From the Unconscious to the Conscious 



part latent. But this is not all. The subconscious 

 psychism which is thus enriched throughout life, by all 

 these states of consciousness, does not merely register 

 them, it also assimilates them. 



AH conscious acquisitions are assimilated and transmuted 

 into faculties. This is noticeable in the course of existence. 

 The being * develops,' and acquires new or extended 

 powers of feeling, knowing, and understanding. Psycho- 

 logical progress can be the result only of this transmuta- 

 tion of knowledges into faculties. And this transmutation 

 is subconscious. It does not take place among the 

 unstable and ephemeral cerebral molecules; it necessi- 

 tates a deep-seated and continuous elaboration in the 

 essential and permanent part of the being; that is, in 

 his subconscious dynamo-psychism. 



Thus the perpetual disintegration of the conscious 

 personality is of small importance. The permanent 

 subconscious individuality retains the indelible remem- 

 brance of all the states of consciousness which have built 

 it up. From these states of consciousness which it has 

 assimilated it constructs new capacities. 



During the course of life the individual subcon- 

 sciousness has made a new stride towards consciousness. 



We have henceforth a firm basis whence to proceed 

 higher and further in our discovery of truth. 



Cryptopsychism is only in minor part composed of 

 the experiences of this present life. The greater part 

 is inborn. Whence does this come ? 



The most natural and reasonable hypothesis is that 

 which is based on facts. Since cryptopsychism and 

 cryptomnesia are both partially constructed out of daily 

 experiences which have passed into the subconsciousness 

 which they enrich, it is legitimate to infer that they are 

 entirely constructed from past experiences. 



Since then in the course of our existence we find 

 the origin of a part only of the contents of subconscious- 

 ness, it is at least permissible to seek the remainder in 



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