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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@sarahdoingthing yes, this I believe too. But I want to separate that from worship/costly signaling/social cohesion. Is that dangerous?
@sarahdoingthing A related question: Did farmer gods evolve (culturally) out of animistic spirit-thinking?
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@KevinSimler it's plausible - Vietnam and Thailand-style Buddhism still seems pretty animist, middle-class western-educated people with... -
@KevinSimler well-tended little ancestor shrines that get daily attention
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