The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 4, 1901, Page 1

ages personality hay ered to be unchanging tinuous, and soclety to-day is on the theory that per- changeless; yet there nvestigators in psychic hat at least two dis- ell within every human your hody is tenanted by you and your other self. By this it is mot me that one has a good and a bad na- e, but what is meant is that in addie n to the every day personality, as ego goodness and badness, thers human frame another be- that ?‘ 2 separate memory, feelings, means that two dis- tinct beings inhabit each body. However heterodox, however startling and however uncanny this theory may appear, there is in my mind no lack of evidence to sub- stantiate the same. Only a bri tempted, and t f outline can be here at- ose whe care to further follow this strange theme are referred to the w gs of Hudson, Binet, Sidis, My- ers and others who have devoted years to the unraveling of this mystery of belng. The theory of dual personality, if proven true, will overturn many of the old-time idess of relig accountability, mental philosophy and medicine; codes will have to be remodeled, and many of the aocept- ed idess on cognate subjects will need to be reconstructed. But no one need be he sum of human happlness not be decreased, nor will the torch of truth be dimmed, nor the worid’s pro- e discovery of a new sweep away a few dog- creeds, but no real dam- What proof exiets that a dual peérson- ality dwells within the human frame? Some of the reasons for the theory of @ual per will be briefly noted. Buppose it is important that you should arise at an unus early hour; you re- tire with t ht uppermost in your sieep. When the hour for you awake with a start, pened many times in the of us. What is it that he sleeper at or near ly one explanation in all the pages of learn- k iscious personality, ysterious personality all the senses are is mentioned as the existence of a dual d grasps a pencil or rests a planchette. Often, without on the part of the operator, ces curves, Hnes, letters, sentences; questions are swered and many evidences are given a centro mind distinct from that of the operator. This experiment has been repested by thousands of observers, and the question naturally arises, what directs e movement of the pencil or plenchette? The only rational answer i at the p! tte is controlled by a secondery self ependent of the normal mind Somnambulism furnishes a multitude of facts to prove the theory of a secondary intellige The sieep-walker will aris d paper perform mental ¥ personality could . 2nd in many ways give evidence that telligence having dif- ies from the The doings of marvelous and normel ever sleep-walkers are I almost beyc elief ; Proofs ef the theory of dual personality are frequently noticed in the daily presa. and months afterward ippines, whete some psychie ged; in the in time kis ignorant £ e arrived there. soldier is a blank. Buch ies are chronicied every or how cases or = day vestig this direction ecall the the ebjective mind, and lies deeper the sub- secondary entity has e second self, the sub- subawaking mind; the sub- e submerged ego. It has al this sccondary mind ntelligence manie everyday the inte Jective mind also been call ns of hypnotism that many and powers of the sub- itelligence have been ascer- most convincing proofs ef are found in hypnetie ter of the subconsclous effe ffrent persons. There is as h difference in subconscious minds as s are so constituted that it r the second self to make tion that may be recog- everyday mind; in others entity is very often in evi- s concerning the pow- p f the subconscious intelligence the may be astonished by the claims s, but both the Lon- hical societies have showing careful and scien- jon and the s can hardly rescarch on this que: societd tions be- e and subjective minds without difficulty. Any the subconscious mind the normal or Now authorities state k nscious winds can communicate with « other at any distance by some known kind of wireless telegraphy. 1 cpathy. Suppose in ve and nor- mmunicate freely her: now suppose his receives a telepathic com- om the secondary mind of communi- objective or conscious mind. sons communi his objec A thus becomes 4 mind reader, a clairvoy- ant, or medium, or messiah, acccrding to inclination, education or circumstances. Here arises another phase of the mys- tery. Does the so-called second self ever take possession of the body and usurp the place of the ruling entity? Does anybody else ever inhabit my body? And, if so. where do I go to? Am I responsible for the aects of my other self? Is a person always responsible for the acts of his body? These questions bring up a most start- ling and deeply interesting theme. It is possjble that this theory may throw light on sdme puzzling occurrences. Take klep- tomania, for example. According to the theory under discussion. kleptomania is a psychical disease in which at certaim times the normal entity is set aside and a stranger temporarily occupies the throne of reason and will. It is believed that this usurpation of the throne of will often occurs, but generally it is never suspected unless the new tenant of the brain commits some overt act such as stealing. Scientific records contaln many cases of dual personality that have been carefully studied. French scientists have takem the lead in investigating this question and have patiently labored for facts in & realm shadowy, weird and mysterious— the border land of the unknown. This subject has a practical bearing and in- vestigations along this line will probably unravel many curious and puzzling eom- plications. There are diseases of the body, »f the mind, and there are psychological disorders that disturb the foundations of being and mar the warp and woef of human personality. From among the many cases where & dual personality has been clearly mani- fested two interesting and well-known cases will be given. The first is that of Alma Z. Dr. Osgood Mason in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, September, 1883, reports the following interesting case, given in a recent book by Professor Sidis: “Alma Z. has been under my ob- servation during the past ten years. In childhood she was remarkable for her in- telligence and unusual endowments. Up to her eighteenth year she was in robust health, excelling all her companions not only in Intellectual attainments but als> in physical culture, being expert in gym- skating and athletio sports generally. At that time, owing to overwork In school, -physical condi- tions made their appearance. In- stead of - the educated, thoughtful, dignified, womanly personali worn with_iliness and pain, there appeared a bright. sprightly child personality, with & limited vocabulary, ungrammatical and peculiar dialect, decidedly Indian in char- acter, but, as used by her, most fascinat- ing and amusing. The intellect was bright and shrewd, her manuer lively and good-natured, and her intuitions were re- markably correct and quick; but, strang- est of all, she was free from pain, could take food, and had comparatively a good degree of strength. She called herself (Twoey," and the normal or usual perso: ality she always referred to as ‘Ne. 1" She possessed none of the acquired knowledge of the primary personality. but was bright and greatly interested in the matters going on about her, in family affairs, and everything which pertained to the comfort and well-being of No. L “The new personality would usually re- main only a few hours, but, occasionally, her stay was prolonged to several days, and then the normal self—the No. 1 of ‘Twoey'—returned with all her intelll= gence, patience and womanly qualities, but also with the weakness and suffering which characterized her illness. “No. 1 and No. 2 (‘Twoey’) were appar= ently in every respect separate and dige tinct personalities. Each had her ewn distinct consciousness and distinot train of thought and memories. *When No. 1 was absent and ‘T'woey" took her place, on resuming her conscious. ness, she commenced at the place whers her own personality had been interrupted and resumed her ordinary life exactly at that point. Te No. 1 the existence of any second personality was entirely unknown by any consclous experience, and the time which ‘Two occupled was to her a blank. If ‘Twoey’ appeared at noon omn Tuesday and remained until Thuraday night, when she would disappear, and Ne. 1 resume her own consciousness and life, she would commence on Tuesday noem where that consciousness was interrupt- ed. The intervening time to her was a blank. No. 2, however, while having her own distinct life, knew also the life of No. 1, but only as a distinct personality, entirely separated from herself. No. 1 alsa came to know ‘Twoey’ by the deseription given by others and by the change in her own personal belongings and affairs which she saw had been effected during her absence. The two personalities be- came great friends. No. 2 admired No. 1 ior knowledge, her patlence in suffering and the lovely qualities which she recognized, and she w gly took her place in order to give her rest and. it seemed, the possibility of living at all. No. 1'also became fond of ‘Twoey’ on a count of the loving care which she be- stowed upon her and her affairs and for the witty sayings and tly and per- tinent conversations which were reported to her and which she greatly enjoyed. “*Twoey' seemed to have the power of goirg and coming at will. She often left communications te No. 1, mostly written (for she became able to write in her pe- culiar dialect—very difficult to decipher), telling her what had been dcne in her ab- sence, where she would find certain things or advising her when she deemed it neces- sary; and her advice was always sound and to the voint. “Under an entire change in medical treatment—change of scene and air and the use of animal magnetism and hypnet- ism—health and normal conditions were restored, and ‘Twoey’s’ visits became only oceasional, under circumstances of ex- treme fatigue or mental excitement, when nastic exercise: Continued on Page Two.