People turn to them for their needs. Some of the charismatic movements may invoke the Spirit. The image evoked is that of God as giver, the bounteous one. Creation myths and miracle stories may strengthen the experience. The soteriological paradigm is much more integrated in religious ritual.
Passion plays as well as liturgical celebrations stress the conflict leading to victory.
The popular Ramayana and Mahabharata serials in the Indian television are significant for the widespread interest they have created at very popular levels. The Haj of Muslims includes a rite in which stones are thrown at images representing evil spirits. The struggle between good and evil takes on a personal dimension in popular rituals like fasting and other penitential practices. Saviour figures, sometimes violent, are common in all religions. People experience the reality of struggle in their lives and they are happy to relate it to a cosmic struggle and to identify with the victorious Saviour.