ADMIXISTRATIVK UKI'ORT I.XXXTX 



invisible bodies out of pure forces that are supposed to exist 

 independent of l)odies — that is, of properties that can exist in 

 some invisiWe state hke tliat of <>-hosts. ^lau jx-rsonities not 

 only bodies, l)ut lu' also ])ersonifies qualities. 



In tliis stage qualification is developed into similituilc '^I'hat 

 Avhich is affirmed l)v the adjective element as great or small, as 

 strong or ^\eak, as Ijeautiful or ugly, or any attribute exjiressed 

 by a qualifying adjective, is reenforced by a poetic similitude. 

 The attribute or the person acting in ;i specified capacity is 

 always like something else, and the poetry in this stage is filled 

 with ehilx^rateh' developed similitudes. The best illustrations 

 of this cliara(;teristic of ])oetry are found in Homer, l)ut they 

 may be found in all the poetry of the up})er stage of tribal 

 society. Opening at random a copy of Brj-ant's Odyssey, on 

 the first page I chance to see T find this passage: 



for sure 

 I never looked on one of mortal race, 

 Woman or man. like thee, and as I gaze 

 I wonder. Like to thee I saw of late, 

 In Delos, a youni;' p:ilm tree growing up 

 Beside Apollo's altar ; for I sailed 

 To Delos, with nuicli people following me, 

 On a disastrous voyage. Long 1 gazed 

 L^pon it wonderstruck, as 1 am now, — 

 For never from the earth so fail- a tree 

 Had sprung. So marvel J, and am amazed 

 At thee. O lady, and in awe forbear 

 To clasp thy i<nees. 



Tn this stage of poetr\' ([uallfication is nse(l as a poetic ele- 

 ment as in the first: then cpialities are ])ersonified as well as 

 bodies, and qualification is reenforced by similitude. 



Allegory — In the third stage of society certain world attri- 

 butes are explained as world elements; tliese are earth, air, tire, 

 and water, and the pro})ortiou of these elements in bodies of the 

 earth gives rise to their attril)utes. In philoso])hy this is 

 alchemy; but it is only the alcliemy of bodies, while the ghosts 

 are psychic beings and only psychic attributes are personified. 



Affnlfniiw exists between "liost iiuil IxmU". The l: host is 

 spirit or essence, something which can l>e distilieil jiiid whicii 



