![]() ![]() Religious trance is trance." He believed that religious experiences can have "morbid origins" in brain pathology and can be irrational but nevertheless are largely positive. He believed that religious experiences were simply human experiences: "Religious happiness is happiness. Theology and the organizational aspects of religion were of secondary interest. ![]() James was most interested in direct religious experiences. Soon after its publication, Varieties entered the Western canon of psychology and philosophy and has remained in print for over a century. The lectures concerned the nature of religion and the neglect of science in the academic study of religion. It comprises his edited Gifford Lectures on natural theology, which were delivered at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 19. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by Harvard University psychologist and philosopher William James. ![]()
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