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Title: Religion and Lust
or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire

Author: James Weir

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Language: English

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Religion and Lust
OR
THE PSYCHICAL CORRELATION
OF RELIGIOUS EMOTION
AND SEXUAL DESIRE

BY

JAMES WEIR, JR., M. D.
AUTHOR OF THE DAWN OF REASON, ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE,
ETC.

THIRD EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES.

CHICAGO
CHICAGO MEDICAL BOOK CO.
1905

_Copyrighted August, 1897,
By
James Weir, Jr., M. D._

_Copyrighted March, 1905,
By
James Weir, Jr., M. D._

PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

_The author of this monograph has been incited to its publication by the
commendations of three of the most eminent critics and editors of
magazines in the United States, to whom it was submitted in manuscript.
In this essay, he discusses his subject from a physio-psychical
standpoint, and believes that he has kept intact the canons of
scientific investigation, observation, and discussion._

_"Waveland," June 8, 1897._

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

_In preparing The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual
Desire for its second edition, the author has incorporated in it a
considerable amount of additional evidence in support of his theory. He
has carefully verified all references; he has endeavored to eliminate
all unnecessary material; and, finally, he has changed the style of the
work by dividing it into three parts, thus greatly simplifying the text.
He feels under many obligations to his critics, both to those who
thought his little book worthy of commendation, and to those who deemed
his premises and conclusions erroneous. He feels grateful to the former,
because they have caused him to believe that he has added somewhat to
the literature of science; he thanks the latter, because in pointing