Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-13
Margarefs Puzzling Experiences
With Sleeping Margaret

prime she able to tell all at least something
about nearly every Incident that took place while
OF her higher colleagues supraminal "above the
Threshold She heard the utterances of that inchoate
personality Sleeping Real Doris but could only infer
thoughts Of Sleeping Margaret nor even OF her ex-
stence until because of dramatic exercise OF energy
by Sleeping Margaret in an emergency Margaret In
ferred that there must be another pesonaity much
the existence OF the unknown planet Neptune in
ferred because Of the exercise OF It's attractive energy
Sleeping Real Doris In a class by herself. She
had no knowledge, properly speaking, Of any of the
others She was simply an automatic photograph to
preserve and from time to time to repeat
Sleeping Margaret had insight into all the contents
Of the consciousness OF Real Doris. Sick Doris and
Margaret
Each OF the personalities had her own dependent
memory each Except the inchoate shadowy Sleeping
Real Dors) her characteristic mode Of talk pride of
opinion and will to contend with the same The child.
ish Margaret knew what Real Dorfss thoughts we're.
but It does not follow that she necessarily understood
them Just ordinary child within hearing Of
versation utterly beyond s mental grasp receives
Impression from what to it are merely words
An accompanying diagram roughly represents the in.
Sleeping Real Doris. whose relation to two OF the
group Real Doris and Sick Doris not one Of cogni
Of the Others when Real Doris was "oat" When Real
Doris "ou" she looked out on the external world
had direct knowledge of It, Sick Doris able to
possess herself Of Real Doris's Impressions Still
farther down. Margaret mstress not only of Real
Doriss thoughts and Impressions but also Of whatever
subliminal thoughts peculiar to Sick Doris, and
Sleeping margaret knew the thoughts Of all three her
own being unknown to all the rest.
On q number Of occasions when Margaret had been
for some time fractions uneasy, Sleeping Margaret
administered discipline in fashion by producing
In the consciousness of Margaret the hauctnation
receiving heavy blow upon the forehead. Margaret
always thought the writer had struck her. and
while would. be in deadly fear.
Late in the CASE when Margaret was becoming
small child fl mentality, she "came OUT In church,
fixed her eyes the writer and about to sing
out 90 you papa" when Sleeping Margaret according
to her testimony, by supreme effort, pulled I'M
Margaret, that Is, dragged her. unwilling, into the
depths causing Real Doris to resume her place at the
helm instanter. Later Margaret, with eyes like
saucers, related, Papa, there's another Sick Doris,
there's another Sick Doris! There must be, cause
was yanked in just the way used to yank in Sick
Doris" Thus Margaret, who had never known about
Sleeping Margaret pronounced her strong suspicion.
afterward entirely quieed, that another person.
atty existed which could do to her what she herself
had 90 often done to a former personality.
On several occasions following the advent and
partial education Of Sick Doris there appearances
OF extra personality formally named Sick Doris A.
There second reproduction named "Sck Doris 3.
An extra state of Margaret was named margaret
Asleep X" and specially fraught with danger be
cause liable to split OF and set up personality.
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