The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with coercion nor compromised by compulsion. [1]
The evolution of religious observances progressed from placation, avoidance, exorcism, coercion, conciliation, and propitiation to sacrifice, atonement, and redemption. [2]
Primitive man believed that something special must be done to win the favor of the gods. The rituals of avoidance, exorcism, coercion, and propitiation all merge into one another. [3]
See also: UB 87:6.