The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-08

D.
idence 70 Pawtucket in a horse car r-.-.,
by train TO Boston. and finally 10 Pr..-
delphia, where il occurred TO Inn ~ s.a..
a 0-cent store in a small town He gr...
NorristoWn, and there located The ,4s,
thing he remembered about the ator. r.-
going 10 bed on the nj ;ht Of March 4. g.
mad heard Of Ansel Bourne, but hsL nay.-
met him
This investigation by or. Hodgs0n VAS
interesting chiefly because OF its bearing
upon the theory. already accepted iu some
! degree. that the self which comes ugr 70
most in the hypnotic state is actually Obj.
secondary self-the true Doppel Ich A,
any time, by "mesmerizing" Bourne. d.
! could be converted into the other fellow
namely, a. J. Brown. bit neither had any
knowledge OF the dongs OF the other.
Fortunately. this is lot a unique instance.
quite number of such cases OF duplex
personality being on record.
Now, the question naturally suggests
| itself. Where does this second self r.sia.'
| 1t is a mystery, of course; but. in the aa-
| senCe Of any certainty on the subject ou.
| is at liberty to offer hypothesis. The lat-
| est hypothesis, Endorsed by conspicuous
authorities in psychicaI matters, is that
/ the DCppel Ich is located III the unused
| half OF the brain.
Born of a Double Brain.
As everybody knows. the human organ
/ ism IS constructed in duDiCate-that IL
} 10 say, in two halves. There are two
! legs, two arms, two lungs two kidneys
! two eyes, two ears. and even two brains
! in the skull. Looking upon the brain -
( the prime motor which keeps the ma
/ chine going. one may liken the body o
/ a sidewheeI steamer propelled by two
| engines. each driving its own wheel IN
cidentally, it is 10 be realized that tbs
engine on the port side drives the star
board wheel. and vice versa. the right
brain governing the left side % the body.
and COntraTiwise. However. this Likeness
Of a man to a steamboat cannot be sal
| 10 apply perfectly unless both halves z
the brain-Or both brains. II We choose
so to call them-are working with egllI
energy and in perfect unison; and IL IS
a grave question whether they do sJ. on
the contrary, it would appear as II i'm
most individuals the let brain Sd ths
work, the right one being. TO a great ex-
tent, idle and uneduCdtcd. This is illus
trated to certain extent BY the inability
or the average person 10 USE bis ..ft
hand or arm 10 much effect. the uec.s-
sary conclusion being that the motor
areas Of :he right brain corresponding %
the muscles OF those organs are uu-
trained
II is posslble-though only IN theory
mind you-that the secondary personally
represents the unframed activity OF the
unused half of the brain. II this b. true.
II would readily explain most. II not an.
OF me phenomena exhibited By the Dop-
pei lch- We should have. then, the idea
a second
Within Us, with emotional impulses III
restrained. like those OF a savage uo-
wen regulated morally highly imagirl.
i've, ana with small faculty OF Judgment
On the other hand. many Of the brightas-
Id-Ss that strike US seem 20 come from
WITHIN "a II rising out Of the "sub-cyr-
sclous mind and Ia some such WAY fH-
greatest senIlSes appear 10 nave derived
thelr inspirations. Mozart. for -yauUI.
used TO say that his finest musical com.
them out Here. then would sem 10 h.
an important contradiction and one b,
ooh<ed 20 admit that the whole question
Is involved IN puzzemeut.
I"sta.es- oI foresight
Many instances are on record where
the second self has actually seemed "a
exhibit a foresight far beyond that Of tho
individual proper. One such case is thai
Of Lady EardIey, who, in her account 81,
The matter, says: Il went 10 the BATH
room. locked the door. undresssd. and
vas just about 10 get into the bath when
heard voice say, Unlock the door,
Inc voice was quite distinct and apart
from myself, and yet Il seemed 10 come
somehow from inside OF myself ! vas
startled and looked around, but Of c0lr-.
no one was there. / had stepped Into the
bath, when l heard the voice twice NOR.
saying. Unlock the door On this / Ilu.-
ed out and did unlock the door: and then
stepped into the bath again. As / g9r ...
/ tainted away aud feIl down fiat ln tHs
water. Fortunately as / fen / 0a. I..L
atle % catch a. Deii-haudle. which vas
attached 20 the wall Just above tho r.H.
ny pun brought the maid. no fy8r. me
!she ssidJ 4ying with my head under wa
Ter Shr picked me up and carried ulr g..
II the door had been locked / would CsT-
tainly have been drowned"
Ihe records q The Society FOR Psyef..s'
Research tel Of queer adventure t..r
Irs. r. K Elliott she says. u received
some letters. By post, one OF which COM
talHeC 30 Ia b. TX notes After Y-ll.Eg
them went into the kitchen with them
IN my hands. 1 was alone az the f.m. ~
one being near me. Having done with ne
letters. / made motion 20 throw frr1
into the IFr. when ] distinctly felt ay
hand arrested D. the act 10 Uas -
NtAs-AA- eAa1Af4tt manu- were EFft.f -a.t
on nay own. pressing "a back Much s.t-
Erised. ! looked at my hand aal f.,l
saw that IL contained not tine letters /
had Intended % destroy. but the aaaE
notes. and that the letters acre i1 ne
other hand ] Was 80 aurpTlssI that I
called out. Who Is here But thrrc Vas
nobody
Automatic Aeiisiiv.
In ordinary nfe certain actions seem %
BE wholly automatic-fOr example dress
Ing or reiraclng a weil-known path. Itrf
plainly indicate the existence Or q srDa-
fst- train Of memory employed up
them. Though they are PERFORM Wiz
out ones know ledge. they are certain
conscious acts Perhaps tEafe D. no more
familiar Illustration Of the OPERATION OF
shzt j. termed tae secondary Cors.iols-
ness. When. under some cifcgmstanCrs.
q man has reached certain stage 81 M
io1icati0u. and f. anxious not % beiftJ
the fsct-peThspa because he is lu ~
presence 81 laaies-h- will keep a matt
careful watch upon the other fcilo@. -t
sTder % - sure that The latter does r9i
DO anything out o. the way Here a.let-
entity Is a case Of partial separation " ~
Two personalities. The sub4consc.sus nina
seems 70 b responsible Tor tE- wcaerf-
fui faculty displayed b calculating bptr
who DO not know hoN they solve ne
ira thematlczl problems offered 20 then.
Bidder could give the iogaTithm % any
number 20 eight places at q moments te.
lice. but. ike the famous rolhuGu. sHi
nearly all other such prodlgics. Es g--s
the power before DC crew ".