02337cam a22003133u 4500 26071 UtSlPG 20260610133610.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 05021026 UtSlPG en iso639-1 HQ Weir, James, Jr., 1856-1906 Religion and Lust : or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2008-07-16 Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Religion and Lust" by James Weir, Jr. is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work explores the complex relationship between religious emotions and sexual desire from a physio-psychical perspective. The author examines various belief systems and rituals throughout history, positing that religious sentiment often has roots in natural phenomena and sensual perceptions, eventually evolving into more abstract forms of spirituality. The opening of the book presents the author's argument that primitive man’s first concepts of the supernatural likely stemmed from his direct observations and interactions with nature. He discusses how early religious feelings began as practical responses to the environment and the need for survival, suggesting that it was only after humans gained certain cognitive capacities that they developed more abstract ideologies regarding deities and the divine. Weir cites evidence from ancient peoples and their worship practices, indicating that the intertwining of sexual symbolism and religious observance is a historical constant, thus setting the stage for a broader discussion of the psychical correlations between religious feeling and sexual desire throughout human history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Sex -- Religious aspects https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26071 67072 67072