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           ButMorrell’smethodwassopatentlythereverseofmymethodofself-hypnosisthatIwasfascinated.Bymymethod,myconsciousnesswentfirstofall.Byhismethod,consciousnesspersistedlastofall,and,whenthebodywasquitegone,passedintostagessosublimatedthatitleftthebody,lefttheprisonofSanQuentin,andjourneyedafar,andwasstillconsciousness.

           Itwasworthatrial,anyway,Iconcluded.And,despitethescepticalattitudeofthescientistthatwasmine,Ibelieved.IhadnodoubtIcoulddowhatMorrellsaidhehaddonethreetimes.Perhapsthisfaiththatsoeasilypossessedmewasduetomyextremedebility.PerhapsIwasnotstrongenoughtobesceptical.ThiswasthehypothesisalreadysuggestedbyMorrell.Itwasaconclusionofpureempiricism,andI,too,asyoushallsee,demonstrateditempirically.