Intermental <> Intramental

All references below are found in this publication edited for the 30^th anniversary of Jaynes theory: Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited, Marcel Kuijsten, 2006

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“Religion was born the day the gods retreated into the heavens.”

Marcel Kuijsten, “Consciousness, Hallucinations, and the Bicameral Mind: 3 Decades of New Research”

Found in Chapter 4, p114

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During this bicameral transition, we see an expansion of the role of consciousness in decision-making to avoid seeking authoritative sources to guide actions.

Marcel Kuijsten, “Consciousness, Hallucinations, and the Bicameral Mind: 3 Decades of New Research”

Found in Chapter 4, p132

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Julian Jaynes inferred that the sense of self awareness emerged about four millennia ago when the experiences from the right hemisphere attributed to external agents such as gods and deities, intercalated with the linguistic properties of left hemispheric function. Language, Consciousness, and the sense of self [the analog ‘I’] may have emerged as synergistic products of culture.

Michael A. Persinger, Foreward

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The bicameral world is a continual present (no memory).

Julian Jaynes, 1986, “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind”, Canadian Psychology, 27, 128-148

Found on p191

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Brian McVeigh, “The Self as Interiorized Social Relations: Applying a Jaynesian Approach to Problems of Agency and Volition”

Found in Chapter 7

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The self is composed of two parts:

1. Active, in control, the spirit, self

2. Passive, under control, body, virtual self

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Consciousness as culturally informed authorization

p208

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Consciousness as Shortcut:

Consciousness permits an individual to navigate the environment, both social and natural, in a more efficient manner. For example, before actually executing a behavior, we can “see” ourselves “in our heads” carrying out an action, thereby allowing us to shortcut actual behavioral sequences that may be time consuming, difficult, or dangerous.

p210

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The self is a personal toolkit of command and control “inside a person’s head”.

p214

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