Yet to himself, and according to his own line of thought,
he is not an anomaly but a man, just as the Creator made him
irresponsible for his actions, because he is a product of
energies that are not his own ; and as a natural consequence
of this, because of his domination by the spiritual element, a
principle that is to some extent seen in the word " Atonghoyefa,"
a name which in Brass is given to men, and which, interpreted
literally, means, everything was ordained by G-od. Accord-
ing to their ideas in, fact, life is the growth of one existence
inside another the inner or vital existence within the outer
material, the greater and immortal element animating the lesser
and perishable embodiment. Hence it is impossible to under-
stand them unless these facts are taken into consideration, and
unless the opposing forces of this very natural energy are
clearly recognised. These are : (1) an explanation of the soul
its translation to spirit ; (J) the sacrament of burJUfck /ffi}
a description of spirit land and of the spiritual existence; (4)
;the re-translation of the spirit into soul, and its return to
material existence (a) into the human body, (&) into animal
bodies, (c) into vegetable bodies, (d) into obiects.