Jaynesian Therapeutics & the Self-healing Mind: Part 2 | Consciousness & the Bicameral Mind Podcast

Jaynesian Therapeutics and the Self-healing Mind: Part 2
Lessons from Hallucinations, Hypnosis, and Meditation

By Brian J. McVeigh

Read by Michael R. Jacobs (⁠https://⁠www.theungoogleable.com⁠, ⁠https://⁠www.youtube.com/VoidDenizen).

In Part 1 we looked at how something we take for granted — consciousness — is actually an active ingredient that can aid in the repair of the mind for certain mental disorders. In this Part we explore how anomalous psychological experiences hold lessons for how consciousness relates to the self-healing mind. Various manifestations of mentality — ordinary consciousness, hallucinations, hypnosis, meditation — are like a colorful tapestry with different patterns but woven together with the same threads. The challenge is disentangling and isolating the threads so as to understand the psychological processes behind these phenomena, especially since this can help understand the therapeutic benefits of certain mental exercises.

Read the complete text from this episode here:
⁠https://www.julianjaynes.org/blog/julian-jaynes-theory/jaynesian-therapeutics-and-the-self-healing-mind-part-2-of-2/⁠

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