ABSTRACT
The most primitive peoples are not conscious of the Laws of Nature or Cosmic Order, i.e., they are not aware of the fact that Nature is not a chaos but a Cosmos. Consequently they believe that daily occurrences are due to the caprice of deities. The Bechuanas of South Africa, for instance, cannot recognize Cosmic Order and do not believe that the sun sets, but that he dies every day. Certain tribes of Australia believe that the sun kills the moon every month. The Basutos believe that the moon is clever enough to escape the sun’s chase when she is reduced to a mere thread and gradually recovers her former shape (Vide D’Alviella, Hibbert Lectures on the Origin and Growth of the Conception of God, p. 166).
