...follows too intense application to any abstruse study in morals, in politics, or even in physics. " Exuberance of zeal on any subject, in some constitutions,...enthusiasm, unless tempered by an habitual command over the effective passions, usually and readily degenerates into fanaticism ; thence to superstition the transition...

...is clear that, under certain circumstances, insanity is occasioned through the agency of religion." Enthusiasm and insanity bear such close affinity,...indistinct to define which is one and which the other. The over-zealous, consequently, should be taught to temper their fervour with discretion, and be reminded...

...is clear that, under certain circumstances, insanity is occasioned through the agency of religion." Enthusiasm and insanity bear such close affinity,...indistinct to define which is one and which the other. The overzealous, consequently, should be taught to temper their fervor with discretion, and be reminded...

...fasting, and prayer." 10 In addition, the Victorian psychiatrist George Man Burrows writes in 1828 that "Enthusiasm and insanity bear such close affinity...indistinct to define which is one and which the other." He adds that "excess of religious enthusiasm . . . usually and readily degenerates into fanaticism;...

...enthusiasm and insanity — described by George Man Burrows, the British expert on mental disorders, as "often too indistinct to define which is one and which the other" — undoubtedly contributed to the Millerites' tarnished reputation for sobriety and sanity.3 93 GRAND...

...torments. William Pargeter, Observations on Maniacal Disorders ( Enthusiasm and insanity bear such a close affinity, that the shades are often too indistinct...degenerates into fanaticism; thence to superstition . . . and permanent delirium too often closes the scene. George Man Burrows, An Inquiry into Certain...