1. THE UNIVERSE
GOD
HUMANS
UNDERWORLD (SOME SPIRITS)

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. RITES OF PASSAGE (RITES DE PASSAGE)
SEPARATION
LIMINALITY
INTEGRATION