TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Jewish mystical movements and the European ergot epidemics
JO  - Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences
A1  - Packer, S.
SP  - 227
EP  - 39; discussion 240
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - Chronic intake of ergot, a chemical present in bread blighted by ergot-producing fungi, results in a wide variety of neuropsychiatric and vascular symptoms. The symptomatology and epidemiology of outbreaks of ergot poisoning are traced, and are shown to coincide with the emergence of Jewish mystical movements, such as the early Pietist movement in Germany, Sabbateanism and Chasidism, thus suggesting that environmental ergotism contributed to these mystical movements. The interaction between ergotism and other nutritional, neuropsychiatric, social, psychological and historical influences is considered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0333-7308
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -