It has long been acknowledged that religion draws its perennial vigor from two sources, existential anxiety and the moral-rational conscience.¹ While the proportion of these two components will vary in diverse faiths and at various times, we can always discern their presence in any living religion. We may take it for granted that the element of fear predominated in primitive religions; yet, as far back as historic research goes human societies were organized and structured, and in every such structure there was an effort, however feeble and naive, to coopt occult powers for the purpose of preserving the values as well as the life of society.² Whether this effort was carried out by means of rites which were believed to coerce the numinous powers or ceremonies which petitioned and persuaded them, it remained true that the component of social values was an inseparable part of even the most primitive faith. On the other hand, a living faith is always more than a society for the promotion of ideals or the celebration of sancta, be they ever so lofty. There is always the note of responding to an external Power. The numinous is an active force, dark and mysterious. Man is embraced and seized by it, commanded and coerced as well as loved and favored. So, religion is an act of personal surrender of self as well as of affirmation of value.