Can you know anything about the past without engaging in the same process of creation we all use to obtain the future?

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Several of the founding fathers (Ben Franklin's biographers noted it but others used similar methods) regularly used hypnogogic states to dinspire their writing.
Franklin's method was simple;
>sit in an armchair with a metal platter on the floor by his feet
>hold 2 baoding balls (chinese meditation balls) in one hand
>allow the mind to wander and body to relax, as if falling asleep
When the ball is dropped the crash pulled him to alertness where he immediately transcribed his most recent thoughts to paper. He would repeat this many times per night.

With modern conveniences and resources online for hypnogogic trances these approaches are very accessible.