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Platt, Carole Brooks

In Their Right Minds

Platt, Carole Brooks - In Their Right Minds, ebook

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In 1976, Julian Jaynes proposed that the language of poetry and prophecy originated in the right, "god-side" of the brain. Current neuroscientific evidence confirms the role of the right hemisphere in poetry, a sensed presence, and paranormal claims as well as in mental imbalance. Left-hemispheric dominance for language is the norm. An atypically enhanced right hemisphere, whether attained through genetic predisposition, left-hemispheric damage, epilepsy, childhood or later traumas, can create hypersensitivities along with special skills. Dissociative "Others" may arise unbidden or be coaxed out through occult practices. Based on nearly twenty years of scientific and literary research, this book enters the atypical minds of poetic geniuses - Blake, Keats, Hugo, Rilke, Yeats, Merrill, Plath and Hughes - by way of the visible signs in their lives, beliefs, and shared practices.

Keywords: Poetry, literature, atypical minds, lateralization, sensed presence, paranormal, mediumship, dissociation, creativity, medium, ouija, hemisphere, neuroscience, Jaynes, language, epilepsy, trauma, occult, peotic genius, Blake, Yeats, Rilke, Hugo, Keats, Merrill, Plath, Hughes

Author(s)
Publisher
Andrews UK
Publication year
2015
Language
en
Edition
2
Page amount
284 pages
Category
Litterary Studies
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781845408381
Printed ISBN
9781845407896

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