In the later Vedic period he is specially connected with the nocturnal heavens.
The spirit of Vedic worship is pervaded by a devout belief in the efficacy of invocation and sacrificial offering.
The Brahman priest (brahma) being thus the recognized head of the sacerdotal order (brahma), which itself is the visible embodiment of sacred writ and the devotional spirit pervading it (brahma), the complete realization of theocratic aspirations required but a single step, which was indeed taken in the theosophic speculations of the later Vedic poets and the authors of the Brahmanas (q.v.), viz.
Soma is the Indian Bacchus, and one of the most important of the Vedic gods.
The whole pantheon of the Vedic gods, with the ceremonies and the sacrifices associated with them, passed indeed away.
