![]() ![]() This condition Jaynes calls the Bicameral Mind (BM) (vs. ![]() The right hemisphere of the brain was dominant and directed humans via auditory and visual hallucinations that became the “gods” (and God) that appear in ancient literature.ģ. Prior to the second millennium BC, humans were not conscious (by and large).Ģ. The author’s hypothesis can be summed up thusly:ġ. As such, you have to take his assertions seriously even if you ultimately reject them. Jaynes grounds his claims in actual psychology, literature, archaeology and history. Don’t relegate Jaynes to the crackpot shelf of your library along with Zechariah Sitchin, Erich von Daniken, Graham Masterson and others of their ilk. ![]() And along the way, Jaynes calls into question everything you thought you knew about humans, consciousness and history. ![]() Once he’s determined the correctness of his hypothesis to his own satisfaction, there are no wishy-washy cavils or cowardly hedging. I am giving Julian Jaynes’ The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind ( The Origin) four stars not because I’ve become a devoted follower of his theory – I haven’t – but because it reflects exactly how I feel about it – I “really liked it.” Jaynes writes in such a commanding manner that you’re helplessly swept along to the end (at which point, you can finally catch your breath and begin to assess what’s just happened). ![]()
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