...shadow ; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing thex personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things. Though this definition is by no means of universal application, it has sufficient generality to be...

...yet also manifesting physical power, and especially appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantom separate from the body of which it bears the likeness...bodies of other men, of animals and even of things." 2 These conclusions, drawn from the experience of dreaming, are not much more primitive than the opinions...

...described by Tylor : — It is " a thin, unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." It is "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual, personal existence." 1...

...may be defined as follows : It is a thin unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things. Though this definition is by no means of universal application, it has sufficient generality to be...

...languages. densed. He writes : " It is a thin, unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." 1 Since the publication of " Primitive Culture," the origin of Animism has been the subject of much...

...of leaving the body far behind mostly impalbable and invisible, yet also manifesting physical power continuing to exist and appear to men after the death...other men, of animals, and even of things. "| This does not mean that primitive man had our modern conception of "spirit" or "immaterial." "What the primitive...

...the body of which it bears the likeness; continuing to exist and appear to men aller the death of the body; able to enter into, possess and act in the bodies of other men, of animals and even of things." Ausser dieser Zusammenfassung der animistischen Erscheinungen hat TYLOR in seinem Werke Voraussetzungen...

...yet also manifesting physical power, and especially appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantom separate from the body of which it bears the likeness;...in the bodies of other men, of animals and even of things."2 These conclusions, drawn from the experience of dreaming, -are not much more primitive than...

...appearing to men, waking or asleep, as a phantam separate from the body of which it bears the likeness ; able to enter into, possess, and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." The Burmese also believe that this soul or spirit is capable of leaving its living tenement, either...

...likeness; continuing to exist and appear to man after the death of that body; able to enter into possession and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." This, or something like it, was the conception of soul inherited from far off times by all historic peoples...