Chapter II: The Positive Cult

I.--_The Elements of Sacrifice_

The Intichiuma ceremony in the tribes of Central Australia--
Different forms which it presents 326

I.--The Arunta Form--The two phases--Analysis of the first: visit
to sacred places, scattering of sacred dust, shedding of blood,
etc., to assure the reproduction of the totemic species 327

II.--Second phase: ritual consumption of the totemic plant or
animal 333

III.--Interpretation of the complete ceremony--The second rite
consists in a communion meal--Reason for this communion 336

IV.--The rites of the first phase consists in oblations--Analogies
with sacrificial oblations--The Intichiuma thus contains the two
elements of sacrifice--Interest of these facts for the theory of
sacrifice 340

V.--On the pretended absurdity of sacrificial oblations--How
they are explained: dependence of sacred beings upon their
worshippers--Explanation of the circle in which sacrifice seems
to move--Origin of the periodicity of positive rites 344