On Listening to Voices

John Sappington and John Hamilton, Pursuit, 1987, 76.
Reprinted in Marcel Kuijsten (ed.), Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes (Julian Jaynes Society, 2016).

Excerpt: Imagine what it would be like for a conscious mind to be trapped inside an entity so twisted and defective that it could not convey the simplest thought to the outside world. Imagine also if that consciousness was permeated by detached voices that offered advice, gave directions, and occasionally demanded compliance. …