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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