on to the conscious field of the Intellect the solution of the matter.  In this lesson we purpose instructing you in the methods by which this part of the Intellect may be set to work for you.  Many have stumbled upon bits of this truth for themselves, and, in fact, the majority of successful men and men who have attained eminence in any walk of life have made more or less use of this truth, although they seldom understand the reason of it.

Very few Western writers have recognized the work of this plane of the mind.  They have given us full and ingenious theories and examples of the workings of the Instinctive Mind, and in some cases they have touched upon the workings and operations of the Intuitional planes, but in nearly every case they have treated the Intellect as something entirely confined to the Conscious plane of mentation.  In this they have missed some of the most interesting and valuable manifestations of sub-conscious mentation.

In this lesson we will take up this particular phase of mentation, and trust to be able to point out the way to use it to the best advantage, giving some simple instructions that have been given by the Hindu teachers to their students for centuries past, such instructions of course, being modified by us to conform to the requirements and necessities of the Western student of today.

We have taken the liberty of bestowing a new title upon this phase of mentation—­we have thought it well to call it “Sub-consciousing.”  The word “Sub,” of course means “under; below;” and the word “Consciousing” is a favorite term employed by Prof.  Elmer Gates, and means receiving impressions from the mind.  In a general way, “Sub-consciousing,” as used in this lesson, may be understood to mean “using the subconscious mind, under orders of the conscious mind.”

By referring to our Eighth Lesson, we see mention made of the case of the man who indulged in “unconscious rumination,” which happened to him when he read books presenting new points of view essentially opposed to his previous opinion.  You will note that after days, weeks, or months, he found that to his great astonishment the old opinions were entirely rearranged, and new ones lodged there.

On the same page you will see mentioned the case of Sir William Hamilton, who discovered an important law of mathematics while walking with his wife.  In this case he had been previously thinking of the missing link in his chain of reasoning, and the problem was worked out for him by the sub-conscious plane of his Intellect.

On the same page, and the one following, is found the case of Dr. Thompson, who gives an interesting account of the workings of this part of his mind, which caused him at times to experience a feeling of the uselessness of all voluntary effort, coupled with a feeling that the matter was working itself clear in his mind.  He tells us that at times he seemed to be merely a passive instrument in the hands of some person other than himself, who compelled him to wait until the work was performed for him by some hidden region of the mind.  When the subconscious part of the mind had completed its work, it would flash the message to his conscious mind, and he would begin to write.