n or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.” (Frazer, p. 58) This is broken down into two elements the practical and the theoretical. The practical is only things that already can be proven along with science but religious connection can be made. For an example the belief in the crucified body of Jesus Christ, the Bible speaks of him as the son of God and science has hard facts that the story of Jesus Christ had indeed existed even though it can’t say all that he has done miracle wise never did take place. In walks the theoretical concepts handed down on belief alone.Many generations of our ancestors have handed down many myths, stories and legends that pertain to the lifestyle they have constructed. Early man used these stories and myths as a form of communication. These myths set rules and an explanation for the “why.” “The primitive’s mind works along the lines that are peculiar to it. The mystic elements in his ideas matter considerably more to him than the objective features which, in our view, determine and classify beings of all kinds, and as a consequence the classifications which we regard as most clearly evident escape his attention.” (Lucien Le’vy-Bruhl, p. 371) Such things as wind and rain are explained, along with the animals and vegetable species. This is the primitive mind to the extreme. They didn’t keep explanations elaborate with great theories on how everything worked they gave the simple something a little more concrete, a belief on “why” some things are sacred.What is sacred then over time becomes challenged with knowledge. Then the question becomes what is real and what isn’t real. Sometimes the imagination is the key to an unexplainable phenomenon. Some might believe the ancient man might have looked at it more simply than an educator to where they m...
