Animism : The Seed of Religion

Contents: 1. Prehuman elements in religion. 2. Brain in animal and man. 3. Man in the making. 4. Animal and human psychology. 5. Naturalism; or, Conception of power everywhere. 6. Animism; or, Conception of spirit everywhere. 7. Theories of the nature of spirit. 8. Spirits in inanimate things. 9. Fear a constant element in animism. 10. Absence of sequence in the objects of worship. 11. Absentee Gods. 12. Maleficent spirits. 13. Evolution of idea of benevolent Gods: Earth-mother. 14. Tree and animal worship. 15. Stone worship. 16. Water worship. 17. Deification and worship of ancestors. Bibliography.