Abstract

Presents the last in a series of studies pertaining to Mrs. Verrall's automatic writings. The existence of a "corpus of personal memories" is postulated which continues to exist for an unspecified period of time after the death of persons who accumulated them. These memories may then be reactivated by a sensitive. However, a "living bridge," i.e., a person whose memories include the incidents recalled, is a necessary condition to act between the sensitive and the communicator. Lambert suggests that 7 yr. may be the duration of time for the corpus to exist, related to the original personality. Beyond that, another personality might adopt the name, yielding misleading results.