quarter two: the voices inside your head are not sent by God.

The book I am reading for my Outside Reading is “Muses, Madmen, and Prophets” by Daniel B Smith. If you kept up with blog (probably not) you will easily notice the pattern of psychology books. I decided to keep up with the pattern with this novel, about “Hearing Voices and the Border’s of Sanity” (the subtitle of the book)
I apologize for the late entry, I have many excuses but I believe they can be mentioned later.
I have not begun reading yet, at least not farther than the preface and the prelude (yes this book has both). The book itself is quite boring, so far. I have not yet hit the main part of the novel at all, so I do hope it livens up a bit.
I do enjoy Smith’s “voice” though; he uses a very descriptive tone while writing his anecdotes, which helps spruce up the millions of repeated facts. I could easily see if you were not fascinated by the subject, the book would be a monotonous mess.
The book is about auditory hallucinations, and the “voices” people can hear “inside” of their head. Smith’s idea is that a majority of the world’s greatest thinkers suffered from auditory hallucinations.
Smith discusses the idea of Christianity being a sort of a “scape goat” for the hallucinations the intellectual would have. It made more sense, for the people of the time, if “God” was talking to this man and all his acquired brilliance was “God’s” will.
Overall, all I’ve decided I will like this book as the plot thickens.