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he said no, they never went that were young Men; none went thither but the old Men, who he call'd their Oowocakee, that is, as I made him explain it to me, their Religious, or Clergy, and that they went to say O, (so he call'd saying Prayers) and then came back, and told them what Benamuckee said: By this I observ'd, That there is Priestcraft, even amongst the most blinded ignorant Pagans in the World; and the Policy of making a secret Religion, in order to preserve the Veneration of the People to the Clergy, is not only to be found in the Roman, but perhaps among all Religions in the World, even among the most brutish and barbarous Savages.
Er sagte: nein, es gingen niemals junge Leute dorthin, sondern nur die alten Männer, die sie Oowookakee nannten, und womit sie ihre Geistlichen oder Priester meinten. Diese gingen hinauf, um O! zu sagen (er meinte, um zu beten), und kämen dann wieder zurück und erzählten ihnen, was Benamucki gesagt habe. Daraus ersah ich, daß Pfaffenlist selbst bei den blindesten, unwissendsten Heiden der Welt im Schwange ist und daß der schlaue Kniff, einen Geheimkult zu schaffen, um das Volk in Ehrfurcht vor der Priesterschaft zu erhalten, sich nicht nur in der römischen, sondern vielleicht in allen Religionen der Welt findet, selbst bei den rohesten und barbarischsten Wilden.
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