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87:3.3 The [[custom]] of [[adopting]] [[children]] was to make sure that some one would provide offerings after [[death]] for the [[peace]] and [[progress]] of the [[soul]]. The [[savage]] lived in fear of the ghosts of his fellows and spent his spare time planning for the safe conduct of his own ghost after [[death]].

87:3.3 The [[custom]] of [[adopting]] [[children]] was to make sure that some one would provide offerings after [[death]] for the [[peace]] and [[progress]] of the [[soul]]. The [[savage]] lived in fear of the ghosts of his fellows and spent his spare time planning for the safe conduct of his own ghost after [[death]].

87:3.4 Most [[tribes]] instituted an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day all-souls' feast] at least once a year. The [[Romans]] had twelve [[ghost]] feasts and accompanying [[ceremonies]] each year. Half the days of the year were [[dedicated]] to some sort of [[ceremony]] [[associated]] with these [[ancient]] [[cults]]. One Roman emperor tried to reform these [[practices]] by reducing the number of feast days to 135 a year.

87:3.4 Most [[tribes]] instituted an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day all-souls' feast] at least once a year. The [[Romans]] had twelve [[ghost]] feasts and accompanying [[ceremonies]] each year. Half the days of the year were [[dedicated]] to some sort of [[ceremony]] [[associated]] with these [[ancient]] [[cults]]. One Roman emperor tried to reform these [[practices]] by reducing the number of feast days to 135 a year.

87:3.5 The [[ghost]] [[cult]] was in continuous [[evolution]]. As ghosts were envisioned as passing from the incomplete to the higher [[phase]] of [[existence]], so did the [[cult]] [[eventually]] [[progress]] to the [[worship]] of spirits, and even gods. But regardless of varying [[beliefs]] in more advanced spirits, all [[tribes]] and races once believed in [[ghosts]].

87:3.5 The [[ghost]] [[cult]] was in continuous [[evolution]]. As ghosts were envisioned as passing from the incomplete to the higher [[phase]] of [[existence]], so did the [[cult]] [[eventually]] [[progress]] to the [[worship]] of spirits, and even gods. But regardless of varying [[beliefs]] in more advanced spirits, all [[tribes]] and races once believed in [[ghosts]].

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[[Category:Paper 87 - The Ghost Cults]]

[[Category:Paper 87 - The Ghost Cults]]