supraliminal

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Somehow or other the physician's own persistent wish to get some such opportunity induced a collaboration of his subliminal with his supraliminal self, akin to the inspirations of genius.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

After manifesting itself at an age when there is usually no continuous supraliminal mental effort worth speaking of, it appears to have been soon merged in the general blaze of their genius.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

I there pointed out that the influence of the subliminal on the supraliminal might conveniently be divided under three main heads.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

I must needs, for instance, use the word "spirit," when I speak of that unknown fraction of a man's personality—not the supraliminal fraction—which we discern as operating before or after death in the metetherial environment.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

That the notion does not originate in the hysteric's supraliminal self is proved by the fact that the patient is generally unaware of the existence of the bracelet until the physician discovers it.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)