The Upanishads - The Khandogya-Upanishad, the Talavakâra-Upanishad, the Aitareya-Âranyaka, the Kaushîtaki-Brâhmana-Upanishad and the Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ-Upanishad #244585

Even a single ceremonial act, performed at the time of a famine or an inundation, and apparently attended with a sudden and almost miraculous success, might often be preserved in the liturgical code Of a family or a tribe with a superstitious awe entirely beyond our understanding. It might be repeated for some time on Similar emergencies, till when it had failed again and again it survived only as a superstitious custom in the memory of priests and poets.