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Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia - Animism
In religion, the term "Animism" is used in a number of ways. Animism (from animus, or anima, mind or soul), originally means the doctrin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Evil Spirits
Side by side with the doctrine of separable souls with which we have so far been concerned, exists the belief in a great host of unattach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Origins
Early ideas on the subject of the soul, and at the same time the origin of them, can be illustrated by analysis of the terms applied to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And The Origin Of Religion
Two animistic theories of the origin of religion have been put forward. The one, often termed the "ghost theory," mainly associated with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Differences Between Animism And Religion
Animism is commonly described as the most primitive form of religion, but properly speaking it is not a religion at all. Animism is in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Object Souls
Some cultures do not make a distinction between animate and inanimate objects. Natural phenomenon, geographic features, everyday objects,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Overview
In some animistic worldviews found in hunter-gatherer cultures, the human being is often regarded as on a roughly equal footing with anim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Plant Souls
Just as human souls are assigned to animals, so too are trees and plants often credited with souls, both human and animal in form. All ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And Death
In many parts of the world it is held that the human body is the seat of more than one soul. On the island of Nias four are distinguished...   » Read the article