pre-animism

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• pre — pre·abdomen; pre·acanthella; pre·adamitism; pre·adapt; pre·adaptation; pre·adaptive; pre·admission; pre·adolescence; pre·adult; pre·agonal; pre·am·bu·lar; pre·am·bu·late; pre·amp; pre·amplifier; pre·animism; pre·apprehension; pre·arrange;… …   English syllables

• animism — animist, adj. animistic, adj. /an euh miz euhm/, n. 1. the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls. 2. the belief that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies. 3.… …   Universalium

• Animism — • The doctrine or theory of the soul Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animism     Animism     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• animism —    The belief that everything, whether animate or inanimate, possesses a soul or spirit. It is a fundamental system of belief in the religions of numerous pre industrial societies. In philosophy, the term can be applied to the view that in all… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• Celtic animism — The Celts were animists: they believed that all aspects of the natural world contained spirits, divine entities with which humans could establish a rapport.Miranda Green. (1992:196) Animals in Celtic life and myth . London: Routledge. ISBN… …   Wikipedia

• preanimism — pre·animism …   English syllables

• preanimism — (ˈ)prē+ noun Etymology: pre + animism : a theory that preceding animism there was a definite concept of the supernatural among primitive people; specifically : animatism …   Useful english dictionary

• Robert Ranulph Marett — R. R. Marett (Robert Ranulph Marett) 1866 1943 was a British ethnologist (Jersey 1866 1943). Exponent of the British evolutionary school, he dealt with religious ethnology. In this field he modified the evolutionary scale of religion fixed by… …   Wikipedia

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• Paganism (contemporary religious movements) — For other uses, see Neo Pagan (disambiguation). A Rodnover ritual in modern Russia. Rodnovery is a Pagan religion that attempts to recreate forms of pre Christian Russian religion. Paganism, which is also referred to as contemporary Paganism, Neo …   Wikipedia