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89:4.1 [[Sacrifice]] as a part of [[religious]] [[devotions]], like many other [[worshipful]] [[rituals]], did not have a [[simple]] and single [[origin]]. The tendency to bow down before [[power]] and to [[prostrate]] oneself in [[worshipful]] [[adoration]] in the [[presence]] of [[mystery]] is [[foreshadowed]] in the fawning of the dog before its master. It is but one step from the impulse of [[worship]] to the [[act]] of [[sacrifice]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] gauged the [[value]] of his [[sacrifice]] by the [[pain]] which he suffered. When the [[idea]] of [[sacrifice]] first attached itself to religious [[ceremonial]], no offering was [[contemplated]] which was not productive of [[pain]]. The first sacrifices were such acts as plucking hair, cutting the flesh, mutilations, knocking out teeth, and cutting off fingers. As [[civilization]] advanced, these crude [[concepts]] of [[sacrifice]] were elevated to the level of the [[rituals]] of self-abnegation, [[asceticism]], [[fasting]], deprivation, and the later [[Christian]] [[doctrine]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctification sanctification] through [[sorrow]], [[suffering]], and the mortification of the flesh.

89:4.1 [[Sacrifice]] as a part of [[religious]] [[devotions]], like many other [[worshipful]] [[rituals]], did not have a [[simple]] and single [[origin]]. The tendency to bow down before [[power]] and to [[prostrate]] oneself in [[worshipful]] [[adoration]] in the [[presence]] of [[mystery]] is [[foreshadowed]] in the fawning of the dog before its master. It is but one step from the impulse of [[worship]] to the [[act]] of [[sacrifice]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] gauged the [[value]] of his [[sacrifice]] by the [[pain]] which he suffered. When the [[idea]] of [[sacrifice]] first attached itself to religious [[ceremonial]], no offering was [[contemplated]] which was not productive of [[pain]]. The first sacrifices were such acts as plucking hair, cutting the flesh, mutilations, knocking out teeth, and cutting off fingers. As [[civilization]] advanced, these crude [[concepts]] of [[sacrifice]] were elevated to the level of the [[rituals]] of self-abnegation, [[asceticism]], [[fasting]], deprivation, and the later [[Christian]] [[doctrine]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctification sanctification] through [[sorrow]], [[suffering]], and the mortification of the flesh.

89:4.2 Early in the [[evolution]] of [[religion]] there existed two conceptions of the [[sacrifice]]: the [[idea]] of the gift [[sacrifice]], which connoted the [[attitude]] of [[thanksgiving]], and the [[debt]] sacrifice, which [[embraced]] the idea of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation#Redemption redemption]. Later there [[developed]] the notion of substitution.

89:4.2 Early in the [[evolution]] of [[religion]] there existed two conceptions of the [[sacrifice]]: the [[idea]] of the gift [[sacrifice]], which connoted the [[attitude]] of [[thanksgiving]], and the [[debt]] sacrifice, which [[embraced]] the idea of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation#Redemption redemption]. Later there [[developed]] the notion of substitution.

89:4.3 Man still later conceived that his [[sacrifice]] of whatever [[nature]] might [[function]] as a [[message]] bearer to the gods; it might be as a sweet savor in the nostrils of [[deity]]. This brought [[incense]] and other [[aesthetic]] features of sacrificial [[rituals]] which developed into sacrificial feasting, in time becoming increasingly elaborate and ornate.

89:4.3 Man still later conceived that his [[sacrifice]] of whatever [[nature]] might [[function]] as a [[message]] bearer to the gods; it might be as a sweet savor in the nostrils of [[deity]]. This brought [[incense]] and other [[aesthetic]] features of sacrificial [[rituals]] which developed into sacrificial feasting, in time becoming increasingly elaborate and ornate.

89:4.4 As [[religion]] evolved, the sacrificial [[rites]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conciliation conciliation] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation] replaced the older [[methods]] of avoidance, placation, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism exorcism].

89:4.4 As [[religion]] evolved, the sacrificial [[rites]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conciliation conciliation] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation] replaced the older [[methods]] of avoidance, placation, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism exorcism].

89:4.5 The earliest [[idea]] of the [[sacrifice]] was that of a neutrality assessment levied by [[ancestral]] spirits; only later did the idea of [[atonement]] develop. As man got away from the notion of the [[evolutionary]] [[origin]] of the [[race]], as the [[traditions]] of the days of the [[Planetary Prince]] and the [[sojourn]] of [[Adam]] filtered down through time, the [[concept]] of [[sin]] and of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin original sin] became widespread, so that [[sacrifice]] for [[accidental]] and [[personal]] sin evolved into the [[doctrine]] of [[sacrifice]] for the [[atonement]] of racial sin. The [[atonement]] of the sacrifice was a blanket insurance device which covered even the resentment and [[jealousy]] of an [[unknown]] god.

89:4.5 The earliest [[idea]] of the [[sacrifice]] was that of a neutrality assessment levied by [[ancestral]] spirits; only later did the idea of [[atonement]] develop. As man got away from the notion of the [[evolutionary]] [[origin]] of the [[race]], as the [[traditions]] of the days of the [[Planetary Prince]] and the [[sojourn]] of [[Adam]] filtered down through time, the [[concept]] of [[sin]] and of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin original sin] became widespread, so that [[sacrifice]] for [[accidental]] and [[personal]] sin evolved into the [[doctrine]] of [[sacrifice]] for the [[atonement]] of racial sin. The [[atonement]] of the sacrifice was a blanket insurance device which covered even the resentment and [[jealousy]] of an [[unknown]] god.

89:4.6 Surrounded by so many [[sensitive]] spirits and grasping gods, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] was face to face with such a host of creditor [[deities]] that it required all the [[priests]], [[ritual]], and [[sacrifices]] throughout an entire lifetime to get him out of [[spiritual]] [[debt]]. The [[doctrine]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin original sin], or racial [[guilt]], started every person out in serious [[debt]] to the spirit [[powers]].

89:4.6 Surrounded by so many [[sensitive]] spirits and grasping gods, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] was face to face with such a host of creditor [[deities]] that it required all the [[priests]], [[ritual]], and [[sacrifices]] throughout an entire lifetime to get him out of [[spiritual]] [[debt]]. The [[doctrine]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin original sin], or racial [[guilt]], started every person out in serious [[debt]] to the spirit [[powers]].

89:4.7 Gifts and bribes are given to [[men]]; but when tendered to the [[gods]], they are described as being [[dedicated]], made [[sacred]], or are called [[sacrifices]]. [[Renunciation]] was the [[negative]] form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation]; [[sacrifice]] became the positive form. The [[act]] of propitiation included [[praise]], [[glorification]], flattery, and even [[entertainment]]. And it is the remnants of these positive [[practices]] of the olden [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation] [[cult]] that constitute the [[modern]] [[forms]] of [[divine]] [[worship]]. Present-day forms of [[worship]] are simply the [[ritualization]] of these [[ancient]] [[sacrificial]] [[techniques]] of positive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation].

89:4.7 Gifts and bribes are given to [[men]]; but when tendered to the [[gods]], they are described as being [[dedicated]], made [[sacred]], or are called [[sacrifices]]. [[Renunciation]] was the [[negative]] form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation]; [[sacrifice]] became the positive form. The [[act]] of propitiation included [[praise]], [[glorification]], flattery, and even [[entertainment]]. And it is the remnants of these positive [[practices]] of the olden [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation] [[cult]] that constitute the [[modern]] [[forms]] of [[divine]] [[worship]]. Present-day forms of [[worship]] are simply the [[ritualization]] of these [[ancient]] [[sacrificial]] [[techniques]] of positive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propitiation propitiation].

89:4.8 [[Animal]] [[sacrifice]] meant much more to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] than it could ever mean to [[modern]] races. These [[barbarians]] regarded the animals as their [[actual]] and near [[kin]]. As time passed, man became shrewd in his [[sacrificing]], ceasing to offer up his [[work]] animals. At first he sacrificed the best of [[everything]], including his [[domesticated]] animals.

89:4.8 [[Animal]] [[sacrifice]] meant much more to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] than it could ever mean to [[modern]] races. These [[barbarians]] regarded the animals as their [[actual]] and near [[kin]]. As time passed, man became shrewd in his [[sacrificing]], ceasing to offer up his [[work]] animals. At first he sacrificed the best of [[everything]], including his [[domesticated]] animals.

89:4.9 It was no empty boast that a certain [http://www.archaeowiki.org/Rulers_of_Egypt Egyptian ruler] made when he stated that he had [[sacrificed]]: 113,433 slaves, 493,386 head of cattle, 88 boats, 2,756 golden images, 331,702 jars of honey and oil, 228,380 jars of wine, 680,714 geese, 6,744,428 loaves of bread, and 5,740,352 sacks of coin. And in order to do this he must needs have sorely [[taxed]] his toiling subjects.

89:4.9 It was no empty boast that a certain [https://www.archaeowiki.org/Rulers_of_Egypt Egyptian ruler] made when he stated that he had [[sacrificed]]: 113,433 slaves, 493,386 head of cattle, 88 boats, 2,756 golden images, 331,702 jars of honey and oil, 228,380 jars of wine, 680,714 geese, 6,744,428 loaves of bread, and 5,740,352 sacks of coin. And in order to do this he must needs have sorely [[taxed]] his toiling subjects.

89:4.10 Sheer [[necessity]] [[eventually]] drove these semisavages to eat the [[material]] part of their [[sacrifices]], the gods having enjoyed the [[soul]] thereof. And this [[custom]] found justification under the pretense of the [[ancient]] [[sacred]] meal, a [[communion]] service according to [[modern]] usage.

89:4.10 Sheer [[necessity]] [[eventually]] drove these semisavages to eat the [[material]] part of their [[sacrifices]], the gods having enjoyed the [[soul]] thereof. And this [[custom]] found justification under the pretense of the [[ancient]] [[sacred]] meal, a [[communion]] service according to [[modern]] usage.