Nature worship
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Nature worship describes a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of natural phenomenon which are attributed to the continuation of the life process.[1] A nature deity can be in charge of nature, the biosphere, the cosmos or the universe. Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in theism, panentheism, pantheism, deism, polytheism, animism, totemism, shamanism and paganism. Common to most forms of nature worship is a spiritual focus on the individual's connection and influence on some aspects of the natural world and reverence towards it.[2]
Forms and aspects of nature worship
- Fire worship
- Tree worship
- Animal worship
- Star worship
- Sacred mountains
- Sacred groves
- Sacred herbs
- Holy well
- Megalith
- Standing stone
- Stone circle
- Thunder god
- Totem
- Sky deity
- Water deity
- Naturalistic pantheism
- Naturalistic spirituality
- Gaia philosophy
- Green Man
References
- ↑ A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics edited by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith, p 305
- ↑ The New International Encyclopædia, Volume 14 edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby, pp 288-289
See also
- The sacred way
- Folk religion
- Pantheism
- Shamanism
- Earth religion
- Neopaganism
- White magic
- Goddess worship (disambiguation)
- Natural religion (disambiguation)
- Wildlife totemization
- Category:Sacred sites
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