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"Egyptians back then could literally hear commands from statues as representations of the gods" What?
by circlefavshape 8y ago
"Egyptians back then could literally hear commands from statues as representations of the gods"
What?
- simiones 8y agoIt's an entertaining (though certainly wrong) theory that states that ancient peoples' minds were divided into a "conscious" part that executed commands given by the other part, which it perceived as "gods speaking to it". More (and better) explanations on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicameralism_(psychology)