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
In primitive society it is the prevailing method of activity, and primitive religion is entirely a matter of ritual.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Anthropology has long since taught us that primitive religion is not confined to a worship of the stars.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The Sumerian element continued to survive in the Babylonian people, and the magic which was its primitive religion survived also.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
