Animism
Animism is the belief that inanimate natural objects (like rocks or rivers) are animate living things , or contain souls or spiritual forces.
Webster Dictionary Meaning
1. Animism
- The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper
principle of life and development in the body.- The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
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