supraliminal

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Somehow or other the physician's own persistent wish to get some such opportunity induced a collaboration of his subliminal with his supraliminal self, akin to the inspirations of genius.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

But it is equally easy to devise experiments which shall call these submerged sensations up again into supraliminal consciousness.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

This last phrase—inevitably obscure—may be illustrated by reference to that hierarchical arrangement of supraliminal action and perception which Dr. Hughlings Jackson has so used as to clear up much previous confusion of thought.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

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 Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

I there pointed out that the influence of the subliminal on the supraliminal might conveniently be divided under three main heads.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)