Julian Jaynes Society Summer 2024 Newsletter

July 20, 2024 Marcel Kuijsten

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Summer 2024

Dear Members and Friends of the Julian Jaynes Society,

We hope that you’re all having an enjoyable summer! We have a number of new items to share with you since our last update:

Summer Reading: Expand your knowledge of Julian Jaynes’s theory;
Watch a rare video lecture by Julian Jaynes, “The Consequences of Consciousness: Time, Memory, and Emotion”;
Watch “Consciousness, Neuroimaging, and the Bicameral Mind,” an interview with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center neuroscientist and JJS Board Member Clive Svendsen;
Watch “Implications of Julian Jaynes’s Consciousness Theory for the Origins of Musical Expression” by Professor Steven Wingate;
Read “The Transubstantiation of the Environment into Mental Events,” the latest blog post by Brian J. McVeigh;
Catch up on the lastest episodes from “Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind,” the Julian Jaynes Society podcast.

Summer Reading:
Enhance your knowledge of Julian Jaynes’s theory

This summer, expand your knowledge of Julian Jaynes’s theory by reading these and other books from the Julian Jaynes Society. Available wherever books are sold!

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New for JJS Supporters

“The Consequences of Consciousness: Time, Memory, and Emotion,” a rare video lecture by Julian Jaynes, with Q&A.

“Consciousness, Neuroimaging, and the Bicameral Mind,” an interview with Clive Svendsen, Executive Director, Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and JJS Board Member.
Watch the preview on YouTube.

“Implications of Julian Jaynes’s Consciousness Theory for the Origins of Music Expression,” a presentation by Professor Steven Wingate.

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New from the JJS Blog

The Transubstantiation of the Environment into Mental Events: Understanding Jaynesian Consciousness in the Context of the Evolution of Mentalities
by Brian J. McVeigh

“In Catholic theology transubstantiation describes how during mass bread and wine are converted into the body and blood of Christ. For believers, how this happens exactly is a mystery. Also mysterious is how energy and information absorbed by an organism is converted into mental activity. Of course, we actually know a fair amount about sensory inputs, perceptual mechanisms, neurological anatomy …” Read more

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Listen to the JJS Podcast

Listen to the latest episodes from Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast, where each week we explore Julian Jaynes’s theory of the origin of consciousness and the bicameral mind.

Subscribe to the podcast on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Pocket Casts, Spotify, or YouTube Music so you never miss an episode. Please leave a positive review, which will help others to discover it.

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Stay tuned for more new content coming soon!

Sincerely,

Marcel Kuijsten,
Executive Director