#60 animism

#60 animism- the belief that natural objects phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls; in the philosophies of Plato and Pythagoras, the hypothesis that there is an immaterial force that animates the universe

- C19 from Latin anima- vital breath, spirit, animist, animistic

The religion had retained traces of animism, belief in reincarnation, and ancestor worship.

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