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 ==== ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ====
-Additional resources for learning about Julian Jaynes's theory.
+More resources for learning about Julian Jaynes and his theories.
 **Blog**
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 One of the most controversial books of the twentieth century, this work argues that ancient civilizations were governed by audiovisual hallucinations that were interpreted as divine guidance and commands. By around the first millennium BCE, due to growing social complexity, people had to culturally evolve a new mentality, i.e., consciousness. Jaynes, relying on archaeology, linguistics, religious studies, and neuropsychology, provides a theoretical framework that accounts for modern-day hallucinations, spirit possession, frenzied prophesy, hypnosis, and other anomalous psychological behavior.
-//Foreign translations: (MK TBD)://
+Foreign translations of //The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind//:\\
-Directly related books that explain Julian Jaynes's theory:
+French:  [[https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/ooc/fr/|La Naissance de la Conscience dans L’Effondrement de L’Esprit Bicaméral]] \\
+German: [[https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/ooc/de/|Der Ursprung des Bewusstseins durch den Zusammenbruch der Bikameralen Psyche]]\\
+Italian: Il crollo della mente bicamerale e l’origine della coscienza\\
+Spanish: [[https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/ooc/es/|El Origen de la Conciencia en la Ruptura de la Mente Bicameral]]
+Books directly related to Julian Jaynes's theories:\\
 James Cohn, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Minds-Bible-Speculations-Evolution-Consciousness-ebook/dp/B00B5LWV82/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The Minds of the Bible: Speculations on the Cultural Evolution of Human Consciousness]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2013).\\
-Adopting a Jaynesian perspective, this book delves into the historical context of the Bible, showing how it provides evidence for how human consciousness evolved.
+Adopting a Jaynesian perspective, this book delves into the historical context of the Bible, showing how it provides evidence for Julian Jaynes's theory and the transition from bicameral mentality to consciousness.
 Marcel Kuijsten (ed.), //[[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1737305534/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s Theory]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2022).\\
-One sentence summary.
+A collection of engaging interviews with both leading experts on Jaynes's theory as well as voice-hearers, presenting new evidence for Julian Jaynes’s theory as well as extending it into new areas.
 Marcel Kuijsten (ed.), //[[https://www.amazon.com/Gods-Voices-Bicameral-Mind-Theories/dp/0979074436/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2016).\\
-One sentence summary.
+This book both explains Julian Jaynes’s theory and explores related topics such as the ancient Dark Age, the nature of dreams, poetic inspiration, the significance of hearing voices, the development of consciousness in children, vestiges of bicameral mentality, and the transition to consciousness in early Tibet.
 Marcel Kuijsten (ed.) //[[https://www.amazon.com/Julian-Jaynes-Collection-Marcel-Kuijsten/dp/0979074495/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The Julian Jaynes Collection]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2012).\\
-One sentence summary.
+A comprehensive work that gathers together many of Jaynes's articles, lectures, and post-lecture discussions, delving into many aspects of his theory and exploring topics such bicameral mentality, the nature of dreams, poetic inspiration, and the transition to subjective consciousness.
 Marcel Kuijsten (ed.) //[[https://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Dawn-Consciousness-Bicameral-Revisited/dp/1737305550/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes’s Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2006/2024).\\
-One sentence summary.
+Includes an in-depth biography of Julian Jaynes, essays by Jaynes, and the discussion and analysis of Jaynes’s theory from a variety of perspectives such as clinical psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, linguistics, and ancient history.
 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Other-Psychology-Julian-Jaynes-Mentalities/dp/1845409515/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The “Other Psychology” of Julian Jaynes: Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities]]// (Imprint Academic, 2018).
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 //Further Reading//
-Books extending Julian Jaynes's theory or applying it to additional areas:
+Books extending, elaborating, applying, and testing Julian Jaynes's theories:
 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Psychohistory-Metaphors-Envisioning-through-Centuries/dp/1498520308/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries]]// (Lexington Books, 2016).
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 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/How-Religion-Evolved-Explaining-Mesmerizing-ebook/dp/B0747T2WR5/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|How Religion Evolved: The Living Dead, Talking Idols, and Mesmerizing Monuments]]// (Routledge, 2016).
-A journey across the world’s religious landscape reveals changes in mentality, evolving spirituality, and how the modern self has replaced the gods.
+A journey across the world’s religious landscape reveals changes in mentality, evolving spirituality, and how the modern self has replaced the gods, and how such developments only make sense within a Jaynesian paradigm.
 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/History-Japanese-Psychology-Perspectives-Contemporary/dp/147428308X/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The History of Japanese Psychology: Global Perspectives, 1875-1950]]// (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017).
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 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Ancient-Egypt-Reconstructing-Mentality/dp/B0CHL92V36/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The Psychology of Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing a Lost Mentality]]// (Julian Jaynes Society, 2022).
-An earlier mentality explains Egypt’s radiant gods, soaring pyramids, awe-inspiring pharaohs, and the hallucinatory nature of supernatural visitations.
+An examination of how bicameral mentality explains Egypt’s radiant gods, soaring pyramids, awe-inspiring pharaohs, the hallucinatory nature of supernatural visitations, and a complex system of spiritual doubles and souls.
 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Bible-Explaining-Divine-Visions/dp/1788360370/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/|The Psychology of the Bible: Explaining Divine Voices and Visions.]]// (Imprint Academic, 2020).
-Inspired by Julian Jaynes, this work analyzes the Bible, looking for evidence on how idols, angels, prophets, and supernatural visitations by Yahweh (hallucinations) were once adaptive.
+Using a Jaynesian analysis, this work analyzes the Bible, looking for evidence on how idols, angels, prophets, and supernatural visitations by Yahweh (hallucinations) were once adaptive.
 Brian J. McVeigh, //[[https://www.amazon.com/Self-Healing-Mind-Harnessing-Ingredients-Psychotherapy/dp/0197647863/?tag=julianjaynessociety-20/| The Self-Healing Mind: Harnessing the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy]]// (Oxford University Press, 2022).