Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-12
WAKING AT WILL.
How Il IL That People Can Set Themselves
for = Certain Hour in Sleep.


A discussion has been going on in the Society
for Psychical Research as TO the existence and
the nature Of the power by which so many peo-
pie manage to wake themselves precisely at the
hour at which they have resolved to wake them
selves the previous night. There is no question
to the fact. 1t lie a matter on which proba-
bly, the greater number of people can convince
themselves. You may fix a time when no clock
strikes. so that it cannot be half-hesrd sound
which wakes you.
iou may fix five minutes before the hoSr in
q house in which no clock strikes the CHARTERS
or even in house in which there is no striking
clock at all. and no church clock within couple
OF miles; and yet not one person only, but q
great many-we might perhaps say the majority
of persons past middle aegean wake them
selves at the right hour if on the previous night
they go TO bed with the resolve to do so strong
on their minds. 1t is power which belongs TO
all sorts of persons-not only persons who have
been In the habit OF getting up at given hours,
but to persons who have not
Most nurses have it, most servants most
laborers, most professional men. Yet it is very
difficult to account for. for when YOU wake YOU
have no distinct. nor, indeed, indistinct recog-
milton OF the time on you. You only know
what time you ought TO have been awake but
not in the least consciously that this time has
arrived though, when you look at your watch
in a fright, you find a matter OF fact that il
has arrived, and only just arrived. We believe
that the same power would apply to the day-
time under the same conditions. namely that
Won Az firmly in vour mind s,roa bo,rs -, ~,
least some co,sidcrshi t;n,a aai;a- ~. y, ..
ore 10 do so,,e,h;rr s,oo;.;o - -. -
to sense Of the time at specific minute; only
people notice this less, since there are so many
things in the daytime which warn u.s. and thus
put Us on the watch as how time is flying.
arrest vonr own att.n,;o, "a ,o - y. ~
required time Won ,,.yo- 60, =. - = - -, .
assnrance that II il tbe rich. - 80, 80,
snltino vonr watch II 1on 40 Ill, ..S;,;na,,
the time Won have NO oo,ror 20 ..o;-,
that Won have ..5ivined,,,t Va, fa.I ss 70 80
had merely puessed il and 80 rrah.hI-
Guessed il wrong until vou- xatch ronfrr,s
the guess.
1t is not bv a keen sense Of duration tina. Won
compute the hour. for that would imnIv lint
Won knew at what time Won made tbe ,eso,ve
at what time Won went 10 sleen with the resolve
on vopr Mind or5 ~; =; Il. =. - -
do not know IF Won measnred 10 nv ,ba o.
panie nrocesses 1bicb 90 nr ELI, =, b., .
general sense of tbe nunhor 81 ,I,'lsa.;'ns -
your heart or the nnnLar 90 81 49, -
then Won wouId reo,3;ro 20 - 80,
rately what the .ime xos ~ ~ e.,
resolved 10 aw.Le "a - ia -,
ure only nv the Ienotb of .ba .hraad srhso-
ouentlv drawn ont NJ, 81 Ia ,bet -
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eIanseJ Sinca ,ha ,.as0I..o ~, ..,ie e 10.
formeS In IN. Iorrnat ~ ~ S C, "a IS pIr
Geological Research for sng,,s, zSe ara ,o,d -
lady .well known IN The edi,or" wbo ohroriI
cled her experiments in this manner dnring q
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mona ri tho sar;onerass ,.o,,.; -; -
sboud have assoc;,ted WITH :, IA bn.', -.
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meaning wake me AT 4 hut not sa,.;no ~
was vailed With s,rroria nf ,n,:la;s So
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hut scanned 20 n. 5oun J., = - - ,;,n
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