Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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 out that which they considered untrue, they have forced him to a new and more searching study of the questions involved, thereby strengthening his belief in the truthfulness of his conclusions._ _To the second edition of The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire, the author has seen fit to add certain other essays. In preparing these essays for publication, he has borrowed freely from his published papers, therefore, he desires to thank the publishers of the New York Medical Record, Century Magazine, Denver Medical Times, Charlotte Monthly and American Naturalist for granting him permission to use such of his published material (belonging to them) as he saw fit._