primitive religion

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"Animal spirits" sounds like the latest show on the Discovery Channel or the basis of a primitive religion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2012

At Michigan, for example, primitive religion is taught in anthropology classes, the background of the Bible in the Near Eastern studies program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alarmed at the corruption that prevailed in the empire, he sought to restore the ancient customs and to strengthen the primitive religion.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

To study these phenomena in detail is not necessary to the scheme of this book, but belongs rather to the province of primitive religion and law.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall

Beginning in primitive religion as a crude and cheap petition for favors, it becomes in more spiritual religious experience, a lyric cry of emotion, a tranquil and serene expression of the soul's desire.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin