supraliminal

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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)

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

That the notion does not originate in the hysteric's supraliminal self is proved by the fact that the patient is generally unaware of the existence of the bracelet until the physician discovers it.

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

They represent, one may say, the first stage of a process which, although often inconspicuous, is not likely to be discontinuous,—the sustenance, namely, of the supraliminal life by impulse or guidance from below.

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

After manifesting itself at an age when there is usually no continuous supraliminal mental effort worth speaking of, it appears to have been soon merged in the general blaze of their genius.

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