Julian Jaynes Bicameral Breakdown Series, 8 of 8
Jaynes uses Hypnosis as an example for the paradigm:
Collective Cognitive Imperative:
-consensus reality [personal notes]
-cultural matrix (Haitian voodoo and nzombies) [personal notes]
-crowds strengthen the imperative (hypnosis works better with an audience)
-the imperative reinforces expectancy (of the hypnosis actually working)
-the isolation of the lab reduces the effect
Induction:
-ritual
-narrowing of consciousness
-Hypnosis: focusing on the stopwatch and then just the voice until all sensory input is blocked except the voice (of the original bicameral condition)
Trance:
-left and right sides of the brain can act, but cannot communicate
-Hammurabi: ‘The Code’ was written in trance (and any ‘writer’ of a bicameral mind did so while in a trance)
Archaic Authorization:
-by an accepted god (or the hypnotist)
Jaynes describes certain people as having greater ‘hypnotizability’
-left-handed (due to their right-brain dominance)
-religious (more likely to believe)
-imaginary childhood friends (that represent the bicameral god/voice within)
-prior experience with hypnosis (or other induction ritual)
-children (more susceptible to authority)
-the severely punished (also more susceptible to authority)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, Julian Jaynes, 1976.
ISBN 0-395-20729-0
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