Introduction

According to Sir Edward b. Tylor, animism means the belief in spirits. E.B. Taylor in his famous book “primitive culture” developed “the thesis of animism” and subsequently he developed the distinction between “magic, religion and science”. in his thesis of animism, he advocated that ‘anima’ means ‘spirit’. “animism” refers to “a given form of religion in which man finds the presence of spirit in every object that surrounds him”.

  1. The soul exist independently of its physical home therefore aise the idea of belief in spiritual being.
  2. Religion in the of animism developed to satisfy the intellectual need of human being, to make sense of death, dream and vision.
  3. Spiritual being late developed into God
  4. He talked about the 5 stages in the society.
  5. Animism is the religion of primitive society and monotheistic religion is the religion of modern society.

Can anyone suggest.what are basis we can differentiate E B Tylor animism from Max Muller naturism.

Bases can be