Christians are there any geniuses at your church?

Any individual wielding such power was termed in Latin a genius; in Greek, a daimon (Latinized to daemon). A divinity was known by its manifestation of power. Lacking a concept of material energy, the ancients attributed all ability to produce an effect to divinity. The divinities were discriminated by their specific powers: Neptune, ruler of the sea; Vulcan, god of fire; and so on. Every nameable mythological figure was a genius of some sort; but further, the rational powers and abilities of each and every human being were attributed to his soul, which was a genius. Each individual place had a genius (genius loci) and so did powerful objects, such as volcanoes. The concept extended to some specifics: the genius of the theatre, of vineyards, and of festivals, which made performances successful, gs grow, and celebrations succeed, respectively. It was extremely important in the Roman mind to propitiate the appropriate genii for the major undertakings and events of their lives.