character, or one of your own invention. I sometimes use Marvel&#8217;s Ant-Man. Other times I use Adam Apple, who is a character I&#8217;ve developed for personal use and my forthcoming Memory Detective Jr. series.<\/p>\n<p>I suggest going through the entire alphabet so you have at least one figure for each letter from A-Z.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;s also perfectly okay to have a paracosm that uses only part of the alphabet. It really comes down to how much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/mental-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental training<\/a> you want to enjoy.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Step Three: Draw Upon The Paracosm Circle With Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are different reasons to draw upon your world of fun and friendly associations. Primarily I use these images during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/learning-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learning cycle<\/a>. For example, when studying a language, instead of focusing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-hard-is-it-to-learn-italian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on how hard Italian may or may not be<\/a>, I look upon the letters in the words (or in some cases the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/how-to-memorize-chinese-characters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">characters<\/a>)\u00a0 I want to learn and then memorize them.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a demonstration of what I mean specifically for the language learning example:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How to memorise the words you read | Learn a new language\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Dvdeh-nt-g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also draw upon your paracosm when you&#8217;re feeling down and want a mental vacation from stress. This technique has helped me a ton over the years.<\/p>\n<p>The best part? It&#8217;s something you can do completely in your own mind for a fast and fun distraction. You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/memory-improvement-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">don&#8217;t have to expose yourself to yet another app<\/a>, which we all know are often the source of the problems we&#8217;re trying to eliminate.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Paracosm In Adulthood<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we\u2019ve seen, some people may create paracosms to escape trauma and abuse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when used for memory purposes, researchers like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/2167702612468111\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tim Dalgleish<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have found that much relief can be found from using the method of loci in positive ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Note: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/method-of-loci\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">method of loci<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> basically means the same thing as Memory Palace.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve seen students like Nicholas Castle turn things around for themselves. He created tremendous relief from his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/ptsd-memory-techniques-nicholas-castle\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PTSD symptoms<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as I teach in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/masterclass\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I myself experienced freedom from trauma by using these techniques. I shared the full story at a TEDx event:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Two Easily Remembered Questions That Silence Negative Thoughts | Anthony Metivier | TEDxDocklands\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvtYjdriSpM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond that, we\u2019ve talked about C.S. Lewis and his Narnia series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there\u2019s author Michael Connelly. As he has discussed, his Bosch series is inspired by the painting <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Garden of Earthly Delights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Connelly has his detective solve crimes across dozens of novels, he is trying to create a cast of characters that is literally like another world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26251\" src=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=60&ssl=1\" alt=\"bosch painting as an example of a paracosm\" width=\"1244\" height=\"706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1244w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm-300x170.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm-1024x581.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm-768x436.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm-758x430.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;ssl=1 758w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=248&amp;ssl=1 248w, https:\/\/e5hougg55fx.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bosch-painting-as-an-example-of-a-paracosm.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=60&amp;w=497&amp;ssl=1 497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there\u2019s Mark Rosenfelder, who wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Planet-Construction-Kit-Mark-Rosenfelder-dp-0984470034\/dp\/0984470034\/scricast-20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Planet Construction Kit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for authors. He also wrote the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00BQ1N7ES\/scricast-20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Language Construction Kit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that all the people on your planets will have authentic sounding ways of speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As someone who also writes fiction, I\u2019ve created many worlds and many people myself. (Ask me about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planet Etc<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. sometime!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond fiction, my career as an author now stems from the \u201cfantasy\u201d worlds I\u2019ve built to help me use memory techniques better. I\u2019m not the first one. There have been many others throughout history, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/bruno\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giordano Bruno<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being one of the best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in my final analysis, developing and maintaining a paracosm is a perfectly healthy thing to do. It might even help you experience <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magneticmemorymethod.com\/hyperphantasia\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hyperphantasia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not a therapist, so please take what I\u2019m about to say with a grain of salt. But it appears to me that a lot of paracosm psychology is broken.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s a good thing for people to respond to trauma with escapism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But to lump the creation of imaginary worlds together with acts of dissociation through fantasy is simply false. If you have an active imagination, that\u2019s one of the greatest gifts in the world in my books. So many people wish they had your gifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you are suffering from trauma, the memory training offered on this site has been scientifically proven to help people with such issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what do you say?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you ready to develop your own paracosm?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with aphantasia, people are anxious to turn paracosm into a disease. 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