CHAPTER IV.
Some Suggested Theories.
Of theories to account for these strange phenomena there are enough and to spare.

I do not for a moment venture to claim for the man and wife illustration the slightest scientific value.

It is only a figure of speech which brings out very clearly one aspect of the problem of personality.

The theory that there are two independent personalities within the human skin is condemned by all orthodox psychologists.

There is one personality manifesting itself, usually consciously, but occasionally unconsciously, and the different method of manifestation differs so widely as to give the impression that there could not be the same personality behind both.