If I was studying world religions and wanted to remember a list of them, I could link each one to a visual object and then link it all together in a journey or story.

For example: I am enjoying a tour of my town, and as I look at each item I visualize upon it a flag bearing the name of a religion. 

As I walk along I see my wife = Islam, .I visualize `Islam` on the picture! 

and there are children flying Kites = Baha`I, I ride a Bicycle = Qabalah,

over a Rope Bridge = Pagan, I am chased by a Goat = Jainism,

eat a Bowl of Rice = Shaman, with Chopsticks = Gnosticism,

drink from a well = Taoism, look up and see Fireworks = Huna, 

hear the sound of a Gong = Shinto, walk to the Temple = Christianity,

see a statue of Buddha = Buddhism, go through a Golden Gate = Judaism,

into the Courtyard = Hinduism, to deliver a Message = Confucianism.

The journey method is very effective and you may use your town, or your home and items in each room, in fact anywhere at all that you can visualize with message bearing flags.

And you can put anything on the flags. Numbers, dates, names of flowers, herbs, philosophers, writers, artists, football players, foreign language words, even all 52 playing cards, in fact anything at all.

Key words are also very good … these are words that create a visual image in your minds eye that will help you recall the complete line of a poem or song, or a list of names etc.,

Often the key word is all you need to prompt the rest of the sentence or paragraph to spring to  mind. 

Its time now to see an example of wonderful memory ability.