animistic
Seeing souls everywhere
Animistic describes beliefs or practices rooted in animism—the view that natural objects, phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls or spirits.
An animistic worldview sees rivers, mountains, animals, and even storms as spiritually alive, not merely physical.
The term appears most often in anthropological discussions of indigenous religions: Many animistic traditions hold that ancestors continue to influence the living.
Liquor or apparitions
- soulsImmaterial human essences
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
- totemsSpiritual clan symbols
pantheon · polytheism · shamanism · mythology · afterlife · reincarnation · veneration · worship
Reality itself is holy
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
esoteric · mysticism · soulful · cosmic · reverence · sanctity · sublime · interconnectedness
Indigenous spiritual healer
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
chants · ancestors · divination · amulet · fetish · incantation · exorcism · taboo
Of a clan
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
shamanic · totemic · precolonial · folklore · autochthonous · customary · clan · heritage
spirits
Liquor or apparitions
- soulsImmaterial human essences
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- deitiesWorshipped supernatural beings
totems · pantheon · polytheism · shamanism · mythology · afterlife · reincarnation · veneration · worship · divinity
pantheism
Reality itself is holy
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- numinousSpiritually awesome, beyond ordinary
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
metaphysical · esoteric · mysticism · soulful · cosmic · reverence · sanctity · sublime · interconnectedness · immanence
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
altar · chants · ancestors · divination · amulet · fetish · incantation · exorcism · taboo · rites
tribal
Of a clan
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- nativeOriginating from a place
- ancestralOf one's forebears
traditional · shamanic · totemic · precolonial · folklore · autochthonous · customary · clan · heritage · ethnology
spirits
Liquor or apparitions
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- floraPlants of a region
- faunaAnimal life collectively
wildlife · forest · river · mountain · tree · stone · animals · plants · elements · natural
animisticmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
materialistic · mechanistic · naturalistic · atheistic · secular
animisticscientific
Of or using research methods
rationalist · empirical · positivist · Enlightenment · modern
animisticmonotheistic
Believing one god exists
atheistic · agnostic · transcendentalist · deistic · secular