A brilliant work about animism and its connection to various fields of religion.This ebook is not a cheap scanned version of the original but has been completely revised, including an interactive table-of-contents.CONTENTS:1. Pre-Human Elements In Religion2. Brain In Animal And Man3. Man In The Making4. Animal And Human Psychology5. Naturalism; Or Conception Of Power Everywhere6. Animism; Or Conception Of Spirit Everywhere7. Theories Of The Nature Of Spirit8. Spirits In Inanimate Things9. Fear - A Constant Element In Animism10. Absence Of Sequence In The Objects Of Worship11. Absentee Gods12. Maleficent Spritis13. Evolution Of Idea Of Benevolent Gods - Earth Mother14. Tree And Animal Worship15. Stone Worship16. Water Worship17 Deification And Worship Of Ancestors