...so adroitly presented by Doctor Tylor. His own words, introducing his doctrines of "Animism," are: "Spiritual beings are held to affect or control the...naturally, and it might almost be said inevitably, to active reverence and propitiation."1 Hence we have his account of numerous evidences of a faith...

...so adroitly presented by Doctor Tylor. His own words, introducing his doctrines of "Animism," are: "Spiritual beings are held to affect, or control the...their existence leads naturally, and it might almost l>e said inevitably, to active reverence and propitiation." J Hence we have his account of numerous...

...constitute a religion. — CP Tiele, Encyc. Britt., Art " Religions." (3) Relation of Belief to Worship.— Spiritual beings are held to affect or control the...existence leads naturally, and it might almost be said inevitablv, sooner or later, to active reverence and propitiation. — E. B Tylor, " Primitive Culture."...

...own.' ' It divides,' writes Professor Tylor, who invented the name, 'into two great dogmas forming part of one consistent doctrine : first, concerning souls...belief in their existence leads naturally, and it might also be said No. 26 CL, O S — inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus...

...' It divides,' writes Professor Tylor, who invented the name, ' into two great dogmas forming part of one consistent doctrine : first, concerning souls...belief in their existence leads naturally, and it might also be said No. 26 z u I inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus Animism,...

...upward to the rank of powerful deities. Spiritual beings are held to affect or control the «vents of the material world, and man's life here and hereafter...belief in their existence leads naturally, and it might also be said inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus Animism, in its...

...rejection of, ancestral faiths ; and such newer developments do not affect the present enquiry as to the fundamental religious condition of mankind. Animism...and it might almost be said inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus Animism in its full development, includes the belief...

...souls of individual creatures, capable of continued existence after the death or destruction of Jhe body ; second, concerning other spirits, upward to...and it might almost be said inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus Animism in its full development, includes the belief...

...rejection of, ancestral faiths; and such newer developments do not affect the present enquiry as to the fundamental religious condition of mankind. Animism...and it might almost be said inevitably, sooner or later to active reverence and propitiation. Thus Animism, in its full development, includes the belief...

...animist not passive objects but entities with good and bad intentions. In this context, Tylor writes, "spiritual beings are held to affect or control the...material world, and man's life here and hereafter" (1977:426). Tylor's definition of animism has been criticized by many authors (Hamilton, 1995:45-54)....