An Outline of Religious Ideas in post-Atlantean Times

This was not just a legend, a myth, something that an ancient tribe had as a living common ancestor, but it was something that appeared to people from time to time, that appeared in psychic consciousness, that accompanied the people. The individual tribes that streamed through Europe had the most diverse experiences. But one experience always remained vivid and alive for many, and they told it to those who trusted them, who believed in them: that was the appearance of the ancestor, who was their adviser from the spiritual realm, who was in contact with them. He came at particularly important moments, was there in doubtful cases. The cult of ancestors was something that was very much alive through the physical qualities of the ancestors.