Bicameral

From: Steven E. Barnes <akuma_at_best.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 22:11:52 -0800

> From: mr happy <ajbehan_at_tcd.ie>
>
> The bicameral thesis has another drawback it is about as compatible with
> Uncle Joe (Campbell) as chalk with cheese. However IMHO it is a more
> appropriate tool for dealing with Illumination than Zen etc.
> - -----------

Yeah, but it kind of takes the piss out of Illumination. "What's the great secret?" "Well, all of you players are already Illuminated". Anyway, I thought Campbell was denounced as a God-Learner by true Greg-ites.

> From: Bibishar_at_aol.com
>
> Having grown up in and around Washington, D.C., I thought I knew what
> "bicameral" means. But Mr. Barnes' comments made me wonder, so I looked up
> the word "bicameral" in my American Heritage Dictionary

'S ok... I don't even know what etic and emic mean. I tried looking them up in a friends massive dictionary, and they weren't listed.

• -steve (not the SF writer)

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