We all love his origins account in Use of the Self. But does it fit all the facts? I’ve been researching this for three years now, and a new story is emerging. Some parts are based on factual evidence, and other aspects are speculative. The Use of the Self account fits into this as one thread in a much larger tapestry. The resulting story is coherent, and it explains so many of the conundrums that have never been satisfactorily explained by the historians of the AT. Such as –



