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Chapter II
Itisveryplausibletosuchpeople,amostconvincinghypothesis.Whentheyhavevisionsofscenestheyhaveneverseenintheflesh,memoriesofactsandeventsdatingbackintime,thesimplestexplanationisthattheyhavelivedbefore.
Buttheymakethemistakeofignoringtheirownduality.Theydonotrecognizetheirother-personality.Theythinkitistheirownpersonality,thattheyhaveonlyonepersonality;andfromsuchapremisetheycanconcludeonlythattheyhavelivedpreviouslives.
Buttheyarewrong.Itisnotreincarnation.IhavevisionsofmyselfroamingthroughtheforestsoftheYoungerWorld;andyetitisnotmyselfthatIseebutonethatisonlyremotelyapartofme,asmyfatherandmygrandfatherarepartsofmelessremote.Thisother-selfofmineisanancestor,aprogenitorofmyprogenitorsintheearlylineofmyrace,himselftheprogenyofalinethatlongbeforehistimedevelopedfingersandtoesandclimbedupintothetrees.
Imustagain,attheriskofboring,repeatthatIam,inthisonething,tobeconsideredafreak.NotalonedoIpossessracialmemorytoanenormousextent,butIpossessthememoriesofoneparticularandfar-removedprogenitor.Andyet,whilethisismostunusual,thereisnothingover-remarkableaboutit.
Followmyreasoning.Aninstinctisaracialmemory.Verygood.ThenyouandIandallofusreceivethesememoriesfromourfathersandmothers,astheyreceivedthemfromtheirfathersandmothers.Thereforetheremustbeamediumwherebythesememoriesaretransmittedfromgenerationtogeneration
