'IHE SCOPE OF MINI). 2oo 



it veinaiiis unrecoguized until it rises above the surface of the 

 sea. We only see the top of this structure and call it an 

 island ; indeed, it is all Ave are conscious of except by 

 soundings or occasional glimpses of what is beneath, on calm 

 days or at low tides. In the same way it appears to me 

 that of the sum of the psychic forces which we may call 

 mental, and which constitute mind, only a verj'- small portion 

 are fitfully illuminated by what we call consciousness. 



Some may think the point raised in this paper has merely 

 an academic interest. It is not so. Had it not the most far- 

 reaching practical issues throughout life this paper would 

 never have been written. The establishment of the fact of 

 an unconscious mind has a great bearing on the training f)f 

 children ; as children can be moulded unconsciously Avith far 

 greater ease than through their consciousness. It gives also 

 a great key to the cause and cure of many, if not of most, 

 diseases. It lays bare at last the foundations of character, 

 of conscience, of the entire Ego so long (jbscured by a 

 psychology bounded by the conscious. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman. — Ladies and gentlemen, is it your pleasui'e to 

 return your thanks to Dr. Schofield for this coinmunication ? 

 I feel that your applause has already answered that question, and 

 I trust that such a very interesting paper as this will give rise to 

 an interesting discussion, as it is a subject on which, no doubt, 

 there are various opinions ; while gentlemen are making up thfeir 

 minds, perhaps Captain Petrie will read one or two communications 

 that he has iiad. 



The Hon. Secketaiiy (Captahi Fjuncis Pktrik, F.G.S.) then 

 read the following communications : — 



Fi'om T. Barkworth, Esq. : — 



Having read Dr. Schofield's paper, I feel it right to say that I 

 am in complete agreement with his main positions, and wish I 

 could have been present to support them ; but the state of my 

 health made that impossible. A few criticisms which occurred 

 to me I sent to the author, as the meeting was past. The old 

 notion of metaphysicians that the Ego is one and indivisible 



