До Адама

           Hechatteredwithhiskindincouncil,andhereceivedroughusageatthehandsoftheFirePeopleinthedaythathefledbeforethem.

           But,Ihearyouobjecting,whyisitthattheseracialmemoriesarenotoursaswell,seeingthatwehaveavagueother-personalitythatfallsthroughspacewhilewesleep?

           AndImayanswerwithanotherquestion.Whyisatwo-headedcalf?Andmyownanswertothisisthatitisafreak.AndsoIansweryourquestion.Ihavethisother-personalityandthesecompleteracialmemoriesbecauseIamafreak.

           Butletmebemoreexplicit.

           Thecommonestracememorywehaveisthefalling-through-spacedream.Thisother-personalityisveryvague.Abouttheonlymemoryithasisthatoffalling.Butmanyofushavesharper,moredistinctother-personalities.Manyofushavetheflyingdream,thepursuing-monsterdream,colordreams,suffocationdreams,andthereptileandvermindreams.Inshort,whilethisother-personalityisvestigialinallofus,insomeofusitisalmostobliterated,whileinothersofusitismorepronounced.Someofushavestrongerandcompleterracememoriesthanothers.

           Itisallaquestionofvaryingdegreeofpossessionoftheother-personality.Inmyself,thedegreeofpossessionisenormous.Myother-personalityisalmostequalinpowerwithmyownpersonality.AndinthismatterIam,asIsaid,afreak—afreakofheredity.

           Idobelievethatitisthepossessionofthisother-personality—butnotsostrongaoneasmine—thathasinsomefewothersgivenrisetobeliefinpersonalreincarnationexperiences.