Anyone have a decent grasp on animism? I'm curious whether the animist *worldview* can be analyzed apart from its *worship practices.*
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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.
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 -
@robamacl yeah, clearly the beliefs and behaviors are intertwined. What am I wondering then? See thishttps://twitter.com/kevinsimler/status/639257613235040256 … - 2 more replies
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@KevinSimler Not an expert, but religions are more than personal beliefs or worldviews---they are social expressions of such things. -
@rtoal Yeah that's the point I'm trying to make. I want to locate "religion" in the dancing and totemism, not the animist belief in spirits - 2 more replies
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@KevinSimler y'all need@Meaningness (possibly) -
@sarahdoingthing@KevinSimler I don’t think animism is well-defined though. So saying anything specific about it is probably impossible. - 1 more reply
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@KevinSimler two things that come to mind are this http://rewild.com/anthropik/vault/sorenson-preconquest/and … Everett's Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes -
@KevinSimler re: the piraha, they have a very positivist epistemology, but interact with spirits and even trade names with them - 2 more replies
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@KevinSimler also animism must cover a huge diversity of belief and practice, including other things like shamanism.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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