Project Gutenberg 2008-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 1137 Weir, James, Jr. 1856 1906 Weir, James 05021026 Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire 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.) Reading ease score: 57.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Sex -- Religious aspects HQ Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Religion/Spirituality 300544 2025-08-11T03:52:57.825984 text/html 304627 2021-01-25T18:40:03 text/html 184598 2025-08-11T03:53:05.885932 application/epub+zip 185011 2025-08-11T03:53:00.936936 application/epub+zip 166195 2025-08-11T03:52:59.612961 application/epub+zip 365658 2025-08-11T03:53:09.280897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331487 2025-08-11T03:53:04.974964 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326543 2022-09-12T07:50:38.410847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242254 2025-08-11T03:52:57.045967 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241466 2009-03-06T14:35:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242139 2009-03-06T14:35:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242169 2009-03-06T14:35:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22050 2025-08-11T03:53:09.420906 application/rdf+xml 14097 2025-08-11T03:53:00.135938 image/jpeg 3721 2025-08-11T03:52:59.872951 image/jpeg 92826 2009-03-06T14:35:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 92891 2009-03-06T14:35:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 104919 2021-01-25T18:40:03 application/octet-stream application/zip 92729 2009-03-06T14:35:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 172702 2025-08-11T03:52:57.846969 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog