English

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

Contents

• Introduction: The Problem of Consciousness
• 1.1. The Consciousness of Consciousness
• 1.2. Consciousness
• 1.3. The Mind of the Iliad
• 1.4. The Bicameral Mind
• 1.5. The Double Brain
• 1.6. The Origin of Civilization
• 2.1. Gods, Graves, and Idols
• 2.2. Literate Bicameral Theocracies
• 2.3. The Causes of Consciousness
• 2.4. A Change of Mind in Mesopotamia
• 2.5. The Intellectual Consciousness of Greece
• 2.6. The Moral Consciousness of the Khabiru
• 3.1. The Quest for Authorization
• 3.2. Of Prophets and Possession
• 3.3. Of Poetry and Music
• 3.4. Hypnosis
• 3.5. Schizophrenia
• 3.6. The Auguries of Science