Most Ancient Aryan Society

Author(s): Ram Chandra Jain
Publisher: Institute of Bharatalogical Research Sriganganagar Rajasthan

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art of prayer was born when the Aryan leaders, the Devas and their basic institution, the Yajña, were ritualised. Then, Spell was also ritualised into Prayer to be a vehicle of ritualised Yajña to ritualised Devas.
The Aryans actively commanded the service of Chhandopathy for material prosperity and for the annihilation of adversaries. It was as much a living institution with them as Yajña (Sacrifice) and Yuddha (warfare). It did not develop beyond the stage of Natural Magic till the Aryns came in contact with superior cultures in Greece and Bharata. Chhandopathy, like Yajña. was later ritualised in White and Black Magic after the Aryans had finally settled in these regions,
The primitive undivided Aryans believed in the theory of identity of the word and the thing it represented. Their theory of Havism increased the power and potency of their tribal collective. The power and energy of the phenomena of nature 'entered' in the bodies of Gana-leaders. This may be called the Doctrine of Morphomotheism. They had invented the art of Chhandopathy out from the theory of Havism. The art of Chhandopathy, finally, led them to the science of Natural Magic. This was the basic foundation of the Aryan thought before they came in contact with Śramanic cultures and civilizations in Greece, Egypt, West Asia and later in Bharara. These basic Aryan beliefs grew out of the physical conditions in the Aryan Cradle-land. They, in turn, helped the Aryans to develop their basic social institutions of Gana and Ganapati, Deva-hood and Yajña and later, Brahma and Brahmanaspati or Basileia and Basileus. This basic Aryan Way is the foundation of naked Materialism that later engulfed the whole World.