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[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur60.jpg|right|frame]] 88:3.1 Fetishism ran through all the [[primitive]] [[cults]] from the earliest [[belief]] in sacred stones, through [[idolatry]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism], and [[nature]] [[worship]], to [[totemism]]. 88:3.2 [[Totemism]] is a combination of [[social]] and [[religious]] observances. Originally it was thought that [[respect]] for the [[totem]] [[animal]] of supposed [[biologic]] [[origin]] insured the [[food]] supply. [[Totems]] were at one and the same time [[symbols]] of the [[group]] and their [[god]]. Such a god was the [[clan]] [[personified]]. Totemism was one [[phase]] of the attempted [[socialization]] of otherwise [[personal]] [[religion]]. The [[totem]] [[eventually]] evolved into the flag, or [[national]] [[symbol]], of the various [[modern]] peoples. 88:3.3 A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_bag fetish bag, a medicine bag], was a pouch containing a reputable assortment of [[ghost]]-impregnated articles, and the medicine man of old never allowed his bag, the [[symbol]] of his power, to [[touch]] the [[ground]]. Civilized peoples in the twentieth century see to it that their flags, emblems of [[national]] [[consciousness]], likewise never [[touch]] the [[ground]]. 88:3.4 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insignia insignia] of [[priest]]ly and [[king]]ly office were [[eventually]] regarded as [[fetishes]], and the fetish of the [[state]] supreme has passed through many [[stages]] of [[development]], from [[clans]] to [[tribes]], from suzerainty to [[sovereignty]], from [[totems]] to flags. Fetish kings have ruled by "divine right," and many other forms of [[government]] have obtained. Men have also made a [[fetish]] of [[democracy]], the exaltation and [[adoration]] of the common man's [[ideas]] when collectively called "[[public]] [[opinion]]." One man's [[opinion]], when taken by itself, is not regarded as worth much, but when many men are collectively [[functioning]] as a [[democracy]], this same mediocre [[judgment]] is held to be the [[arbiter]] of [[justice]] and the [[standard]] of [[righteousness]]. <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_88 Go to Paper 88]</center> <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center> [[Category:Paper 88 - Fetishes, Charms, and Magic]] [[Category: Superstition]] [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]

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