Living and Dead

I found it quite curious as to how the king of Glubbdubdrib was able to call upon the dead to serve him whenever he needed servants to do something for him. It made me wonder if Swift is implying that the religions of the Europeans are just as credible as this "ritual", or if it is making fun of the fact that the people in Europe can not call upon the dead to serve them. This seems to be saying that the European religions are nullified since nowhere in European religions (Christianity, Islam, etc.) can any person arbitrarily conjure upon a ghost to aid them and serve them. This would be one example of satire that Swift uses to mock Europeans and what they believe in.