THE UNIVERSE GOD HUMANS UNDERWORLD (SOME SPIRITS).

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THE UNIVERSE GOD HUMANS UNDERWORLD (SOME SPIRITS)

LEVELS TO MAINTAIN ORDER 1. NATURAL LEVEL: "LAWS OF NATURE"-- SCIENCE 2. MORAL LEVEL: MORAL CODES FROM GOD LAWS REVEALED BY THE ELDERS "RIGHT" AND "WRONG" RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EVIL

3. RELIGIOUS LEVEL: HUMAN MADE INSTITUTIONS BASIC DOCTRINES CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SHRINES

4. MYSTICAL LEVEL: MAGIC, WITCHCRAFT & SORCERY Powers to certain individuals Notions of causality, Evil Witches--innate, uncontrolled Sorcerers--humans who manipulate Magic--manipulations

BELIEF IN THE ANCESTORS: ANCESTOR DEVOTION DON'T FORGET RELATIVES INTERMEDIARIES SIMILAR TO GUARDIAN ANGELS and PATRON SAINTS INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF THEIR DESCENDENTS AND COMMUNITY

THE SPIRIT DOES NOT DIE GOOD ASPECTS: MAY CONFER ENTRANCE INTO CULTS OF HEALING BAD ASPECTS: PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY MAY DO HARM OR EVIL HUMAN LIFE IS BASED ON THE RHYTHM OF NATURE "THE LIVING DEAD" STILL REMEMBERED SANCTION EVENTS

RITUALS ACHIEVE ALIGNMENT "GETTING BACK ON THE RIGHT PATH" NO SACRED SCIPTURES

THE RELIGIOUS JOURNEY OF THE GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL CRISIS SITUATIONS: WAR, DROUGHT, FAMINE, HARM TO THE LINEAGE, ILLNESS, ETC. LIFE CYCLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL: BIRTH, PUBERTY, SOCIAL EVENTS, ILLNESS, DEATH

RITES OF PASSAGE (RITES DE PASSAGE) SEPARATION LIMINALITY INTEGRATION