SRS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Edward Burnett Tylor, Tropical And Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests, Edial

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: SRS 1110
• Professor: Shelley Rabinovitch

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Edwards tylor created animism: a belief in spirit being that animate all living things. The belief in the existence of a spirit entity residing within a person appears to be a natural one that grows out of simple observations about life. Soul: is used to label the non-corporal, spiritual component of an individual. Soul that takes on the personality of the individual. Soul usually has an existence after death, at least for some period of time. Dreams soul leaves the body and travels rapidly through space. Dangerous to wake someone up, might not be enough time for the soul to return from its travels, and the soul might be lost. Illness may be caused by the soul having left the body. Soul that survives death reinforced when a loved one feels the presence of the deceased or experiences visits from the deceased in dreams. Soul may be full sized or small. Oul (cid:373)a(cid:455) e(cid:454)ist as a perso(cid:374)"s shado(cid:449)