Very few people in Taipei, however, would agree that reality is divided into three spheres. These are the material sphere, the spiritual or angelic sphere, and the intellectual sphere. The material sphere is present mainly as solids, liquids, and gases. The intellectual sphere is grounded in the mind of God. The spiritual or angelic sphere mediates between the two other spheres.
Money is an important element of the daily functioning of Taipei.
When the people are in movement outside their dwellings, they nearly always carry money with them. The people of Taipei hold their money enfolded in their clothes or in special leather containers. The people of Taipei use money to exchange for things. Many objects for which people exchange money evidently have value in themselves, but in an important sense the money has no value in itself. Or rather, the value of money in Taipei is entirely conventional.