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those    roots�察  �because     that   conviction     would    upset    too  thoroughly      the 

greater part of the certainties on which your life is based�察�but you will�察�at 

any   rate�察  �be   persuaded     that   you   have   been    for  a  few   minutes     in  the 

presence of one of the greatest and strangest riddles that can disturb the 

mind   of   man�察  �and   it   is   always   a   good   and   salutary   thing   to   come   into 

contact with emotions of this order。; 



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     Truth   to   say�察  �the   theory   of   intelligence   in   the   animal   would   be   so 



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extraordinary as to be almost untenable。 If we are determined�察�at whatever 

cost�察�to pin our faith to it�察�we are bound to call in the aid of other ideas�察�to 

appeal�察     �for   instance�察   �to   the    extremely     mysterious       and    essentially 

uncomprehended   and   incomprehensible   nature   of   numbers。   It   is   almost 

certain   that   the   science   of   mathematics   lies   outside   the   intelligence。   It 

forms a mechanical and abstract whole�察�more spiritual than material and 

more     material    than   spiritual�察  �visible   only   through    its  shadow     and   yet 

constituting the most immovable of the realities that govern the universe。 

From first to last it declares itself a very strange force and�察�as it were�察�the 

sovereign of another element than that which nourishes our brain。 Secret�察�

indifferent�察�imperious and implacable�察�it subjugates and oppresses us from 

a great height or a great depth�察�in any case�察�from very far�察�without telling 

us   why。   One   might   say   that   figures   place   those   who   handle   them   in   a 

special   condition。   They   draw   the   cabalistic       circle   around   their   victim。 

Henceforth�察�he is no longer his own master�察�he renounces his liberty�察�he is 

literally  ;possessed;   by  the   powers   which   he   invokes。   He   is   dragged   he 

knows not whither�察�into a formless�察�boundless immensity�察�subject to laws 

that   have   nothing   human   about   them�察  �in   which   each   of   those   lively  and 

tyrannical little signs which move and dance in their thousands under the 

pen represents nameless�察�but eternal�察�invincible and inevitable verities。 We 

think that we are directing them and they enslave us。 We become weary 

and   breathless   following   them  into   their   uninhabitable spaces。 When   we 

touch them�察�we let loose a force which we are no longer able to control。 

They do with us what they will and always end by hurling us�察�blinded and 

benumbed�察�into blank infinity or upon a wall of ice against which every 

effort of our mind and will is shattered。 

     It   is   possible�察  �therefore�察  �in   the   last   resort�察  �to   explain   the   Elberfeld 

mystery   by   the   no   less   obscure   mystery   that   surrounds   numbers。   This 

really only means moving to another spot in the gloom�察�but it is often just 

by that moving to another spot that we end by discovering the little gleam 

of light which shows us a thoroughfare。 In any case�察�and to return to more 

precise ideas�察�more than one instance has been cited to prove that the gift 

of    handling     great    groups    of   figures    is  almost     independent      of   the 

intelligence proper。 One of the most curious is that of an Italian shepherd 



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boy�察  �Vito   Mangiamele�察  �who   was   brought   before   the   Paris   Academy   of 

Science   in   1837   and   who�察  �at   the   age   of   ten�察  �though   devoid   of   the   most 

rudimentary education�察�was able in half a minute to extract the cubic root 

of a number of seven figures。 Another�察�more striking still�察�also mentioned 

by Dr。 Clarapede in his paper on the learned horses�察�is that of a man blind 

from   birth�察  �an   inmate   of   the   lunatic´asylum�察  �at   Armentieres。   This   blind 

man�察�whose name is Fleury�察�a degenerate and nearly an idiot�察�can calculate 

in   one   minute   and   fifteen   seconds   the   number   of   seconds   in   thirty´nine 

years�察�three months and twelve days�察�not forgetting the leap´years。 They 

explain to him what a square root is�察�without telling him the conventional 

method   of   finding   it�察  �and   soon   he   extracts   almost   as   rapidly   as   Inaudi 

himself�察  �without   a   blunder�察  �the   square   roots   of   numbers   of   four   figures�察�

giving   the   remainder。   On   the   other   hand�察  �we   know   that   a   mathematical 

genius   like   Henri   Pomcare   confessed   himself   incapable   of   adding   up   a 

column of figures without a mistake。 



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     〃From  the   maybe   enchanted   atmosphere   that   surrounds   numbers   we 

shall pass more easily to the even more magic mists of the final theory�察�the 

only one remaining to us for the moment�此�the mediumistic or subliminal 

theory。 This�察�we must remember�察�is not the telepathic theory proper which 

decisive   experiments   have   made   us   reject。   Let   us   have   the   courage   to 

venture upon it。 When one can no longer interpret a phenomenon by the 

known�察�we must needs try to do so by the unknown。 We�察�therefore�察�now 

enter a   new province   of a   great unexplored   kingdom�察 �in   which   we   shall 

find ourselves without a guide。 

     Mediumistic        phenomena�察       �manifestations      of   the   secondary      or   the 

subliminal   consciousness�察  �between   man   and   man�察  �are�察  �as   we   have   more 

than    once    had   occasion     to  assure    ourselves�察   �capricious�察    �undisciplined�察�

evasive and uncertain�察�but more frequent than one thought and�察�to one who 

examines�察  �them   seriously   and   honestly�察  �often   undeniable。   Have   similar 

manifestations been discovered between man and the animals�拭�The study 

of these  manifestations�察 �which   is   very  difficult even   in   the  case of   man�察�

becomes   still   more   so   when   we   question   witnesses   doomed   to   silence。 



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There   are�察  �however�察  �some   animals   which   are   looked   upon   as   ;psychic�察─�

which�察     �in  other   words�察    �seem    indisputably      to   be   sensitive    to  certain 

subliminal influences。 One usually classes the cat�察�the dog and the horse in 

this   somewhat   ill´defined        category。   To   these   superstitious   animals       one 

might perhaps add certain birds�察�more or less birds of omen�察�and even a 

few   insects�察  �notably   the   bees。   Other   animals�察  �such   as�察  �for   instance�察  �the 

elephant and the monkey�察�appear to be proof against mystery。 Be this as it 

may�察    �M。   Ernest    Bozzano�察     �in  an   excellent     article  on   Les    Perceptions 

psychiques des animaux�撮�1�А�collected in 1905 sixty´nine cases of telepathy�察�

presentiments and hallucinations of sight or hearing in which the principal 

actors are cats�察�dogs and horses。 There are�察�even among them�察�ghosts or 

phantoms   of   dogs   which�察  �after  their   death�察  �return   to   haunt   the   homes   in 

which      they    were    happy。     Most     of   these   cases    are   taken     from    the 

Proceedings of the S。 P。 R。�察�that is to say�察�they have nearly all been very 

strictly investigated。 It is impossible�察�short of filling these pages with often 

striking     and   touching     but  rather    cumbersome       anecdotes�察     �to  enumerate 

them here�察�however briefly。 It will be sufficient to note that sometimes the 

dog begins to howl at the exact moment when his master loses his life�察�for 

instance�察�on a battlefield�察�hundreds of miles from the place where the dog 

is。 More   commonly�察 �the   cat�察�the dog and   the   horse   plainly  manifest   that 

they  perceive�察 �often   before  men   do�察 �telepathic  apparitions�察 �phantasms   of 

the living or the dead。 Horses in particular seem very sensitive to places 

that    pass   as  haunted     or   uncanny。     On    the   whole�察   �the   result   of  these 

observations is that we can hardly dispute that these animals communicate 

as much as we do and perhaps in the same fashion with the mystery that 

lies   around     us。  There    are   moments      at  which�察    �like  man�察   �they   see   the 

invisible and perceive events�察�influences and emotions that are beyond the 

range   of   their   normal   senses。   It   is�察  �therefore�察 �permissible   to   believe   that 

their nervous system or some remote or secret part of their being contains 

the same psychic elements connecting them with an unknown that inspires 

them with as much terror as it does ourselves。 And�察�let us say in passing�察�

this   terror   is   rather   strange�察  �for�察  �after   all�察  �what   have  they  to   fear   from   a 

phantom or an apparition�察�they who�察�we are convinced have no after´life 

and     who     ought�察    �therefore�察    �to   remain     perfectly     indifferent     to   the 



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manifestations�察�of a world in which they will never set foot�拭�

     ��1�А�Annales des sciences psychiques�察�August�察�1905�察�pp 422´469。 

       I shall perhaps be told that it is not certain that these apparitions are 

objective�察    �that  they   correspond     with    an  external    reality�察 �but  that   it  is 

exceedingly possible that they spring solely from the man's or the animal's 

brain。 This   is   not   the   moment   to   discuss   this   very   obscure   point�察  �which 

raises the whole question of the supernatural and all the problems of the 

hereafter。 The only important thing to observe is that at one time it is man 

who transmits his terror�察�his perception or his idea of the invisible to the 

animal   and   at   another   the   animal   which   transmits   its   sensations   to   man。 

We have here�察�therefore�察�intercommunications which spring from a deeper 

common source than any that we know and which�察�to issue from it or go 

back to it�察�pass through other channels than those of our customary senses。 

Now all this belongs to that unexplained sensibility�察�to that secret treasure�察�

to that as yet undetermined psychic power which�察�for lack of a better term�察�

we call subconsciousness or subliminal consciousness。 Moreover�察�it is not 

surprising that in the animals�察�these subliminal faculties not only exist�察�but 

are   perhaps   keener   and   more   active   than   in   ourselves�察  �because   it   is   our 

conscious      and    abnormally      individualized     life  that   atrophies 

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