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purpose F and if so, in light or darkness P 91. Are there 
persons who act as u mediums ” ? 92. Are the spirits said to 
appear visibly, to speak, move objects, &c. P 93. How do they 
answer questions ? 94. Are rappings and other mysterious 
noises and actions reported ? 95. Do mediums rise in the 
air ? 96. Are they supernaturally loosed from bonds ? 
Fetishism. —97. Do spirits or deities enter into or attach 
themselves to objects, such as sticks, bones, ornaments, &c. ? 
98. Are such objects of supernatural power? and are they kept 
sacred or carried as vehicles of spiritual influence ? 99. What 
sort of spirits can be conjured into such objects ? and by whom, 
and how ? 100. Are relics of the dead, as bones, mummies, 
&c., so inhabited by their former souls ? 101. Can ghosts be 
“laid” in objects? 102. Do possessed objects move, dance 
about, give oracular answers, &c. ? 
103. Are objects inspired or inhabited by gods worshipped ? 
104. Are blocks of wood, stones, &c. considered such habita¬ 
tions of deity, and worshipped? 105. Are they prayed to? 
sacrificed to ? have they temples and priests ? 
Idolatry .—106. Are images made to represent ancestors, 
demons, and deities ? 107. Do they receive worship by prayer 
and sacrifice ? 108. Have they temples and priests ? 109. Do 
they consume food, give oracular answers, speak, nod, wink, 
bleed, walk about, and act otherwise ? and how do they do 
this ? 110. Are idols mere representations of spiritual beings ? 
111. Or are they actually influenced or inhabited by souls or 
spirits, so as to act as animated beings ? 112. If so, do the 
spirits go into and come out of the images ? and when ? 
113. Is this brought about by the priests, or done at the 
pleasure of the deity itself? 114. Are the images treated 
well, or beaten and abused, according to their supposed be¬ 
haviour to their worshippers ? 115. Is there difference of 
opinion among priests and worshippers as to the nature of the 
idol, whether it is to be adored as a symbol only of the deity, 
or as itself divine ? 
Spirits and Demons. —116. Is the world full of spiritual 
beings? 117. Are some good and some evil? 118. Does 
this mean that they are kind to friends and hostile to enemies ? 
119. Have some men, and not others, the gift of seeing spirits ? 
120. Do animals see them when men do not ? 121. Are 
persons often troubled by apparitions of demons ? 122. Do 
they come especially in the dark ? and is fire or light a means 
of driving them away? 123. Are they driven away from 
houses or villages by priests or with ceremonies ? and is there 
