New-York tribune., 1922-03-04

and the organs and expresses itself in
beauty and harmony, in phrases and
patterns Of rhythm which constitute
what we cali style in writing"
The primitive mind, according to Mr.,
Churchill, is the supporter of dogma.
because it pays.
Don't let us fool ourselves that we
are being spiritual when we follow
orthodox religion and subscribe to the
accepted morality" he said "We do
1t because the primitive mind den,ards
It. Dishonesty does not pay. The
primitive mind is concerned with
bodily preservation and reproduction
Cupidlty, caution and fear are the
emotions that distinguish it. Orth odox
morals and religion give the primitive
mind the friends, the security of posi-
tion and finance that will maintain
the body: 1t is purely materialistic and
not idcalistic or spiritually
1t is the primitive mind, Mr.. Church.
Ill declared. that dominates present.
day education and is fatal to the
creative mind. Dogma is the wors.
enemy Of the creative impulse and, to-
Cether with orthodox morals, is fos-
tered in the schoolroom
THE creative emotions" he added,
Cannot successfully contend against
primitive emotions. All bodily and
nance of the primitive emotions. There
is no good trying to write in those
intervals. There are two ways Of driv-
ing out primitive emotions. One is by
prayer, which every artist uses
whether he calls it by that name or
not. The other is by relaxation and
permitting thought to be replaced by
creative rhythm.
"Anxiety over ideas that will not
come only increases the tension and
the dominance of the primitive mind.
emotions, and those emotions can be
stimulated by the proper rhythm. We
cannot force the creative mind to as
sert itself. We can only relax and let
it exert itself.'
This dualism Of the mind, Mr.. Church.
i'll said, had not been properly taught
by modern psychology, but was to be
found in the doctrines of Christianity,
especially those outlined by ST., Paul.
The only thing St. Paul lacked, he said,
was the scientific phraseology to make
the meaning clear 20 moderns.
Churchill Amplifies Theory
Mr. Churchill said last night that his
lecture was the first public revelation
Of his theory, arrived at after a study
of more than three years. He did not
care to confirm Mr.. Butler in saying
that it hal ALREADY received the iudg-
n,ent Of savants- 1t would stand or
fail, lie said, IS disclosed j, detail N
al article shortly to be published. He
undorstook, however, to eXpan his
heorles z bit.
In discussing his hypothesis OF the
existence of Two minds belonging to
man, the author said it was an at
tempt to put into modern scientific
terms the psychology Of the gospels.
"Of the two minds, I call one the
primitive mind" MIR. Churchill con-
tinued. 1T IS not the conception of
subconscious or unconscious mind. II
is mind whose organ Is a brain on
each side of the spinal column and
which = called the sympathetic ner.
controls digestion and energies the
glands for action. It's rhythm is a
syncopated Or Jazz rhythm-the
rhythm of the blood beat. 1t also con-
trolls the heart
"All primitive acts are performed IN
that rhythm. A baby or cub takes the
breast il it. 1t is the rhythm in whicl,
digestion !. carried on through special
sets Of muscles. It is the rhythm Of
the dancing savage, and we ordinarily
chew and laugh IN that rhythm when
laughter is an escape Of primitive emo
tions. That mind is the seat OF prin,i
tive instincts
'Now. we have another mind, which
l call the creative mind, and that uses
what we ordina rily call the brain as its
digestive organ, and the brain digests
emotions or experiences. These emo
tions are translated into phenomenal
ideas by the brain.
The rhythm of that mind is un-
syncopated. and that mind regulates
but does not control breathing, and the
breathing is ursyncopated. That mind
ia the factor in what We know a : evolu-
ton, and il teaches the primitive mind
It's habits, such as walking. writing and
craftsmanship. All those acts are per-
formed IN the creative rhythm.
The dualism, the divided self in
man, IS due to the opposition OF these
two minds and the opposition of the
two rhythms. The will energy is in
n0svr copated or creative rhythm. St.
Paul knew a great deal more about
psychology than we suspect when he