Do we think in a different way to our ancestors? Quite possibly according to Julian James. Modern minds are left-hemisphere dominant and responsible for the feeling of 'I'. However schizophrenia, poetry, music and hypnosis are vestigial remains of the bicameral mind with greater communication between the hemispheres. We rarely experience the 'instinctual' right hemisphere's 'Voice of God' as they did. 'Don't think, do!' was the bronze-age motto. But unfortunately 75 words are not nearly enough.....!
(Clive Yelf - bwl 16 December 2002 ) |
