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take it as an evidence of the merging of my two personalities�察�as evidence 

of a point of contact between the two disassociated parts of me。 My dream 

personality lived in the long ago�察�before ever man�察�as we know him�察�came 

to   be�察  �and   my   other   and   wake´a´day   personality   projected   itself�察  �to   the 

extent   of   the   knowledge   of   man's   existence�察  �into   the   substance   of   my 

dreams。 

     Perhaps the psychologists of the book will find fault with my way of 

using the phrase�察 �disassociation of personality。; I know their use of it�察�yet 

am compelled to use it in my own way in default of a better phrase。 I take 

shelter behind the inadequacy of the English language。                  And now to the 

explanation of my use�察�or misuse�察�of the phrase。 

     It was not till I was a young man�察�at college�察�that I got any clew to the 

significance   of   my   dreams�察  �and   to   the   cause   of   them。  Up   to   that   time 

they    had   been    meaningless      and   without    apparent     causation。    But     at 

college      I  discovered      evolution     and    psychology�察     �and     learned    the 

explanation      of   various    strange    mental    states   and   experiences。       For 

instance�察    �there   was    the   falling´through´space       dreamthe      commonest 

dream experience�察�one practically known�察�by first´hand experience�察�to all 

men。 

     This�察  �my  professor   told   me�察  �was   a   racial   memory。    It   dated   back   to 

our remote ancestors who lived in trees。 With them�察�being tree´dwellers�察�

the liability of falling was an ever´present menace。 Many lost their lives 

that   way�察  �all   of   them   experienced   terrible   falls�察  �saving   themselves   by 

clutching branches as they fell toward the ground。 



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     Now a terrible fall�察�averted in such fashion�察�was productive of shock。 

Such   shock   was   productive   of   molecular   changes   in   the   cerebral   cells。 

These molecular changes were transmitted to the cerebral cells of progeny�察�

became�察�in short�察�racial memories。 Thus�察�when you and I�察�asleep or dozing 

off to sleep�察�fall through space and awake to sickening consciousness just 

before     we   strike�察 �we   are   merely    remembering       what   happened      to  our 

arboreal ancestors�察�and which has been stamped by cerebral changes into 

the heredity of the race。 

     There    is  nothing    strange   in  this�察 �any   more    than   there  is  anything 

strange in an instinct。       An instinct is merely a habit that is stamped into 

the stuff of our heredity�察�that is all。         It will be noted�察�in passing�察�that in 

this   falling   dream  which   is   so   familiar to   you   and   me   and   all of   us�察  �we 

never strike bottom。        To strike bottom would be destruction。               Those of 

our arboreal ancestors who struck bottom died forthwith。 True�察�the shock 

of   their   fall  was   communicated        to  the   cerebral    cells�察 �but   they   died 

immediately�察�before they could have progeny。                 You and I are descended 

from those that did not strike bottom�察�that is why you and I�察�in our dreams�察�

never strike bottom。 

     And now we come to disassociation of personality。                   We never have 

this    sense   of   falling   when     we   are   wide    awake。      Our     wake´a´day 

personality   has     no   experience    of   it。 Thenand      here   the   argument     is 

irresistibleit must be another and distinct personality that falls when we 

are asleep�察�and that has had experience of such fallingthat has�察�in short�察�a 

memory of past´day race experiences�察�just as our wake´a´day personality 

has a memory of our wake´a´day experiences。 

     It was at this stage in my reasoning that I began to see the light。               And 

quickly the light burst upon me with dazzling brightness�察�illuminating and 

explaining all that had been weird and uncanny and unnaturally impossible 

in   my    dream     experiences。     In  my    sleep    it  was   not   my    wake´a´day 

personality that took charge of me�察�it was another and distinct personality�察�

possessing   a   new   and   totally   different   fund   of   experiences�察  �and�察  �to   the 

point    of  my   dreaming�察    �possessing     memories      of  those   totally   different 

experiences。 

     What was this personality�拭�When had it itself lived a wake´a´day life 



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on this planet in order to collect this fund of strange experiences�拭�These 

were   questions   that   my   dreams   themselves   answered。          He   lived   in   the 

long ago�察�when the world was young�察�in that period that we call the Mid´ 

Pleistocene。      He    fell  from    the  trees   but  did   not   strike  bottom。     He 

gibbered with fear at the roaring of the lions。            He was pursued by beasts 

of prey�察�struck at by deadly snakes。          He chattered with his kind in council�察�

and he received rough usage at the hands of the Fire People in the day that 

he fled before them。 

     But�察�I hear you objecting�察�why is it that these racial memories are not 

ours   as   well�察  �seeing   that   we   have   a   vague   other´personality   that   falls 

through space while we sleep�拭�

     And I may answer with another question。               Why is a two´headed calf�拭�

And my own answer to this is that it is a freak。                And so I answer your 

question。       I   have    this  other´personality      and    these    complete     racial 

memories because I am a freak。 

     But let me be more explicit。 

     The   commonest   race   memory   we   have   is   the   falling´through´space 

dream。      This other´personality is very vague。           About the only memory it 

has is that of falling。      But many of us have sharper�察�more distinct other´ 

personalities。     Many  of   us   have   the   flying   dream�察  �the   pursuing´monster 

dream�察    �color   dreams�察   �suffocation     dreams�察   �and   the   reptile  and   vermin 

dreams。      In short�察�while this other´personality is vestigial in all of us�察�in 

some     of  us   it  is  almost  obliterated�察   �while   in  others   of  us   it  is  more 

pronounced。 Some of us have stronger and completer race memories than 

others。 

     It  is  all  a  question   of   varying   degree    of  possession     of  the   other´ 

personality。      In   myself�察   �the  degree    of  possession     is  enormous。      My 

other´personality is almost equal in power with my own personality。                    And 

in this matter I am�察�as I said�察�a freaka freak of heredity。 

     I do believe that it is the possession of this other´personalitybut not 

so strong a one as minethat has in some few others given r
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