...likeness; continuing to exist and appear to men after the death of that body; able to enter into, and possess, and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even things." Tylor, Primitive Culture, third edition, vol. 1, p. 429. It is obvious that modern spiritism...

...been condensed. 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." l Since the publication of " Primitive Culture," the origin of Animism has been the subject of much...

...appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body of which it bears the likeness, and able to enter into, possess, and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things inanimate. When the sleeper awakens from a dream, lie believes that his soul has really been away,...

...superseded. 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.' J The persistence of the belief in such a semi-material ghost soul is a most interesting fact. We find...

...really superseded. 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...in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things.'1 The persistence of the belief in such a semi-material ghost soul is a most interesting fact....

...particular phantasm separate from the body of which it bears the likeness; continuing to exist and to appear to men after the death of that body; able to...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." 1 In this connection he particularly mentions the importance of the shadow in such conceptions as we...

...phantasm, separate from the body, of which it bears the likeness, continuing to exist and appear to man after the death of that body, able to enter into,...bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things." Such was the conception of those who could not think, except in terms of matter — matter which might...

...likeness; continuing to exist and 1 Primitive Culture (London: Murray, 1915), Vol. I, p. 285. •J&W,p.427. appear to men after the death of that body; able to...act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even things.' The indeterminateness of this notion as an interpretative principle is obvious. What is thunder?...

...mostly impalpable and invisible, yet also manifesting physical power . . . able to enter into . . . and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things."114 If most of us do not think of these entities as spiritual, it is because they lack such...

...continuing to live, for a time at least, after the body is dead and buried." "Soul" or "spirit" is defined as follows: It is a thin unsubstantial human...act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even in things. Tylor cited dreams as being one source of the belief in souls, for human shapes and forms...