Religion: Understanding the World based on Symbolism and Personification (Analogy)

Symbolism: The belief that the Forces and Forms in the World are Messages

Personification: The belief that the Forces and Forms in the World are Persons



Magic: Understanding and Manipulating the World through Contagion and Imitation

Contagious Magic: Physical-Contact Magic inspired by Metonymic Figures of Speech

Imitative Magic: Formal-Resemblance Magic inspired by Analogic Figures of Speech



Mythos: The language of Metonymic and Analogic Figures; used in Magic and Religion

Metonymy: Figures of Speech based upon Contagion by means of Parts and Wholes

Analogy: Figures of Speech based upon Imitation by means of Similarity of Form