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           Itisveryplausibletosuchpeople,amostconvincinghypothesis.Whentheyhavevisionsofscenestheyhaveneverseenintheflesh,memoriesofactsandeventsdatingbackintime,thesimplestexplanationisthattheyhavelivedbefore.

           Buttheymakethemistakeofignoringtheirownduality.Theydonotrecognizetheirother-personality.Theythinkitistheirownpersonality,thattheyhaveonlyonepersonality;andfromsuchapremisetheycanconcludeonlythattheyhavelivedpreviouslives.

           Buttheyarewrong.Itisnotreincarnation.IhavevisionsofmyselfroamingthroughtheforestsoftheYoungerWorld;andyetitisnotmyselfthatIseebutonethatisonlyremotelyapartofme,asmyfatherandmygrandfatherarepartsofmelessremote.Thisother-selfofmineisanancestor,aprogenitorofmyprogenitorsintheearlylineofmyrace,himselftheprogenyofalinethatlongbeforehistimedevelopedfingersandtoesandclimbedupintothetrees.

           Imustagain,attheriskofboring,repeatthatIam,inthisonething,tobeconsideredafreak.NotalonedoIpossessracialmemorytoanenormousextent,butIpossessthememoriesofoneparticularandfar-removedprogenitor.Andyet,whilethisismostunusual,thereisnothingover-remarkableaboutit.

           Followmyreasoning.Aninstinctisaracialmemory.Verygood.ThenyouandIandallofusreceivethesememoriesfromourfathersandmothers,astheyreceivedthemfromtheirfathersandmothers.Thereforetheremustbeamediumwherebythesememoriesaretransmittedfromgenerationtogeneration