Re: VMs: Fw: Hypergraphia

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

matt welnicki wrote:
> 
> Are there other examples through history and even
> modern where a psychological/mental function causes one
> to create a work like the VMS.  I do agree that its
> organization does not appear to fit the above mold.

	A while ago, we briefly discussed "Kirk Allen",
described in 
Robert Lindner's "The Fifty-Minute Hour" and mentioned
in Carl Sagan's 
*The Demon-Haunted World".  "Kirk Allen" wrote about
his fantasy world 
in an "Olmayan" language, but we have no examples of
"Olmayan".  

	FWIW:  a quote from a psychiatric page:

http://clarocet.com/encyclopedia/del-intro.htm

"A highly organized system such as Kirk's is relatively
rare. 
Much more common are the more or less
inconsistent delusions associated with such mental
disorders 
as schizophrenia and organic mental syndromes. "

Dennis
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