a. Initiated and popular religion in history:
1. India; castes and the Brahmans.
2. Egypt; secret priesthood, annexed beliefs, and interpretations of myths.
3. Greece; Rome; early Catholicism; the priests.
b. Analysis of initiated and popular belief:
1. Myths of Orpheus; of Moses and the Burning Bush; of the divine parentage of Jesus.
2. The initiated is the religion of poetry and prophecy, of symbols. These, taken literally by the people, become a religion of idols and prose. One is a moving spirit, the other a graven image. Words can be idols.
c. The modern trend:
1. Democratic spirit (since Reformation) destroys initiated religion, keeps popular religion.
2. Science destroys popular myths.