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Animism is used in anthropology of religion as a term for the belief system of many Indigenous peoples [8] in contrast to the relatively more recent development of organized religions. [9] Animism is a metaphysical belief which focuses on the supernatural universe: specifically, on the concept of the immaterial soul. [10]
According to Clemmont E. Vontress, the various religious traditions of Africa are united by a basic Animism. According to him, the belief in spirits and ancestors is the most important element of African religions. Gods were either self-created or evolved from spirits or ancestors which got worshiped by the people.
Animism is the worldview that non-human entities (animals, plants, and inanimate objects or phenomena) possess a spiritual essence. Subcategories. This category has ...
The spirits of animals in the belief system of animism; Animal spirits (Keynes), the instincts, proclivities and emotions that seemingly influence human behavior, which can be measured in terms of consumer confidence; Animal Spirits, a 2009 book by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller; The Animal Spirits, a 2010 album by Slough Feg
The Midewiwin society is a secretive animistic religion, requiring an initiation, and then progressing to four levels of practitioners, called "degrees". Occasionally, male Midew are called Midewinini , which sometimes is very loosely translated into English as " medicine man ".
Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs [4] [5] and can be found in animism, pantheism, panentheism, polytheism, deism, totemism, shamanism, Taoism, [6] Hinduism, some theism and paganism including Wicca. [7]
Tylor argued that animism is the true natural religion that is the essence of religion; it answers the questions of which religion came first and which religion is essentially the most basic and foundation of all religions. [30] For him, animism was the best answer to these questions, so it must be the true foundation of all religions.
In philosophy and religion, spirit is the vital principle or animating essence within humans or, in some views, all living things.Although views of spirit vary between different belief systems, when spirit is contrasted with the soul, the former is often seen as a basic natural force, principle or substance, whereas the latter is used to describe the organized structure of an individual being ...