Holy of Holies

Chimpanzees Throw Stones at a Tree

The gods are nature: trees, rocks, and places.

The gods inhabit trees, rocks, and places.

The distant gods communicate to men through trees and rocks and places and by signs in nature.

The gods communicate through statues that must be tended to by priests and their cult, but anyone can touch and talk to the statues.

The gods communicate through statues tended by priests, but only the right people can touch the statues, and the statues are otherwise veiled or hidden from public view.

There are no statues, even the name of God is taboo and secret, only known to priests. The secrets are kept in a little box that's hidden in the back room.

There's nothing divine; all is chaos and chance.