The sun., 1919-04-11
'CHALONER' ESSAY
OFFERED IN COURT
Treatise on the "X" Faculty
Produced to Answer Abate-
ment Plea.
PSYCHOLOGIST BACKS HIM
Success in Making Use of Sub
conscious Mind Cited as
Evidence of Sanity.


ments In the new psychology as de-
scribed by him In an essay called The
X Faculty" were submitted ny mis- counsel
yesterday for consideration by the
! United States District Court. The essay
| was made part OF an answer to a plea
| in abatement filed in behalf &C an eve
ming newspaper which Chaloner has sued
! for 100000 for an alleged libel.
The X faculty, according to the essay
| list. IL a power of the mind which, ignored
| by all all but a negligible portion OF
| mankind, may be made the medium OF
all sorts OF unusual experiences and
| achievements by those trained to exer-
| else It. Chaloner believed he had at
| tanned to a greater success than any
| body else in making use OF the sub-con-
| scious mind. In summarizing his
achievements, he wrote:
ITO close and terminate this little
boob. we shall content ourselves by say
! ing that we are the sole, only and unique
, individual in the history of civilization
who has. so to speak. harnessed eaid un-
| known faculties of the brain, and thus
got It to do literary work for him which
| he was totally unable from lack Of lit
| erary ability. of accomplishing before
, said Harvesting was achieved"
Explained by Psychologists.
The essay on the Y faculty figured in
| the inquiry into Chaloners sanity in
Virginia in 1901. He was decreed to be
sane. the decision following his escape
| from Bloomingdale Asylum at White
| Plains. to which he hal been committed
as a lunatic.' So that the Virginia court
might not misunderstand the essay,
| - hol Ano ~ ,ht,,t nj
nation called. "a Note on the New Psy-
chology." written by Armstead c. Cor
don OF Staunton. Va. Mr.. Gordon'e essay
| also was part of the answer fled yester-
| day. Excerpts follow:
| THE objective mind takes cognizance
Of the objective world. Its media OF OBJ
servation are the five physical senses.
| 1t is the outgrowth of mans physical
| necessities.
| 1.-The subjective mind is that faculty
| which takes cognizance OF tie environ
ment by means Independent Of the phys
ical senses. 1t perceiwes by intuition.
1t Is the seat OF the emotions and the
| storehouse Of memory. 1t performs its
| highest functions when the objective
senses are In allegiance. In a word. II
| is that intelligence which makes itself
manifest In a hypnotic subject when he
is in state OF somnabulism.
Quasi-Dominance of Subjective.
an the case OF the author of the
| essay on the Y faculty. by means
OF what he terms Psychological medita-
tion,' the subjective mind is raised above
the threshold of consciousness and con.
fronts the objective mind. which later
| retains a subsequent recollection OF the
| dialogue or colloquy.
TT Is therefore. If we accept the fore
| going as correct, easily demonstratable
| that all the ristorIcaI details given in the
essay on the X faculty are attribut-
! able to the quasi-dominance In greater
| or less degree of the subjective over the
objective mind at the times of their
| respective occurrences and that they al
| emanated from the storehouse OF his
dreams. memories. ideas, impulses and
emotions.
! This accounts for the roulette table
experiences, the gender OF numbers the.
DRY. the carrying OF Goals of fire in the
hands the sQuaring OF the circle. the
interviews with the Devil, and so forth
all OF which occurrences are duplicated
in the experiences OF psychical investi
gators with psychic subjects that is
subjects amenable to suggestion.
"Of the author OF the essay on tn,
y faculty, should say that he pre-
cents the most remarkable and conclu
sive case within the range OF my psy
Geological researches OF the pure auto
psychic"
Oral Argument Set for To-day.
The answering papers were in respons
to a plea that raised the point tina
Chaloner. having been adjudged incom
! petent in the State OF New York, coult
| not prosecute the libel suit. The an
l swering papers were filed preliminar.
: to oral arguments to-day. Chaloner'
counsel was directed to present ev!
! dence as to the status of his client Il
North Carolina. where he now lives.
In the answer II is asserted that Chal
oner sued the United Industrial Com
Z pany in the North Carolina courts Fl
1904 He procured an injunction. Tn
B defendant moved to dissolve the injupc
= ton. supporting the action with an am
Y davit of Winthrop Chandler In whicl
3 II was asserted that Chaloner had bee
= adjudicated insane and incompetent Il
New York. In opposing the dissolution
= Of the injunction Chaloner caused to b
l submitted the record OF the inquiry I
4 Virginia in which he was adjudged I
= be sane.
q The North Carolina court refused t
v dissolve the injunction, the papers as
| sert, and the United States Distric
= Court is asked to dismiss the news
Q papers plea in abatement and permi
r | ChalOner to prosecute his suit