The legend of the parting of the Red Sea probably refers to tidal changes in the Sea of Reeds related to the Thera eruption. - Julian Jaynes

The mind is still haunted with its old unconscious ways; it broods on lost authorities; and the yearning, the deep and hollowing yearning for divine volition and service is with us still.

The central assertion of this view, I repeat, is that each new stage of words literally created new perceptions and attentions, and such new perceptions and attentions resulted in important cultural changes which are reflected in the archaeological record.

We know too much to command ourselves very far.