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What follows is an attempt to construct a working model of the mind. The model is not, of course, a true picture of the mind in any sense, and it carries with it all of those unfortunate qualities (misplaced concreteness, emotional flatness, false spaciality, oversimplification, etc.) that characterize all models of the mind. But I guess that is all right, because my intention is modest. With this model I hope to present a structure in diagramatical form within which I can organize and speak meaningfully about our complex experiences.

Over the years in which this model has been taking form I have been influenced by many sources. They include the writings of: Sigmund Freud, Josef Breuer, Pierre Janet, F. W. H. Myers, Carl Jung, Milton Erickson, Carl Du Prel, Max Freedom Long (on the Huna teaching of Hawaii), the Marquis de Puységur, William James, Morton Prince, Theodore Flournoy, and Ralph Allison. It is impossible to clearly spell out how each has contributed, but they have all had some hand in it. In the last analysis, of course, the model is mine, for better or for worse.

This model is a work in progress. I have discovered that every time I speak with someone about it, I make changes or clarifications. For that reason I would like to thank those who have given me their valuable feedback.

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Adam Crabtree