THE history of Marxism is very young. Hence, despite the fact that it has a superior methodology it has yet to learn much from systems which went before. Besides, capitalism keeps throwing up new ideas which outstrip conventional Marxist understanding. Indeed, capitalism, despite its chronic crisis and destructive capability, has managed to develop productive forces and evolve new, sophisticated mechanisms of economic functioning. It has also kept alive the global urge for modern values. The only exception is China where a Marxist government has succeeded so far in leading the urge for modem development, mainly, however, in the economic sphere.

Religion by untversalising God and Spirit and placing all creations of nature, good or bad as per previous pre-religious, pagan beliefs, as 'His' creations, brought everything existing into the sphere of understanding. Bourgeois philosophy did the same thing by universalising Man and the secular spirit delving deep into the inner secrets of man, like the subconscious, and his physical activity tike language and art.

Marxism similarly universalised Matter, elevating everything including the dark, unknown secrets to the fold of sophisticated understanding. It understood mystery, memory and magic as profound conectionns of matter — some of the best works on primitive cults, the magical effort of man to discover science, were conducted by Marxists of the modern era right after the revolution in Russia. In India too, the rediscovery of Tantra, of pre-religious myths was a result of the efforts the Marxist scholars. Marxism thus opened the way for an understanding of the infinite though, like the practitioners of other ideological, philosophical and political movements, its followers also erred at several points.