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Quotation from The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James
“suddenly there fell upon me without any warning, just as if it came out of the darkness, a horrible fear of my own existence”
The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures VI and VII: The Sick Soul
The opening of the anonymous case of panic fear, triggered by the image of an epileptic asylum patient; James later admitted it was his own experience.
Citation: "suddenly there fell upon me without any warning, just as if it came out of the darkness, a horrible fear of my own existence" — William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures VI and VII: The Sick Soul. (id the-varieties-of-religious-experience-q7)
Portrait: William James by Alice M. Boughton, c. 1907, platinum print, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 87 37James-000001 (cropped), Alice Boughton, Public domain.
