Anyone have a decent grasp on animism? I'm curious whether the animist *worldview* can be analyzed apart from its *worship practices.*
I want to draw a clean line between the two. I also want to say that "religion" resides in the worship practices, not in the beliefs.
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But for all I know, that's folly. Also the intertubes have too much info for me to sift through. Help?
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@KevinSimler not an expert, but two problems I see. What we would call religious belief and behavior is not distinct in the world view - 3 more replies
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@KevinSimler I don’t think you can create the division. Rituals can’t be extracted from daily life. There is a fusion between the two. -
@sscotty yeah I'm sure you're right. Here's what I'm struggling with: There's an easy parallel between animist "spirits" and farmer "gods" - 3 more replies
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@KevinSimler “Among the languages of American Indians there is no word for ‘art,’ because for Indians everything is art.” -The Primal Mind -
@sscotty Is that really true? Color me skeptical... - 5 more replies
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