Here he describes his own theoretical model of the reincarnation process — based on empirical data. He suggests, in agreement with F.W.H. Myers, that the stream of consciousness contains both a supraliminal and a subliminal component. This consciousness can exist independent of the physical body. It interacts with the body through psychokinesis. Reincarnation, then, occurs [...]

Here he suggests that the available case history data on reincarnation does not support the popular notion of “karma”. The case history data does, however, support the sanskrit notion of “samskaras” or the continuation of psychological tendencies. Matlock suggests that this is “dispositional karma”. He provides a number of interesting examples.