But whoever hands himself over to a belief that the products of a dissociation—whether of his own consciousness or of another's—are manifestations of the Spirit World, may come to say—
'Had I seen, perhaps, what hand was holding mine,
Leading me whither, I had died of fright.'
[1] See L'Automatisme Psychologique. Alcan; Paris.
[2] The word 'complex' was originally used by Freud only in regard to ideas existing in the unconscious, but the way in which I use it is convenient and follows the custom of some English writers.
[3] The Science of Power, p. 284. Methuen & Co., 1918.
[4] McDougall, Social Psychology, p. 359.
[5] See the Psychology of Insanity.
[6] For a fuller account of dissociation I would refer the reader to The Psychology of Insanity, by Dr. Bernard Hart, to which I am indebted for the form of some of my ideas. (Cambridge University Press.)
[7] See Janet, op. cit., p. 368, where he also says: 'Il est probable que, dans quelques campagnes, subsiste encore la croyance aux révélations de la baguette divinatoire.'