Each of us is a collective intelligence, with memories, preferences, and goals that belong to us but not to any of the individual neurons that comprise our brains. Remarkably, the cognitive glue that enables this - bioelectric networking via ion channels and electrical synapses - are evolutionarily ancient and ubiquitous. In this talk I will introduce the field of developmental bioelectricity, and describe the methods we have developed to read and write the mind of the body. But, whereas brains think about moving bodies through 3-dimensional space, what do somatic networks think about?  They think about navigating the anatomical morphospace of possible forms. I will describe how we use the tools of cognitive and behavioral sciences to communicate with, not micromanage, the intelligence of the body toward applications in birth defects, regenerative medicine, and the dissociative identity disorder we call cancer.  I will conclude the talk with a discussion of our synthetic biobots as an example of the creative problem-solving competencies of the diverse intelligence of the agential material of life.