How did it all begin?
This idea of God.
Perhaps I should use less hackle-raising terms,
This sense of "awe",
Or this sense of "beyond",
Or this sense of "power",
Or this sense of "nature"
Perhaps comingled but different,
This sense of "good"
Me - not me
Fear, Memory, Harm, Memory, Death, Memory, Comfort,
Warmth of Touch (from another or the wind),
Random death superposed on time-limited life,
Me - not me
Cycles of death (autumn) and rebirth (spring),
Wonder, Deceit, Help, Thought, Magic,
Me - not me
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Awareness, Birth - Growth - Death, Liking Awareness
Fear, Rebirth in Nature (which is not-me, so maybe rebirth is me too)
Wonder, Hope, Help, Not-me Rebirth, Spirits (unnamed, in things),
Me - not me
Essence, Purpose, Words, Shared Wonder, Hope, etc.,
Spirits (unnamed, causing things), Spirits (named), Shared Memory,
Me - not me
Agriculture-surplus, Volunteer guardians of the surplus,
Deceit to steal neighbors surplus when hungry,
Communities, Distinction of Authority, Hierarchies,
Ancestors Appeal to Spirits for help, Gods,
Chief God among Gods,
I've killed 'em all; I'm all that’s left
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