Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast

37. The Origin of Religion Explained: The Neurological Origin of the Gods

June 11, 2026·8 min
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"Look at the ancient world globally, and you find a consistent, strange anomaly. Geographically isolated civilizations, separated by oceans and continents, all independently developed identical religious behaviors. They built massive mortuary architecture, they fed and clothed statues, and they organized their societies around the daily commands of invisible deities..."Learn more by reading "Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind," currently on sale for a limited time:https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Consciousness-Bicameral-Mind-Interviews/dp/1737305534https://www.julianjaynes.org/book/conversations-on-consciousness-and-the-bicameral-mind/Video produced by Marcel Kuijsten using generative AI tools and reviewed by human editors for accuracy and clarity.

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