Next I argue that the ka (spiritual double) and ba (human-headed bird body‒soul) were hallucinated beings. Analyses of archaic languages, when doable, should demonstrate that what would become abstract mind‒words were shaped by bodily experiences and concrete metaphors.
After offering some thoughts on hallucinatory experiences as evidenced by the historical record, I focus on the crucial linguo-concept of “heart” and what this might tell us about how language evolved from a period when individuals lacked a clear-cut and precise psychological terminology.
More specifically, he theorized that: (1) in archaic civilizations individual behavior and by extension sociopolitical order were governed by audio-visual hallucinations interpreted as divine guidance (2) a preconscious mentality was reflected in Bronze Age languages that lacked robust psycholexicons. In this preliminary exploration of the archaic psychology of Egypt, I utilize the theories of Julian Jaynes who argued for a radical neurocultural plasticity.
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