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• pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …   Universalium

• 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

• АНИМИЗМ И АНИМАТИЗМ — (Ан.) и (Ат.), религиеведческие концепции XIX XX вв., разработанные в научно философской традиции эволюционизма, основоположниками к рой были Ч. Р. Дарвин и Г. Спенсер. Теория Ан. предложена брит. антропологом Э. Б. Тайлором в работе «Первобытная …   Православная энциклопедия

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• Bön — [Although the Wylie transcription of the Tibetan spelling is just bon , the umlaut is conventionally added above the o to more nearly suggest the Tibetan pronunciation of the vowel.] (bo|t=བོན་|w=bon|l=pʰø̃̀(n)) is the oldest spiritual tradition… …   Wikipedia

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• Paleolithic religion — The origin and early development of religion falls into the Paleolithic. Religious behaviour had certainly emerged by the Upper Paleolithic, before 30,000 years ago at the latest, [ Andre Leroi Gourhan and Annette Michelson, The Religion of the… …   Wikipedia