Excerpt from Incubation: Or the Cure of Disease in Pagan Temples and Christian ChurchesThe subject of Incubation, which has hitherto received merely cursory notice from English writers, is of interest to modern readers for two reasons. In the first place, the practice - designated without ambiguity in German as Tempelschlaf, fie, Temple-sleep is one which, in virtue of its origin, belongs to paganism, but is countenance'd and encouraged in the twentieth century by two of the chief sections of the Christian Church. And secondly, it produces results which have much in common with hypnotic cures and the achievements of Christian Science. The aim of. The present work is to give an historical sketch of the development of the practice of Incubation from the earliest times down to the present day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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