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 | | Such worship is termed animism, that is, the attribution of a living soul to inanimate objects and natural phenomena. |
 | | Whereas a "rational" man, having stubbed his toe against a stone, would regard it as an accident, an animist may believe that the stone has attacked him and consider it to be something unfriendly or even malevolent, and, if sufficiently in awe of it, may even turn the stone into an object of worship. |
 | | Animists believe that the souls attached to inanimate objects can detach themselves and become "spirits," which are able to take any form they choose and which pose a threat to men, for they are always looking for an opportunity to enter the bodies of men and animals. |
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