From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



There is no psycho-anatomical parallelism, for 

 sensorial action may appear completely outside the 

 organs of the senses; motor actions may be exercised 

 outside the muscles; psychic action may develop outside 

 the brain! 



There is no psycho-physiological parallelism, for all 

 apparent sensorial, motor, or intellectual action may be 

 suppressed or inert. The body of the subject whose 

 sensibility is exerted at a distance, is usually during the 

 whole time, profoundly anaesthethetised. Her muscles 

 do sometimes make vague associated reflex movements 

 during motor exteriorisations, but these synergetic 

 contractions (not always present) never represent an 

 effort corresponding to the effect. As to her nervous 

 centres, they are in a state of annihilation varying from 

 torpor to a special kind of trance, a kind of transitory 

 coma, during which all functions except those of vege- 

 tative life are completely suppressed. 



The more profound this functional annihilation, the 

 more remarkable are the metapsychic manifestations. 

 The more complete the exteriorisation and its separation 

 from the organism, the more complex and advanced are 

 the phenomena. 



As to vision at a distance and telepathy, the most 

 remarkable cases are those that go furthest, and in the 

 most incredible degree, beyond the range of the senses. 



As to ideoplastic materialisation, the more distinct, 

 and the further they are separated from the medium, 

 the more self-activity and apparent autonomy do they 

 show. 



In fine, as I have set forth in fEtre Subconscient, the 

 classical demonstration in favour of psycho-physiological 

 parallelism in the so-called normal function of the person, 

 turns entirely against the existence of any such parallelism 

 in the so-called supernormal functions. 



This negative demonstration may be summed up in 

 a triple formula. 



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