The heavenly bodies, the earth, the river Nile, its water, mud and slime, man, animals, plants, reptiles, insects, all the forces of nature, animate and inanimate, were sacred, and were partakers of divine honors . . . —ANN ELIZA SMITH (AS MRS. J. GREGORY SMITH), From Dawn to Sunrise: A Review Historical and Philosophical, of the Religious Ideas of Mankind
