There is no systematic philosophy; but a tentative, and more or less dogmatic, logic.

In regard to the second question they are still less at one; but in general their answer is that the world-spirit is All, and everything is a part of It or Him.

Yet, whether that All is personal or impersonal, and what is the relation between spirit and matter, this is still an unsettled point.
The methods and results of this half-philosophical literature will most easily be understood by a few examples.

But, before these are given, it will be necessary to emphasize the colloquial and scrappy nature of the teaching.

Legend, parable, ritualistic absurdities, belief in gods, denial of gods, belief in heaven, denial of heaven, are all mingled, and for a purpose.