Every god is a jealous god after the breakdown of the bicameral mind.

Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of.

Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.

Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.

We know to much to command ourselves very far.

Every god is a jealous god after the breakdown of the bicameral mind.

If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity. As such, it is a direct descendant of the breakdown of the bicameral mind.