spiritual energy found to exist within objects. People who recognize this force are supposed to organize their entire lives around relating to that energy. Such a mana-centered worldview by itself is extremely rare and is more likely to be a component—among others—of inscripturated religions than the sole content of any traditional ones. Figure 7.1. Person and spirits Most traditional religions venerate at least two kinds of spirits—ancestors and nature spirits. There may be others, such as one