1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ENERGICI, or ENERGUMENS (Gr. " possessed by a spirit "), the name given in the early Church to those suffering from different forms of insanity, who were popularly supposed to b* under the control of some indwelling spirit other than their own. Among primitive races everywhere disease is explained in this way, and its removal supposed to be effected by priestly prayers and incantations. They were sometimes called xnno^bntvoi., as being " tossed by the waves " of uncontrollable impulse. Persons afflicted in this way…
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- Vol. 9, pp. 398-398