Animism Is Not a Belief, It's a Reality

When modern western science encountered animism absolutely everywhere, they assumed that its preva at said something about the people in question. The fact is, the 99 % were normative. They believe through some set of inferences and abstractions. You believe in unseen forces, even though you haven't seen them. Of course, this view can only arise in an era already steeped in abstract thought. In what henry ben called the dead body of an angel. It assumes a pre existing separation between human beings and the natural world. How about this? Our ancestors interaction with the natural world included the experience of what we now call unseen forces. Because we don't see them any more they did.