IN LOWEE MAN. 207 



the general existence of religion among men is .... to a 

 great extent a matter of definition.* 



While, however, there are certain savage peoples that 

 appear to have, absolutely or comparatively 



1. No ideas of a God or of gods, of a Deity, Divinity, or 

 Supreme Being, of any Creator of or Ruler over the universe ; 



2. No notion of any future state of existence, of any 

 spiritual survival of death ; . 



3. No worship, and 



4. No idols, images, or other objects of worship ; 



5. No "faith or belief except in the material, in what is 

 visible, tangible, demonstrable, cognisant to and by the 

 senses ; 



6. No priests or spiritual order ; 



7. No superstition ; 



8. No tradition 



there are many more that possess either some equivalent for 

 or some rudiments of religion in the form, for instance, of 



1. Worship of 



a. Fellow-man. 



6. The lower animals. 



c. Inanimate objects, including 



1. Trees, plants, or leaves. 



2. Rocks or stones in their natural state. 



3. Water, as that of the ocean or rivers. 



4. Articles fashioned by man. 



d. Natural phenomena, including 



Fire. 



Thunder. 



Sun, moon, and stars. 



e. Imaginary spirits, good and evil. 



2. Faith or belief in 



a. Power, real or imaginary, embodied or not, for 

 good or evil, including the 



Superstitions of sorcery. 



witchcraft, 

 magic, 

 charms. 



6. A future state of being, whether of happiness or 

 the reverse. 

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