Money Talks, Ritual Walks

Money Talks, Ritual Walks

The decline of primitive society gave rise to kingships, which introduced a new form for seeking immortality; immortality through the family. The King, followed by the common man, passed not only family immortality through the son but also included vast accumulations of physical mementos. "The reason money is so elusive to our understanding is that it is still sacred, still a magical object on which we rely for our entrance into immortality…money is obscure to analysis because it is still a living myth, a religion."