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In the previous episode I introduced the hemisphere hypothesis put forward by British scholar Iain McGilchrist. The hemisphere hypothesis posits that the two hemisphere of our brains have unique, largely incompatible, ways of relating to the world.

The right hemisphere can be characterized as our sensual mind and the left hemisphere as our conceptual mind.  We get confused, conflicted and alienated when our conceptual mind dominates and makes us lose our connection with our sensory mind.

In this episode I want to share my version of a story that McGilchrist uses to illustrate the relationship between our two hemispheres. It dramatizes his observation that things go wrong when collaboration between the hemispheres breaks down and the conceptual mind (LH) dominates.  McGilchrist's  story is called The Master and His Emissary, which is also the name of his 2009 book that introduces the hemisphere hypothesis.  

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