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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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When
he
made
inquiries
in
general
society,
Mr.
Galton
found
plenty
of
people
who
"saw"
mental
imagery
with
every
degree
of
brilliance
or
dimness,
from
"quite
comparable
to
the
real
object"
to
"I
recollect
the
table,
but
do
not
see
it"--my
own
position.
Mr.
Galton
was
next
"greatly
struck
by
the
frequency
of
the
replies
in
which
my
correspondents"
(sane
and
healthy)
"described
themselves
as
subject
to
'visions'".
These
varied
in
degree,
"some
were
so
vivid
as
actually
to
deceive
the
judgment".
Finally,
"a
notable
proportion
of
sane
persons
have
had
not
only
visions,
but
actual
hallucinations
of
sight
at
one
or
more
periods
of
their
life.
I
have
a
considerable
packet
of
instances
contributed
by
my
personal
friends."
Thus
one
"distinguished
authoress"
saw
"the
principal
character
of
one
of
her
novels
glide
through
the
door
straight
up
to
her.
It
was
about
the
size
of
a
large
doll."
Another
heard
unreal
music,
and
opened
the
door
to
hear
it
better.
Another
was
plagued
by
voices,
which
said
"Pray,"
and
so
forth.
Thus,
on
scientific
evidence,
sane
and
healthy
people
may,
and
"in
a
notable
proportion
do,
experience
hallucinations".
That
is
to
say,
they
see
persons,
or
hear
them,
or
believe
they
are
touched
by
them,
or
all
their
senses
are
equally
affected
at
once,
when
no
such
persons
are
really
present.
This
kind
of
thing
is
always
going
on,
but
"when
popular
opinion
is
of
a
matter-of-fact
kind,
the
seers
of
visions
keep
quiet;
they
do
not
like
to
be
thought
fanciful
or
mad,
and
they
hide
their
experiences,
which
only
come
to
light
through
inquiries
such
as
those
that
I
have
been
making".
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