The Jaynesian: Newsletter of the Julian Jaynes Society

The Jaynesian: Volume 1, Issue 2, Winter 2007

In this issue:
Julian Jaynes Memorial by Brian J. McVeigh, Ph.D.
Annoucements: Jaynes Session at the Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, The 2008 Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousenss
Book Review: "Muses, Madmen, and Prophets: Rethinking the History, Science, and Meaning of Auditory Hallucination"
Essays: "The Evolution of Self-Talk" by Dr. Robert Pos, "Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory as a Metaphor for Alcoholism" by Jeff Sandoz, Ph.D., and "Jaynes’s Notion of Consciousness as Self-Referential" by Mike Finch, Ph.D.

The Jaynesian: Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2007

In this issue:
Annoucements: The Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousenss,
Origins: How We Became Human — An educational board game about the beginnings of humanity
Book Review: "Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness"
Essays: "The Origin of Rhetoric in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" by Ted Remington, Ph.D.,
"Chinese Pictograms and the Bicameral Mind" by Masanori Ishimori, Ph.D. and Takashi X. Fujisawa, Ph.D.

The Jaynesian is an e-publication of the Julian Jaynes Society whose goal is to foster discussion and a better understanding of the life, work, and thinking of Julian Jaynes (1920-1997). A maverick psychologist, Julian Jaynes is best known for his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. A nominee for the National Book Award in 1978, his book was criticized by some and acclaimed by others as one of the most important books of the 20th century. Relying on archeology, history, literary studies, linguistics, religious studies, and neurology, Jaynes theorized that conscious interior experience is not a bio-evolutionary adaptation but a response to relatively recent sociopolitical and historical forces.

Let us know if you are interested in contributing to a future issue of The Jaynesian.

Contributions may include:

• Brief Essays and Research-in-Progress
• Book Reviews
• Announcements (relevant conferences, soon to be published research, etc.)

Topics for Brief Essays or Research-in-Progress Progress may be about:

• Any aspect of psychological research that pertains to Jaynes’s ideas
• Developments in neuroscience
• Split-brain research
• Bicamerality
• Changes in human mentality
• Biographical information about and intellectual influences behind Julian Jaynes’s thinking
• History of psychology
• Schizophrenia
• Anomalous behavior: hypnotism, spirit possession, glossolalia, trancing, etc.
• Psychology and art
• Psychology of literature
• Psychology and religion
• Therapeutic implications of Jaynes’s theories
• Archeology
• Psychology of ancient civilizations
• Other topics

If you are interested in contributing to the The Jaynesian, please contact Brian J. McVeigh (bmcveigh@email.arizona.edu) explaining what type of contribution you would like to make. Length and formatting can then be discussed. Contributions should be e-mailed.

Co-Editors:

Brian J. McVeigh
East Asian Studies Department, University of Arizona
bmcveigh@email.arizona.edu

Marcel Kuijsten
Executive Director, Julian Jaynes Society
kuijsten@julianjaynes.org