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tion become fully natural and logical 

 consequences. 



It is not to be wondered at that this 

 eternal part should at first sight be 

 considered identical with the material 

 body. Therefore it was also natural 

 that a cult of the dead would be the 

 stage where all people begin. Man 

 sees however that death as a matter of 

 fact separates the immortal soul from 

 that body which the soul cannot dis- 

 pense with. The separation cannot be 

 complete because the ties cannot be 

 severed. The soul then is attached to 

 the body even after death. Conse- 

 quently it must be the duty of the sur- 

 viving to provide the body of the de- 

 ceased with a dwelling as good and 

 suitable as possible and also with the 

 provisions that the body needs. 



A man could not, however, find such 

 a condition satisfactory for any length 

 of time, and the thought of death 

 gnaws and torments him. Shall the 

 soul never regain possession of the 

 body without which even the glories of 



