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It implies the doctrine of spirits in general, and is most effective expressed by “Animated Nature”. Fetishism is a subordinate division of animism, viz, the doctrine of spirits embodied in, or attached to, or conveying influence by means of, specific animals or material objects. The animism of Tylor differs tiny from the naturalism of Reville or the fetishism of De Ia Rialle. It thus explains the belief in the passage of souls from guys to beasts, and to sticks and stones. The classic hamadrya, the tree-worship of the South African natives, the rice-feasts held by the Dyaks of Borneo to...