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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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