# Mammon — Unspoken Sermons character guide

> Mammon in Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0013-love-thy-neighbour

## Who they are

Personification of wealth and greed, contrasted with spiritual riches.

## In the story

### [The Heart with the Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-heart-with-the-treasure)

Mentioned as an object of worship for those who give their lives to accumulation of wealth.

### [The Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-way)

Personified as a force of bondage that the youth must turn his back on to follow Jesus and gain eternal life.

### [The Hardness of the Way](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-hardness-of-the-way)

Personified as a master one might try to serve alongside God, representing the love of wealth.

### [The Truth in Jesus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/unspoken_sermons_se/chapters/the-truth-in-jesus)

Personified as a false master that people serve and trust in instead of God.

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