Bicameral Mind Quotes & Sayings

From dreams of bliss shall men awake
one day, but not to weep:
the dreams remain; they only break
the mirror of their sleep. — John Paul Richter

The vestiges of the bicameral mind do not exist in any empty psychological space. — Julian Jaynes

I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them. — Lara Flynn Boyle

If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity. As such, it is a direct descendant of the breakdown of the bicameral mind. — Julian Jaynes

I shall state my thesis plain. The first poets were gods. Poetry began with the bicameral mind. — Julian Jaynes

Many of us would never have tried psychedelics if it weren't for Leary's popularizing them. — Rick Strassman

The bicameral mind with its controlling gods was evolved as a final stage of the evolution of language. And in this development lies the origin of civilization. — Julian Jaynes

She'd always assumed that falling in love would be like getting slammed into a brick wall. That you'd just be going along as usual and you'd get knocked on your ass and think, Gee, I guess I'm in love. But it hadn't happened that way. It had just kind of snuck up on her before she'd realized it. It had happened one smile and one touch at a time. One look. One kiss. One pink cat collar. One pinch to the heart and one breathless anticipation after another until she was in so deep there was no denying it. No turning back before it was too late. No more lying about what she felt. — Rachel Gibson

This breakdown in the bicameral mind in what is called the Intermediate Period is reminiscent at least of those periodic breakdowns of Mayan civilizations when all authority suddenly collapsed, and the population melted back into tribal living in the jungles. — Julian Jaynes

The American psychologist Julian Jaynes, in a controversial study on the origin of consciousness, argued that the bicameral mind - in which one of the hemispheres becomes specialized in silent reading - is a late development in humankind's evolution, and that the process by which this function develops is still changing. — Alberto Manguel

Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets. — Julian Jaynes

It was starting to rain, big sloppy drops spilling onto the windshield. No thunder yet. His driving was stymied by a clobbering sensation of loss. But what exactly had he lost? Himself as he had been, firm-bodied and flabby-minded? Some clarity of vision he once had possessed? Or was it the old, dormant chamber of his bicameral mind calling out to him, reminding him of the days when rocks and trees and statues had spoken with the voices of gods? — Jennifer Egan

The senator cleared his throat, uncomfortable. This was probably new to him - the sensation of being ignored. I could've taught him a thing or two about it. — Jenn Marie Thorne

A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind. — Alexander Pope

My favorite actress is Marilyn Monroe. — Elle Fanning