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1CONTENTS LECTURE I PAGE Religion and Neurology 1 Introduction : the course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents, 1. Questions of fact and questions of value, 4. In point of fact, the religious are often neurotic, 6. Criticism of medical materialism, which condemns religion on that account, 10. Theory that religion has a sexual origin refuted, 11. All states of mind are neurally conditioned, 14. Their significance must be tested not by their origin but by the value of their fruits, 15. Three criteria of value ; origin useless as a criterion, 18. Advantages of the psychopathic temperament when a superior intellect goes with it, 22 ; especially for the religious life, 24. LECTURE II Circumscription of the Topic 26 Futility of simple definitions of religion, 26. No one specific ' religious sentiment,' 27. Institutional and personal religion, 28. We confine ourselves to the personal branch, 29. Definition of religion for the purpose of these lectures, 31. Meaning of the term ' divine,' 31. The divine is what prompts solemn reactions, 38. Impossible to make our definitions sharp, 39. We must study the more extreme cases, 40. Two ways of accepting the universe, 41. Religion is more enthusiastic than philosophy, 45. Its characteristic is enthusiasm in solemn emotion, 48. Its ability to overcome unhappiness, 50. Need of such a faculty from the biological point of view, 51. LECTURE III The Reality of the Unseen ...... 53 Percepts versus abstract concepts, 53. Influence of the latter on belief, 54. Kant's theological Ideas, 55. We have a sense of reality other than that given by the special senses, 58. Examples of ' sense of presence,' 59. The feeling of unreality, 63. Sense
2viii CONTENTS of a divine presence : examples, 65. Mystical experiences : examples, 69. Other cases of sense of God's presence, 70. Convincingness of unreasoned experience, 72. Inferiority of rationalism in establishing belief, 73. Either enthusiasm or solemnity may preponderate in the religious attitude of individuals, 75. LECTURES IV AND V The Religion of Healthy-mindedness . . . .78 Happiness is man's chief concern, 78. ' Once-born ' and ' twice-born ' characters, 80. Walt Whitman, 84. Mixed nature of Greek feeling, 86. Systematic healthy -mind edness, 87. Its reasonableness, 88. Liberal Christianity shows it, 91. Optimism as encouraged by Popular Science, 92. The ' Mind-cure ' movement, 94. Its creed, 97. Cases, 102. Its doctrine of evil, 106. Its analogy to Lutheran theology, 108. Salvation by relaxation, 109. Its methods : suggestion, 112 ; meditation, 115 ; ' recollection,' 116 ; verification, 118. Diversity of possible schemes of adaptation to the universe, 122. Appendix : Two mind-cure cases, 123. LECTURES VI AND VII The Sick Soul 127 Healthy-mindedness and repentance, 127. Essential pluralism of the healthy-minded philosophy, 131. Morbid-mindedness — its two degrees, 134. The pain-threshold varies in individuals, 135. Insecurity of natural goods, 136. Failure, or vain success of every life, 138. Pessimism of all pure naturalism, 140. Hopelessness of Greek and Roman view, 142. Pathological unhapi^iness, 144. 'Anhedonia,' 145. Querulous melancholy, 148. Vital zest is a pure gift, 150. Loss of it makes physical world look different, 151. Tolstoy, 152. Bunyan, 157. Alline, 159. Morbid fear, 160. Such cases need a supernatural religion for relief, 162. Antagonism of healthy-mindedness and morbidness, 163. The problem of evil cannot be escaped, 164. LECTURE VIII The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification . 166 Heterogeneous personality, 167. Character gradually attains unity, 170. Examples of divided self, 171. The unity attained need not be religious, 175. ' Counter conversion ' cases, 177.
3CONTENTS ix Other cases, 178. Gradual and sudden unification, 183. Tolstoy's recovery, 184. Bunyan's, 186. LECTURE IX Conversion 189 Case of Stephen Bradley, 189. The psychology of characterchanges, 193. Emotional excitements make new centres of personal energy, 196. Schematic ways of representing this, 197. Starbuck likens conversion to normal moral ripening, 198. Leuba's ideas, 201. Seemingly unconvertible persons, 204. Two types of conversion, 205. Subconscious incubation of motives, 206. Self-surrender, 208. Its importance in religious history, 211. Cases, 212. LECTURE X Conversion — concluded 217 Cases of sudden conversion, 217. Is suddenness essential ? 227. No, it depends on psychological idiosyncrasy, 230. Proved existence of transmarginal, or subliminal, consciousness, 233. •Automatisms,' 234. Instantaneous conversions seem due to the possession of an active subconscious self by the subject, 236. The value of conversion depends not on the process, but on the fruits, 237. These are not superior in sudden conversion, 238. Professor Coe's views, 240. Sanctification as a result, 241. Our psychological account does not exclude direct presence of the Deity, 242. Sense of higher control, 243. Relations of the emotional ' faith-state ' to intellectual beliefs, 246. Leuba quoted, 247. Characteristics of the faith-state : sense of truth ; the world appears new, 248. Sensory and motor automatisms, 250. Permanency of conversions, 256. LECTURES XI, XII, AND XIII Saintliness • 259 Sainte-Beuve on the State of Grace, 260. Types of character as due to the balance of impulses and inhibitions, 261. Sovereign excitements, 262. Irascibility, 264. Effects of higher excitement in general, 266. The saintly life is ruled by spiritual excitement, 267. This may annul sensual impulses permanently, 268. Probable subconscious influences involved, 270. Mechanical scheme for representing permanent alteration in character, 270. Characteristics of saintliness, 271. Sense of
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1CONTENTS LECTURE I PAGE Religion and Neurology 1 Introduction : the course is not anthropological, but deals with personal documents, 1. Questions of fact and questions of value, 4. In point of fact, the religious are often neurotic, 6. Criticism of medical materialism, which condemns religion on that account, 10. Theory that religion has a sexual origin refuted, 11. All states of mind are neurally conditioned, 14. Their significance must be tested not by their origin but by the value of their fruits, 15. Three criteria of value ; origin useless as a criterion, 18. Advantages of the psychopathic temperament when a superior intellect goes with it, 22 ; especially for the religious life, 24. LECTURE II Circumscription of the Topic 26 Futility of simple definitions of religion, 26. No one specific ' religious sentiment,' 27. Institutional and personal religion, 28. We confine ourselves to the personal branch, 29. Definition of religion for the purpose of these lectures, 31. Meaning of the term ' divine,' 31. The divine is what prompts solemn reactions, 38. Impossible to make our definitions sharp, 39. We must study the more extreme cases, 40. Two ways of accepting the universe, 41. Religion is more enthusiastic than philosophy, 45. Its characteristic is enthusiasm in solemn emotion, 48. Its ability to overcome unhappiness, 50. Need of such a faculty from the biological point of view, 51. LECTURE III The Reality of the Unseen ...... 53 Percepts versus abstract concepts, 53. Influence of the latter on belief, 54. Kant's theological Ideas, 55. We have a sense of reality other than that given by the special senses, 58. Examples of ' sense of presence,' 59. The feeling of unreality, 63. Sense
2viii CONTENTS of a divine presence : examples, 65. Mystical experiences : examples, 69. Other cases of sense of God's presence, 70. Convincingness of unreasoned experience, 72. Inferiority of rationalism in establishing belief, 73. Either enthusiasm or solemnity may preponderate in the religious attitude of individuals, 75. LECTURES IV AND V The Religion of Healthy-mindedness . . . .78 Happiness is man's chief concern, 78. ' Once-born ' and ' twice-born ' characters, 80. Walt Whitman, 84. Mixed nature of Greek feeling, 86. Systematic healthy -mind edness, 87. Its reasonableness, 88. Liberal Christianity shows it, 91. Optimism as encouraged by Popular Science, 92. The ' Mind-cure ' movement, 94. Its creed, 97. Cases, 102. Its doctrine of evil, 106. Its analogy to Lutheran theology, 108. Salvation by relaxation, 109. Its methods : suggestion, 112 ; meditation, 115 ; ' recollection,' 116 ; verification, 118. Diversity of possible schemes of adaptation to the universe, 122. Appendix : Two mind-cure cases, 123. LECTURES VI AND VII The Sick Soul 127 Healthy-mindedness and repentance, 127. Essential pluralism of the healthy-minded philosophy, 131. Morbid-mindedness — its two degrees, 134. The pain-threshold varies in individuals, 135. Insecurity of natural goods, 136. Failure, or vain success of every life, 138. Pessimism of all pure naturalism, 140. Hopelessness of Greek and Roman view, 142. Pathological unhapi^iness, 144. 'Anhedonia,' 145. Querulous melancholy, 148. Vital zest is a pure gift, 150. Loss of it makes physical world look different, 151. Tolstoy, 152. Bunyan, 157. Alline, 159. Morbid fear, 160. Such cases need a supernatural religion for relief, 162. Antagonism of healthy-mindedness and morbidness, 163. The problem of evil cannot be escaped, 164. LECTURE VIII The Divided Self, and the Process of its Unification . 166 Heterogeneous personality, 167. Character gradually attains unity, 170. Examples of divided self, 171. The unity attained need not be religious, 175. ' Counter conversion ' cases, 177.
3CONTENTS ix Other cases, 178. Gradual and sudden unification, 183. Tolstoy's recovery, 184. Bunyan's, 186. LECTURE IX Conversion 189 Case of Stephen Bradley, 189. The psychology of characterchanges, 193. Emotional excitements make new centres of personal energy, 196. Schematic ways of representing this, 197. Starbuck likens conversion to normal moral ripening, 198. Leuba's ideas, 201. Seemingly unconvertible persons, 204. Two types of conversion, 205. Subconscious incubation of motives, 206. Self-surrender, 208. Its importance in religious history, 211. Cases, 212. LECTURE X Conversion — concluded 217 Cases of sudden conversion, 217. Is suddenness essential ? 227. No, it depends on psychological idiosyncrasy, 230. Proved existence of transmarginal, or subliminal, consciousness, 233. •Automatisms,' 234. Instantaneous conversions seem due to the possession of an active subconscious self by the subject, 236. The value of conversion depends not on the process, but on the fruits, 237. These are not superior in sudden conversion, 238. Professor Coe's views, 240. Sanctification as a result, 241. Our psychological account does not exclude direct presence of the Deity, 242. Sense of higher control, 243. Relations of the emotional ' faith-state ' to intellectual beliefs, 246. Leuba quoted, 247. Characteristics of the faith-state : sense of truth ; the world appears new, 248. Sensory and motor automatisms, 250. Permanency of conversions, 256. LECTURES XI, XII, AND XIII Saintliness • 259 Sainte-Beuve on the State of Grace, 260. Types of character as due to the balance of impulses and inhibitions, 261. Sovereign excitements, 262. Irascibility, 264. Effects of higher excitement in general, 266. The saintly life is ruled by spiritual excitement, 267. This may annul sensual impulses permanently, 268. Probable subconscious influences involved, 270. Mechanical scheme for representing permanent alteration in character, 270. Characteristics of saintliness, 271. Sense of
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