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presence, along with various uncoverings; and worship in 

 his temple has the like accompaniments. Laudations are 

 uttered before him while he is alive, and the like or greater 

 laudations when he is dead. Dancing, at first a spontane 

 ous expression of joy in his presence, becomes a ceremonial 

 observance, and continues to be a ceremonial observance 

 on occasions of worshiping his ghost. And of course it is 

 the same with the accompanying music: instrumental or 

 vocal, it is performed both before the natural ruler and the 

 supernatural ruler. 



Obviously, then, if any of these actions and agencies, 

 common to political loyalty and divine worship, have char 

 acters akin to certain professional actions and agencies, 

 these last must be considered as having double roots in the 

 politico-ecclesiastical agency. It is also obvious that if, along 

 with increasing differentiation of these twin agencies, the 

 ecclesiastical develops more imposingly and widely, partly 

 because the supposed superhuman being to which it minis 

 ters continually increases in ascribed power, and partly be 

 cause worship of him, instead of being limited to one place, 

 spreads to many places, these professional actions and agen 

 cies will develop more especially in connexion with it. 



663. Sundry of these actions and agencies included in 

 both political and religious ministrations are of the kind in 

 dicated. While among propitiations of the visible king and 

 the invisible deified king, some of course will have for their 

 end the sustentation of life, others are certain to be for the 

 increase of life by its exaltation : yielding to the propitiated 

 being emotional gratifications by praises, by songs, and by 

 various aids to sesthetic pleasures. And naturally the agen 

 cies of which laudatory orations, hymnal poetry, drama 

 tized triumphs, as well as sculptured and painted representa 

 tions in dedicated buildings, are products, will develop in 

 connexion chiefly with those who permanently minister to 

 the apotheosized rulers the priests. 

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