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Earth religion. Earth-centered religion or nature worship is a system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena. [ 1] It covers any religion that worships the earth, nature, or fertility deity, such as the various forms of goddess worship or matriarchal religion. Some find a connection between earth-worship and the Gaia hypothesis.
Nature worship. Nature worship also called naturism[ 1] or physiolatry[ 2] is any of a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of the nature spirits considered to be behind the natural phenomena visible throughout nature. [ 3] A nature deity can be in charge of nature, a place, a biotope, the biosphere ...
The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic, may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of the natural world. The occurrence or event of perception may be transient or fleeting or may be more enduring and monumental. The phenomenon appears to approach a ...
Nature religion. An aukuras, a type of fire altar found in Romuva, a modern Lithuanian Pagan faith characterised as a "nature religion". A nature religion is a religious movement that believes nature and the natural world is an embodiment of divinity, sacredness or spiritual power. [ 1] Nature religions include indigenous religions practiced in ...
They also venerate images and liturgical objects by kissing, bowing, and making the sign of the cross. They point to the Old Testament patterns of worship followed by the Hebrew people as examples of how certain places and things used in worship may be treated with reverence or venerated, without worshiping them.
Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity. [ 1] The physical universe is thus understood as an immanent deity, still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time. [ 2] The term pantheist designates one who holds both that ...
Animism is a metaphysical belief which focuses on the supernatural universe: specifically, on the concept of the immaterial soul. [ 10] Although each culture has its own mythologies and rituals, animism is said to describe the most common, foundational thread of indigenous peoples' "spiritual" or "supernatural" perspectives.
Examples of indigenous places of worship that have survived colonialism are mostly natural sites such as mountains, gulfs, lakes, trees, boulders, and caves. Indigenous man-made places of worship are still present in certain communities in the provinces, notably in ancestral domains where the people continue to practice their indigenous religions.