Chapter VIII: The Idea of the Soul

I.--Analysis of the idea of the soul in the Australian societies 240

II.--Genesis of this idea--The doctrine of reincarnation
according to Spencer and Gillen: it implies that the soul is
a part of the totemic principle--Examination of the facts
collected by Strehlow; they confirm the totemic nature of
the soul 246

III.--Generality of the doctrine of reincarnation--Diverse facts
in support of the proposed genesis 256

IV.--Antithesis of the soul and the body: what there is objective
in this--Relations of the individual soul with the collective
soul--The idea of the soul is not chronologically after that
of mana 262

V.--Hypothesis to explain the belief in its survival 267

VI.--The idea of a soul and the idea of a person; impersonal
elements in the personality 269

CHAPTER IX

THE IDEA OF SPIRITS AND GODS

I.--Difference between a soul and a spirit--The souls of the
mythical ancestors are spirits, having determined functions--
Relations between the ancestral spirit, the individual soul
and the individual totem--Explanation of this latter--Its
sociological significance 273

II.--Spirits and magic 281

III.--The civilizing heroes 283

IV.--The great gods--Their origin--Their relations with the
totemic system--Their tribal and international character 285

V.--Unity of the totemic system 295

BOOK III

THE PRINCIPAL RITUAL ATTITUDES