WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Indian-origin religions, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, the animistic aspects of nature worship and ecological conservation are part of the core belief system.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in pantheism, panentheism, deism, polytheism, animism, totemism, shamanism, some theism and paganism including Wicca.

Detailed explanation-3: -Here, Buddhism is concerned with ‘otherworldly’ goals of better rebirth and spiritual liberation (the attainment of nirvana), while animism is concerned with ‘worldly’ aims of bettering one’s lot in the present lifetime [28].

Detailed explanation-4: -However, the difference is that animism focuses more on individual spirits; from an animistic perspective, every being has a soul and is connected within the spirit world. Unlike in pantheism, in animism everything does not exist as one spirit, namely God.