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Animism vs Shamanism - What's the difference?

animism | shamanism |

As nouns the difference between animism and shamanism

is that animism is a belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena while shamanism is a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.

animism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
  • A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  • (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

    • See also

    * ("animism" on Wikipedia)

    shamanism

    English

    (wikipedia shamanism)

    Noun

  • a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world