"Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities."

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Perhaps the individual is so viable a god because he can actually understand the ceremonial significance of the way he is treated, and quite on his own can respond dramatically to what is proffered him. In contacts between such deities there is no need for middlemen; each of these gods is able to serve as his own priest.

— Erving Goffman