roof-brain chatter

English

Etymology

Term coined by author Joseph Chilton Pearce in his 1973 book The Crack In The Cosmic Egg.

Noun

roof-brain chatter (uncountable)

1. incoherent, idle thoughts "at the top of the brain"
   • 1984, David V. Tansley, The raiment of light: a study of the human aura, page 198:

     ...babble that goes on in our heads — the 'roof brain chatter' as Chilton Pearce calls it in his book, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg.

   • 1990, Philip Burnard, Learning human skills: an experiential guide for nurses, page 241:

     Notes In the early stages of meditation, it is very easy to be distracted by what Pearce calls 'roof-brain' chatter (Pearce, 1982), the seemingly endless flow of thoughts and ideas that refuse to go away when we sit down to meditation