Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets. (Julian Jaynes)

Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets.

Julian Jaynes

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