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things ? 150. Is any one of these deities the supreme deity 
above all others? 151. Is there a supreme deity distinct 
from all other gods ? and is his nature that of a soul or spirit 
of the universe ? 151a. Is there reason to suppose such a 
supreme being to have been adopted from a foreign 
religion? 152. Is he active in the world and the affairs of 
men ? or does he remain unmoved, seldom or never interfer¬ 
ing, and leaving the conduct of the universe to deities of 
lower order ? 153. Is the divine government of the universe 
regarded as having any moral element ? are deities believed 
to reward good and punish evil ? do they favour only certain 
individual nations or their own worshippers ? 
Worship. Priests and Temples. —154. Are particular per¬ 
sons set apart as priests ? 155. Are they chosen as children 
and specially educated ? 156. Are they at the same time 
sorcerers ? 157. Are they spirit-mediums, giving oracles in 
trances, &c. ? 157#. Are they epileptic or otherwise nervous 
persons? 158. Do they instruct youth? 159. Have they 
political influence ? 160. Is the same person often both 
priest and chief? 161. Do they appear sincere in their 
beliefs, or impostors ? 162. Do they practise austerities, 
observe chastity, &c. ? 163. Are there several orders of 
priests ? 164. Are there priests and priestesses ? and what 
are the social conditions of the latter ? 165. Is any special 
building set apart for worship ? Is it built in a particular 
position, as facing the east* &c. 166. Is the deity supposed 
to reside there or to come thither ? 167. Are idols kept 
there? 168. What rites are performed in the temple? 
169. Are all the rites public ? or are any of the nature of 
mysteries or orgies ? 170. Are mysterious objects kept in the 
sanctuary and miracles performed there? 171. Is the temple 
kept inviolate and only accessible to persons in a state of 
ceremonial purity ? 172. Is it respected in time of war ? 
Festivals. —173. What festivals of a religious character are 
performed ? 174. What do they consist in—processions, 
games, dances, banquets, &c. ? 175. Which are at regular 
periods, and which occasional ? 176. Are there annual reli¬ 
gious festivals marking the months, seasons, equinoxes, 
