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Resources

Additional resources for learning about Julian Jaynes's theory.

Books

Jaynes, Julian (1990). The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Mariner Books/Houghton-Mifflin.

Cohn, James (2013). The Minds of the Bible: Speculations on the Cultural Evolution of Human Consciousness. Julian Jaynes Society.

Kuijsten, Marcel, ed. (2022). Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s Theory. Julian Jaynes Society.

Kuijsten, Marcel, ed. (2016). Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind. Julian Jaynes Society.

Kuijsten, Marcel, ed. (2012). The Julian Jaynes Collection. Julian Jaynes Society.

Kuijsten, Marcel, ed. (2006). Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes’s Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited. Julian Jaynes Society.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2022). The Psychology of Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing a Lost Mentality. Julian Jaynes Society.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2022). //The Self-Healing Mind: Harnessing the Active Ingredients of Psychotherapy//. Oxford University Press.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2018). The “Other Psychology” of Julian Jaynes: Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities. Imprint Academic.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2020). The Psychology of the Bible: Explaining Divine Voices and Visions. Imprint Academic.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2016). Why Religion Evolved: The Living Dead, Talking Idols, and Mesmerizing Monuments. Routledge.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2016). A Psychohistory of Metaphors: Envisioning Time, Space, and Self through the Centuries. Lexington Books.

McVeigh, Brian J. ed. (2016). Discussions with Julian Jaynes: The Nature of Consciousness and the Vagaries of Psychology. Nova Publishers.

McVeigh, Brian J. (2016). The History of Japanese Psychology: Global Perspectives, 1875–1950. Bloomsbury.

Podcasts

JJS Podcasts

Videos

Julian Jaynes Society YouTube Channel