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He stands upon his rights. Woe to the being  god or man  who comes in conflict with him! [Sidenote: Ritual becomes extravagant.] The priests naturally multiplied religious ceremonies, and made ritual the soul of worship. Sacrifice especially assumed still more and more exaggerated forms  becoming more protracted, more expensive, more bloody. A hecatomb of victims was but a small offering. HE STANDS UPON HIS RIGHTS WOE TO THE BEING GOD OR MAN WHO COMES IN CONFLICT WITH HIM THE PRIEST ACTTURALLY MULTIPLIED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES AND MADE RITUAL THE SOUL OF WORSHIP SACRIFICE ESPECIALLY ASSUMED STILL MORE AND MORE EXAGGERATED FORMS BECOMING MORE PROTRACTED MORE EXPENSIVE MORE BLOODY A HECATOM OF VICTIMS WAS BUT A SMALL OFFERING
ower on which depended all weal or woe. On all religions occasions the priest must be called in, and, on all occasions, implicitly obeyed. For a considerable time the princes straggled against the encroachments of the priests; but in the end they were completely vanquished. Never was sacerdotal tyranny more absolute; the proudest pope in mediæval times never lorded it over Western Christendom with such unrelenting rigor as the Brahmans exercised over both princes and people. The feeling of the priests is expressed in a well-known stanza: "All the world is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the holy texts; the holy texts are subject to the Brahman; therefore the Brahman is my god." Yes, the sacred man could breathe the spell which made earth and hell and heaven itself to tremble. He therefore logically called himself an earthly god. Indeed, the Brahman is always logical. He draws conclusions from premises with iron rigor of reasoning; and with side-issues he has nothing to do. ORDS OF AWFUL MYSTERY AND POWER ON WHICH DEPENDED ALL WEAL AND WOE ON ALL RELIGIONS OCCASIONS THE PRIEST MUST BE CALLED IN AND ON ALL OCCASIONS IMPLICITLY OBEYED FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME THE PRINCES STRAGGLED AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENTS OF THE PRIEST BUT IN THE END THEY WERE COMPLETELY VANQUISHED NEVER WAS SAYSOTTL KIVENI MORE ABSOLUTE THE PROUDEST POPE IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES NEVER LAUDED IT OVER WESTERN CLYSANDOM WITH SUCH UNRELINKING RIGOUR AS THE BRAMINCE EXERCISED OVER BOTH PRINCES AND PEOPLE THE FEELING OF THE PRIEST IS EXPRESSED IN A WELL KNOWN STANZA ALL THE WORLD IS SUBJECT TO THE GODS THE GODS ARE SUBJECT TO THE HOLY TEXT THE HOLY TEXTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE BRAHMAN THEREFORE THE BRAHMAN IS MY GOD YES THE SACRED MAN COULD BREATHE THE SPELL WHICH MADE EARTH AND HELL AND HEAVEN ITSELF TO TREMBLE HE THEREFORE LOGICALLY CALLED HIMSELF AN EARTHLY GOD INDEED THE BRAHMAN IS ALWAYS LOGICAL HE DRAWS CONCLUSIONS FROM PREMISES WITH IRON RIGOUR OF REASONING AND WITH SIDE ISSUES HE HAS NOTHING TO DO
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