Animism Quotes

“We believe that the spirit pervades all creation and that every creature possesses a soul in some degree, though not necessarily a soul conscious of itself.”

“We believe that the spirit pervades all creation and that every creature possesses a soul in some degree.”

“Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit.”

“Every sound has a soul.”

“Animism is the groundwork of the Philosophy of Religion, from that of savages up to that of civilized man.”

“The savage intellectual doctrine of souls is not a mere chaotic heap of miscellaneous fancies.”