W itchcraft and ruler soon emerge into one. This step arrives when the tribe is not only the victim of circumstances but the beneficiary. The horde wins better feeding and hunting grounds and defends them against others. It is victorious and with victory the tribal religious force is conceived not merely as something to propitiate unfriendly devils but as something that has placed the devils on the side of the tribe. The winning tribe's devils are stronger than those of the losers.
Devils are no longer to be feared but to be welcomed and worshiped.
It is at this point that devils become gods and voodooism gives way to true religion. It is also the moment when the winning tribe begins to understand the value of private property and the hunting and fishing communistic stages give way to livestock raising and to agriculture. The horde has become an integrated society with an elaborate subdivision of labor headed by a witchdoctor-ruler. The witchdoctor-ruler has not only the sole right to interpret the wishes of God but now sets himself up as God himself. To the mass of people this is very fitting because he acts as the very devil.