I think in the meantime that our subconscious mind is indeed "wiser" than our conscious mind.
All inventions, all works of art are developed in our subconscious mind. Without those "gods" there would be no creative process.
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- Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:30 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Wise Gods?
- Replies: 8
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- Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to Explain Jaynes to Your Mother-in-Law
- Replies: 9
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Re: How to explain Jaynes to your mother-in-law
Julian Jaynes's 1976 book views consciousness as an acquired set of language skills, rather than an innate quality of humankind. http://erikweijers.nl/origin-consciousness/ I do not quite agree with the above quote. My understanding of J.J.'s theory is that he viewed language and also written langu...
- Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:40 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
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Modern manifestations of hallucinations
The important question to me being: "Are all modern manifestations of hallucinations vestiges of the bicameral mind?" For Julian Jaynes evolution was extremely important. It is an important aspect of evolution - i.e., a law of evolution - that all attributes and characteristics of the anc...
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:22 am
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 2 - The Ghost of a Flea: Visions of William Blake
- Replies: 6
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Are we all "bi-cameral" and conscious at the same
Hi Mark, you touched on this question in one of your posts. When J. J. writes about "what is not consciousness" he refers a lot to experiences of "modern" people like himself and the rest of us. In order to explain what he means with consciousness he needs exclude what is usually...
- Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:11 pm
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Jaynes's View of Religion
- Replies: 18
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Religion and the Bicameral Mind
What fascinates me most about Julian Jaynes' theory is his definition of consciousness by clarifying his thinking about what is NOT consciousness. This leads to a much better understanding of the subconscious mind (the subconscious psyche) and the incredible abilities of the subconscious mind. What ...