[Real Ghost Stories by William T. Stead]@TWC D-Link bookReal Ghost Stories CHAPTER III 9/14
can direct Leonie I.'s walks, for instance, or start on a long railway journey without baggage, in order to get to Havre as quickly as possible." In the whole realm of imaginative literature, is there anything to compare to this actual fact of three selves in one body, each struggling to get possession of it? Leonie I., or the Conscious Personality, is in possession normally, but is constantly being ousted by Leonie II., or the Subconscious Personality.
It is the old, old case of the wife trying to wear the breeches.
But there is a fresh terror beyond.
For behind both Leonie I.and Leonie II.
stands the mysterious Leonie III. "The spontaneous acts of the Unconscious Self," says M.Janet, here meaning by _l'inconscient_ the entity to which he has given the name of Leonie III., "may also assume a very reasonable form--a form which, were it better understood, might perhaps serve to explain certain cases of insanity.Mme.
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