- published: 16 Jun 2016
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Animism (from Latin anima "soul, life") refers to a set of beliefs that revolve around the existence of non-human "spiritual beings" or similar kinds of embodied principles. The core beliefs of animism are held in common by a diverse group of people, primarily the world's remaining "primitive" tribal peoples and many of the living descendants of tribal peoples previously colonized.
Animism encompasses the beliefs that there is no separation between the spiritual and physical (or material) world, and souls or spirits exist, not only in humans, but also in all other animals, plants, rocks, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment. Animism may further attribute souls to abstract concepts such as words, true names, or metaphors in mythology. Examples of Animism can be found in forms of Shinto, Serer, Hinduism, Buddhism, Pantheism, Paganism, and Neopaganism.
Throughout European history, philosophers such as Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, among others, contemplated the possibility that souls exist in animals, plants, and people; however, the currently accepted definition of animism was only developed in the 19th century by Sir Edward Tylor, who created it as "one of anthropology's earliest concepts, if not the first".
When he cannot see the shadow unrelating & slowly
Anymore he's destined to die
Beware of crossing & treading by the light of sun
The burial of the tomb
And then I've seen my double painted in a portrait
Who looks at me from a mirror
Animism The latent part of demons
Animism Manifestation of hidden
Animism Beside double of shadows
Inspired or kill me!!!
I must realize my double before seeing my body image
The dream shows me my "own other" while I am the other
Look at me
A strict relation between Gemini's obsession &
Anguish of death
Schizophrenic presence stands beyond the door
Alone in deep silence to reflect my trouble
I am walking hanged 'til the dark room
Mother & daughter double of nightmare
She's calling her name
Between the conflict schizophrenic Christ
And his other antichrist
His other in the reign of dream reflects
On water surface
The shadows of the soul of aldrego in the night