Maladies et facultés diverses des mystiques
by CHARBONNIER-DEBATTY, Nestor
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[ii], xvi, 286, [ii] pp. 8vo (14,5 x 22,5 cm.). Half grey cloth over marbled baords, spine gilt tetered (slightly faded). A very good copy. First separate edition of this curious physiological study of mystics. The author, a clinical physician, contends that the attributes of medieval and early modern mystics melancholy, meditativeness, ecstasy, hallucinations were not divinely ordained, but rather that the mystics were just very hungry. Fasting and self-denial were hallmarks in every well-known mystic s life, leading to malnutrition and deficiency in vital proteins and vitamins. Further-more, the appearance of stigmata-like wounds is consistent with malnutrition-related illnesses. The field of psychiatric research was booming in the late 19th-century, and an interesting tangential line of questioning applied its findings to religious phenomena. It is evidence of the scientific progress of the period that such reasoning would be acceptable in a largely Catholic society (Caillet I: 2205).
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- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
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- Title
- Maladies et facultés diverses des mystiques
- Author
- CHARBONNIER-DEBATTY, Nestor
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Henri Manceaux
- Place of Publication
- Brussels
- Date Published
- 1875
- Pages
- 286
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Occult, Psychology, Witchcraft
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