supraliminal
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I must needs, for instance, use the word "spirit," when I speak of that unknown fraction of a man's personality—not the supraliminal fraction—which we discern as operating before or after death in the metetherial environment.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
When the subliminal mentation co-operates with and supplements the supraliminal, without changing the apparent phase of personality, we have genius.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
The man of genius is what he is by virtue of possessing a readier communication than most men possess between his supraliminal and his subliminal self.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
When the subliminal mentation forces itself up through the supraliminal, without amalgamation, as in crystal-vision, automatic writing, etc., we have sensory or motor automatism.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
At one end of the scale we find dreams,—a normal subliminal product, but of less practical value than any form of sane supraliminal thought.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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