Both Winston Smith and kevinrogers made good points. To respond:

Winston provides a "commonsense" view of "projection" that is consistent with the "meanings are in people" view that I described. His description of the Obama campaign is also "spot on" as far as it goes. What Winston does not account ...

I suspect that I can determine how kevinrogers might have voted, his former "serious doubts", notwithstanding. His rather fulsome praise for Obama seems to reflect the kind of "sobbering love affair" with Obama that Bernard Goldberg describes as being common in "the media" as well as in academe. (I ...

Parker seems to be on to something, here. Bernard Goldberg describes a similar response in "Slobbering Love Affair". Such accounts give further credence that Americans (among others) may be experiencing a kind of "bicameral/archetypal" phenomenon that has not taken place in the political arena since ...

There is much to be said for Ajami's analysis.

An extension of this analysis might be found in Jung, where he describes Hitler as being a vessel/manifestation of the archetype, Wotan. While it may be unfair to compare Obama to Hitler in most respects (though Jonah Goldberg might describe Obama's ...

Sleep is a wonderful thing! It can be the occasion of good bicameral phenomena!;)

Hallucinogenic bases for "consciousness" seem to be "coming out of the closet" in "the literature, right now. For a good introduction, I recommend the perusing of Stanislav Groff's books.

This is a fascinating story! I know several people who in all seriousness, have claimed to see "little people".

On a lexical note, the word "ale" apparently is based on the Old English words. "alu" and "ealu". According to the Appendix in The American Heritage Dictionary, "alu" is an IndoEuropean ...

Based on my experiences with a couple (long story!) of admittedly bright ex-mothers-in-law, would it not be more productive if you just gave the lady a copy of the book? (Not as a "gift", however; very bad form!) If nothing else, this practice might help to confirm her perception that you are her ...

Perhaps an insight from communication theory might be of some use.

There is a consensus view in communication theory that "perception" involves the interface between phenomena and the "meanings" that we humans attach to these phenomena. In this sense, "meaning" can be operationally defined as "the ...

I count myself a Christian and I am willing.

Marcel makes good recommendations.

One of the most obvious biblical references to what Jaynes writes about, of course, is the story in Genesis about Adam's and Eve's temptation and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. To me, this is the best ...