Religion & insanity / by Charles Williams.

  • Williams, Charles
Date:
1909
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Credit: Religion & insanity / by Charles Williams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chapter III. XTbe Hbsence, or Xoss of IReltgion, altbouQb vers selbom suspecteb, not infrequentls a Direct Cause of tbe fiDalabs* This, in the very nature of the case, must be so. For just consider for a moment what such an occurrence as the loss of re- ligion means. To put it briefly, it means that a man who formerly believed that death was only a pass-port to a higher and happier life, now believes that death ends every- thing. In consequence, when he is robbed by death of a beloved wife, child, or friend, whereas he formerly believed that after a little while he would see his beloved one again and never more have a similar trial— for in that other sphere he was always taught that there will be no more death— S2