niuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the prop-
erties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever
their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.
And particularly they studied the genius of each city & country.
placing it under its mental deity.
Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of & enslav'd
the vulgar by attempting to realize or abstract the mental dieties from
their objects: thus began Priesthood.
Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales.
And at length they pronounced that the Gods had orderd such
things.
Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast.
