THE LOGIC OF SLEEP-LEARNING: Page 26

and the resultant threat to freedom, he willingly attests to having seen some remarkable results and concludes that hypnopaedia, or sleep-learning actually works. The period of sleep during which the actual study best reached the mind still eludes him, since there may be a technical question as to whether the learning takes place during sleep or during a special kind of waking state which the subject does not remember. (This probably is what the sleep-learning psychologists refer to as Reverie.) What Mr. Huxley is concerned about is the would-be dictators and mind manipulators. Undoubtedly caution should be exercised. The Federal Trade Commission is keeping close watch. However, most sleep-learning people are sincere in their claims, with honest stipulations as to the actual merits of sleep-study and therapy. Certainly, it is to be understood that the ability to learn, either consciously or through sleep-study varies from person to person. Age is no barrier to sleep-learning, if the student is conscientious in application, and in reasonably good health (in order that the mental block of bad health should not interfere with the processes of learning). There have been many tests that determine positively that people of any age can learn by this method. It should also be logically assumed that using sleep-therapy for the removal of pain should not be attempted without the advice of a competent medical authority. The practice of sleep-study has not, as far as is known, produced any harmful effects and, when proper instruction procedures are followed, it is extremely unlikely that any harm could develop. The method is used widely in secondary schools in