... real sense of individuality, they lived for the tribe. If a member were to die or be killed, they left to rot or be eaten by other animals. This was due to the limited consciousness of the primitive humans, they could not comprehend that the world did not revolve around themselves, in other words they were not really aware of other tribe member's consciousness. The constant struggle of food and male dominance along with all the threats of nature, the life of a primitive human was extremely stressful. So, the primitive tribes concluded that the forces of nature and the unexpected could be appeased with rituals and ceremonies. Organised religion indicated that human thought had taken a large step toward consciousness, humans began to bury their dead and acknowledge the individual. PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY OF RELIGION So, with mankind's inability to cope with the external world and the instinctive forces ...

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