The Origin And Evolution of Primitive Man; Lecture Given At the Royal Societies Club, St. James Street, February 1912
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The OF PRIMITIVE MAN 31 association with it would convey to his mind the idea of one of the powers or forces, which he would thus represent by a sign or drawing of the animal or bird or object — sometimes a compound one, as we see in the Egyptian later. Thus, as we see, they represent death and darkness by a crocodile's tail, because it was the last thing to disappear below the water at night when the creature retired to bed — and death, because to kiU its prey before eating it struck it with i...ts tail. Its head and eyes, for the same reason, represented light and day, etc. The serpent was a representation of re- generation, because it changed its skin and became, so to speak, a new serpent. Spirit Worship is of two Kinds 1st. The so-called Spirit Worship of elemen- tary forces, or the propitiation of elementary spirits or powers, arose in the mind of man when he observed the various powers and attributes of the forces of nature — ^water flowing — ^trees growing — darkness and light, and all associated with it — ^the heavens as the Great Weeper, and hght which was considered the source of Ufe to man and all else.
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