Closelyboundupwiththiscorrelationofanthropomorphismandprowessisthefactthatanthropomorphiccultsacttoconserve，ifnottoinitiate，habitsofmindfavorabletoaregimeofstatus。Asregardsthispoint，itisquiteimpossibletosaywherethedisciplinaryeffectofthecultendsandwheretheevidenceofaconcomitanceofvariationsininheritedtraitsbegins。Intheirfinestdevelopment，thepredatorytemperament，thesenseofstatus，andtheanthropomorphiccultalltogetherbelongtothebarbarianculture；andsomethingofamutualcausalrelationsubsistsbetweenthethreephenomenaastheycomeintosightincommunitiesonthatculturallevel。Thewayinwhichtheyrecurincorrelationinthehabitsandattitudesofindividualsandclassestodaygoesfartoimplyalikecausalororganicrelationbetweenthesamepsychologicalphenomenaconsideredastraitsorhabitsoftheindividual。Ithasappearedatanearlierpointinthediscussionthattherelationofstatus，asafeatureofsocialstructure，isaconsequenceofthepredatoryhabitoflife。Asregardsitslineofderivation，itissubstantiallyanelaboratedexpressionofthepredatoryattitude。
Ontheotherhand，ananthropomorphiccultisacodeofdetailedrelationsofstatussuperimposedupontheconceptofapreternatural，inscrutablepropensityinmaterialthings。Sothat，asregardstheexternalfactsofitsderivation，thecultmaybetakenasanoutgrowthofarchaicman’spervadinganimisticsense，definedandinsomedegreetransformedbythepredatoryhabitoflife，theresultbeingapersonifiedpreternaturalagency，whichisbyimputationendowedwithafullcomplementofthehabitsofthoughtthatcharacterizethemanofthepredatoryculture。
Thegrosserpsychologicalfeaturesinthecase，whichhaveanimmediatebearingoneconomictheoryandareconsequentlytobetakenaccountofhere，aretherefore:aashasappearedinanearlierchapter，thepredatory，emulativehabitofmindherecalledprowessisbutthebarbarianvariantofthegenericallyhumaninstinctofworkmanship，whichhasfallenintothisspecificformundertheguidanceofahabitofinvidiouscomparisonofpersons；btherelationofstatusisaformalexpressionofsuchaninvidiouscomparisondulygaugedandgradedaccordingtoasanctionedschedule；cananthropomorphiccult，inthedaysofitsearlyvigoratleast，isaninstitutionthecharacteristicelementofwhichisarelationofstatusbetweenthehumansubjectasinferiorandthepersonifiedpreternaturalagencyassuperior。Withthisinmind，thereshouldbenodifficultyinrecognizingtheintimaterelationwhichsubsistsbetweenthesethreephenomenaofhumannatureandofhumanlife；
therelationamountstoanidentityinsomeoftheirsubstantialelements。Ontheonehand，thesystemofstatusandthepredatoryhabitoflifeareanexpressionoftheinstinctofworkmanshipasittakesformunderacustomofinvidiouscomparison；ontheotherhand，theanthropomorphiccultandthehabitofdevoutobservancesareanexpressionofmen’sanimisticsenseofapropensityinmaterialthings，elaboratedundertheguidanceofsubstantiallythesamegeneralhabitofinvidiouscomparison。Thetwocategories——theemulativehabitoflifeandthehabitofdevoutobservances——arethereforetobetakenascomplementaryelementsofthebarbariantypeofhumannatureandofitsmodernbarbarianvariants。Theyareexpressionsofmuchthesamerangeofaptitudes，madeinresponsetodifferentsetsofstimuli。
ChapterTwelveDevoutObservancesAdiscoursiverehearsalofcertainincidentsofmodernlifewillshowtheorganicrelationoftheanthropomorphiccultstothebarbariancultureandtemperament。Itwilllikewiseservetoshowhowthesurvivalandefficacyofthecultsandheprevalenceoftheirscheduleofdevoutobservancesarerelatedtotheinstitutionofaleisureclassandtothespringsofactionunderlyingthatinstitution。Withoutanyintentiontocommendortodeprecatethepracticestobespokenofundertheheadofdevoutobservances，orthespiritualandintellectualtraitsofwhichtheseobservancesaretheexpression，theeverydayphenomenaofcurrentanthropomorphiccultsmaybetakenupfromthepointofviewoftheinterestwhichtheyhaveforeconomictheory。Whatcanproperlybespokenofherearethetangible，externalfeaturesofdevoutobservances。Themoral，aswellasthedevotionalvalueofthelifeoffaithliesoutsideofthescopeofthepresentinquiry。Ofcoursenoquestionishereentertainedastothetruthorbeautyofthecreedsonwhichthecultsproceed。Andeventheirremotereconomicbearingcannotbetakenuphere；thesubjectistooreconditeandoftoograveimporttofindaplaceinsoslightasketch。