compounded of secular, religious, mythological, magical, 
     and experiential elements all rolled into one.
          Most nonliterate peoples are extreme realists. They 
     are bent on bringing the world under control, and many of 
     their practices are devised to insure that reality will 
     perform according to their bidding. In the conviction that 
     the spirits are on his side, a man may then make all the 
     necessary preparations for the success of an expedition. 
     Coercing reality to do one’s bidding by manipulating it in 
     the prescribed manner is, for the nonliterate, a part of 
     reality.
          It is necessary to understand that nonliterate 
     peoples identify themselves very much more closely with 
     the world in which they live than do the literate peoples of 
     the world. The more “literate” people become, the more 
     they tend to become detached from the world in which