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87:0.2 Man has had a long and bitter [[struggle]] with the [[ghost]] [[cult]]. Nothing in [[human]] [[history]] is designed to excite more [[pity]] than this picture of man's abject [[slavery]] to [[ghost]]-spirit [[fear]]. With the [[birth]] of this very fear [[mankind]] started on the upgrade of [[religious]] [[evolution]]. Human [[imagination]] cast off from the shores of [[self]] and will not again find anchor until it arrives at the [[concept]] of a true [[Deity]], a real [[God]]. | 87:0.2 Man has had a long and bitter [[struggle]] with the [[ghost]] [[cult]]. Nothing in [[human]] [[history]] is designed to excite more [[pity]] than this picture of man's abject [[slavery]] to [[ghost]]-spirit [[fear]]. With the [[birth]] of this very fear [[mankind]] started on the upgrade of [[religious]] [[evolution]]. Human [[imagination]] cast off from the shores of [[self]] and will not again find anchor until it arrives at the [[concept]] of a true [[Deity]], a real [[God]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 12 December 2020
87:0.1 The ghost cult evolved as an offset to the hazards of bad luck; its primitive religious observances were the outgrowth of anxiety about bad luck and of the inordinate fear of the dead. None of these early religions had much to do with the recognition of Deity or with reverence for the superhuman; their rites were mostly negative, designed to avoid, expel, or coerce ghosts. The ghost cult was nothing more nor less than insurance against disaster; it had nothing to do with investment for higher and future returns.
87:0.2 Man has had a long and bitter struggle with the ghost cult. Nothing in human history is designed to excite more pity than this picture of man's abject slavery to ghost-spirit fear. With the birth of this very fear mankind started on the upgrade of religious evolution. Human imagination cast off from the shores of self and will not again find anchor until it arrives at the concept of a true Deity, a real God.
