{"product_id":"digital-product-26","title":"Incubation; or, The Cure of Disease in Pagan Temples and Christian Churches (c. 1906) - Mary Hamilton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the ancient world believed the surest way to find a cure was to fall asleep in a temple?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eIncubation; or, The Cure of Disease in Pagan Temples and Christian Churches\u003c\/em\u003e (1906), Carnegie Research Scholar \u003cstrong\u003eMary Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the extraordinary practice of sacred sleep: people travelled to temples, shrines and churches, slept in designated holy places, and hoped to receive healing, instructions or divine visions in their dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the sanctuaries of \u003cstrong\u003eAsklepios\u003c\/strong\u003e in ancient Greece, Hamilton follows this remarkable tradition through the classical world, into medieval Christianity and onward to surviving customs of her own day. Drawing on ancient inscriptions, classical literature, saints’ lives and accounts of local practice, she reveals a world in which dreams, ritual and medicine were closely intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this fascinating historical study\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHealing dreams at Epidauros:\u003c\/strong\u003e inscriptions describing extraordinary cures attributed to Asklepios, including encounters with sacred snakes and temple dogs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDivine surgery:\u003c\/strong\u003e vivid accounts of sleepers who believed a god had removed an object, treated a wound or performed an operation while they dreamed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe ritual of incubation:\u003c\/strong\u003e sacred sleeping halls, purification, offerings and the interpretation of dreams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDreams as prescriptions:\u003c\/strong\u003e the remarkable experiences of the ancient orator Aristides, who recorded baths, diets, remedies and other treatments revealed through visions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrom pagan temples to Christian churches:\u003c\/strong\u003e how traditions of sleeping for healing became associated with saints, shrines and holy places.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLiving folklore:\u003c\/strong\u003e traces of sacred sleep and healing pilgrimage that endured into more recent centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers drawn to ancient religion, dream interpretation, forgotten healing customs, folklore and the meeting place of medicine and the mystical, Hamilton’s work is an absorbing journey into the history of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eIncubation; or, The Cure of Disease in Pagan Temples and Christian Churches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mary Hamilton, M.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. C. Henderson \u0026amp; Son, St Andrews; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent \u0026amp; Co., London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Digital PDF facsimile of the historical work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hearthwise Historical Library\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresented as a historical study of healing beliefs and practices, rather than modern medical guidance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64240422519114,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1088\/9940\/2058\/files\/Incubation_VintageBookTitlePage.png?v=1793882310","url":"https:\/\/hearthwiseherbals.com\/products\/digital-product-26","provider":"Hearthwise Herbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}