I.   Introductory provisions

Animism is the term used to describe a wide variety of historic and contemporary belief systems whereby it is acknowledged there is no permanent or impervious separation between the spiritual (awareness) and physical (material) world and that the concept of “soul” or “spirit” exists not only in Homo Sapiens but in all other animals, plants, rocks and natural phenomena and ecosystems.

The word Animism as it is used today was first created by Edward Taylor in the 19th Century. The word Animism is derived from the Latin word anima meaning “soul, life”.

Whilst the word Animism is relatively recent, it describes an ancient belief system whereby all life, Earth and matter is made of the same substance as existence; Hence Animism is compatible with the belief of the Unique Collective Awareness.