A powerful story on many levels, like the when and how of the collapse of the bicameral mind, although I’m not sure if the bicameral mind is more than a theory. Still, the idea of coming to an understanding that the voices in your head are not coming for elsewhere, but are merely thoughts. An understanding that comes when you’re forced, by a situation, to think for yourself.

Here’s a weird listening suggestion for you. John Cage’s Indeterminacy. In one of the stories he recounts being in an anechoic chamber. When he comes out he questions the technician as to why it wasn’t completely silent. The technician replies something like, “you heard two sounds? A high frequency one and a low frequency one? The low one is the blood flowing through your veins. The high frequency is your nervous system.”