We shall see presently that for a time, when Spirit became utterly blinded by matter, that matter, as it were, took the upper hand and claimed to be monarch.

But in those far-off days it was still recognised that Spirit was the master of matter, and the Gods walked amongst men and were recognised by men as their Teachers and Kings.

And humanity in its infancy clung to These, who were as fathers and mothers of the race, and looked to Them for everything necessary to nourish and develop the young life.

So that looking back to those earlier days, the great lawgivers like the Manus were at once Kings and Priests.

They gave everything to the humanity that They guarded: literature, science, art, architecture, everything which was necessary to the national life.