supraliminal

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In him and in his ancestors were many faculties which were called out by the struggle for existence, and became supraliminal.

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 may be a gift which stands as much alone—in independence of other gifts or faculties—in the subliminal region as, say, a perfect musical ear in the supraliminal.

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

In such cases the original piece of knowledge has at the time made a definite impress on the mind,—has come well within the span of apprehension of the supraliminal consciousness.

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

They represent, one may say, the first stage of a process which, although often inconspicuous, is not likely to be discontinuous,—the sustenance, namely, of the supraliminal life by impulse or guidance from below.

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