Imaginary Companions & the Children Who Create Them
by Marjorie Taylor
Oxford University Press, 1999
I just came across this excellent book on imaginary (hallucinated) companions or playmates and I highly recommend it for anyone interested in this topic.
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- Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:25 pm
- Forum: 2.2. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hallucinations & Imaginary Companions in Children
- Topic: "Imaginary Companions & the Children Who Create Them"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 25311
- Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:54 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "Kingship and the Gods" by Henri Frankfort
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15407
"Kingship and the Gods" by Henri Frankfort
Of particular interest are the following sections: Book I - Egypt Chapter 5 - The King's Potency: The Ka "When we attempt to describe the Egyptian's view of the human personality, the differences between his mental processes and our own become particularly disturbing" (p. 61). A. The Ka of...
- Mon Nov 05, 2007 12:14 am
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Introspection and the Old Testament
- Replies: 10
- Views: 33142
Julian Jaynes and the Origin of Religion
This gets into the various definitions of "God" that Dawkins refers to. In reading your article on the minds of the Bible I may have assumed that in your final remarks you were keeping with a Biblical interpretation of God. The Spinoza (or Einstein) definition of God is so far removed from...
- Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:05 am
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "Kingship and the Gods" by Henri Frankfort
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15407
"Kingship and the Gods" by Henri Frankfort
Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature by Henri Frankfort is a must read for those interested in Jaynes's theory.
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- Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:05 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "The Awakening of the Greek Historical Spirit" by C. Starr
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22848
"The Awakening of the Greek Historical Spirit" by C. Starr
The Awakening of the Greek Historical Spirit by Chester Starr is another book very relevant to Jaynes's ideas. Jaynes assigned Chapter 3 from this book to his students. Below are a few selected quotes. Chapter 1 - The World of Epic and Myth "The Iliad and the Odyssey were tales laid in a dista...
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:39 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "How Natives Think" by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 0
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"How Natives Think" by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl & Jaynes' Theory
Sevearal chapters in How Natives Think, (1926) by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl are also relevant to Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind, specifically the chapters quoted below. Chapter 8 - Institutions in Which Collective Representations Governed by the Law of Participation Are Involved "To them, there ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Member, Physicist / Bhagavad Gita
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12243
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:29 am
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Introspection and the Old Testament
- Replies: 10
- Views: 33142
The Minds of the Bible
I enjoyed your well researched article that, among other things, expands on Jaynes's analysis of Biblical texts. There are a lot of positive comments I could make about the entire article, but I guess the question that really jumps out at me is that if one agrees with the hypothesis that what the Bi...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:22 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16750
"Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt
Chapter 5 – Affective Life and Totemism "The psychic or psychological aspect of man's actions are events in nature. The Canaque sees them as outside of himself, as externalized. He handles his existence similarly: he places it in an object -- a yam, for instance -- and through the yam he gai...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:18 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16750
"Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt
Chapter 4 – Mythological Intersections and Cultural Stratifications
"...[T]here is clear evidence of ancestor worship from one end of Melanesia to the other. In New Caledonia the bones are scattered and the skulls are carefully stored in an inaccessible nook" (p. 43).
"...[T]here is clear evidence of ancestor worship from one end of Melanesia to the other. In New Caledonia the bones are scattered and the skulls are carefully stored in an inaccessible nook" (p. 43).
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:05 am
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16750
"Do Kamo" by Maurice Leenhardt & Jaynes' Theory
Do Kamo: Person & Myth in the Melanesian World by Maurice Leenhardt was assigned by Jaynes to his students in the "Mentality of Tribes" section of his course. It describes the culture and customs of the Canaque (or Kanak), the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia in the ...
- Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 11
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"Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Levy-Bruhl
Chapter 12 – The Primitive's Dislike of the Unknown "The slightest intercourse with foreigners, the simple fact of receiving food or implements from them, may lead to catastrophe" (p. 385). Compare this chapter with Jaynes on reasons for the breakdown of the bicameral mind including the...
- Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:50 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 11
- Views: 50033
"Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Levy-Bruhl
Chapter 11 – The Mystic Meaning of the White Man's Appearance and of the Things He Brings with Him "Printed books and writing are no less astonishing to primitives than are firearms, but they find no hesitation in accounting for them. They immediately perceive them to be divining instruments...
- Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:33 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "The Greeks and the Irrational" by E.R. Dodds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 25953
"The Greeks and the Irrational" by E.R. Dodds
Chapter 5: The Greek Shamans and Puritanism Ancient Greek burial practices (cited by Jaynes): "Not only object offerings but actual feeding-tubes are found even in cremation burials. At Olynthus, where nearly 600 interments of the sixth to the fourth century B.C. have been examined, object-off...
- Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:14 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: "Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Lévy-Bruhl & Jaynes' Theory
- Replies: 11
- Views: 50033
"Primitive Mentality" by Lucien Levy-Bruhl
Chapter 6 - The Practices of Divination "Of all the direct data which their experience affords, primitives are chiefly interested in those which proceed from the unseen world, and reveal to them the orders issued by the mystic powers dwelling therein. The prosperity of the social group, the he...