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Take an example here. Frederick Y. becomes ill whenever he smells a certain perfume. He does not know the reason. A psychologist would explain this reaction by presuming some kind of unpleasant event occurred in the past. An event that was connected with his sensual perception of this particular perfume.

The ego is not as a rule aware of this broader time experience. The subconscious however is so aware, and the associative processes of the mind can, and do, react to a future event, while the ego is closed off to it. Therefore it is possible for Frederick, this year, to become ill at the smell of a particular perfume because subconsciously he knows that in 1980 his mother will be wearing that perfume when she dies.

The explanation is a good possible one. However, it is the only one that your psychologists would consider, and at least two other possible explanations exist. Frederick may be reacting to an unpleasant event experienced within the dream state, where in the dream the upsetting situation was accompanied by the odor of a particular perfume.

He is allergic, so to speak, to perfumes or colognes that come in a particular shaped bottle, rather than to their contents. His mother, incidentally, called him greedy for wanting to use her perfume. [...]

Take an example: Frederick Y. becomes ill whenever he smells a certain perfume. [...] A psychologist might explain the reaction by presuming that some unpleasant event from the past was connected with his perception of the perfume. [...]

[...] Therefore, it is possible for our Frederick to become ill this year at the smell of a particular perfume because, say, subconsciously he knows that in 1980 his mother will be wearing it when she dies. [...]

[...] The perfumed soap should be exchanged for another variety. [...]

[...] Either this, or a strong flowery perfume.