Unlike religions, animism has no particular founder, does not follow established doctrines or moral codes, and does not imply specific forms of worship. Animism denotes a “worldview consistent with a certain range of religious beliefs and practices, many of which […] survive in more complex and hierarchical religions” (Park). Rather than being considered a religion in its own right, animism is more of a belief system – a belief system that complements and complements many religions around the world, and a belief system upon which most religions are ultimately founded. religions. Animism in its simplest form is the belief that our world is populated not only by physical people, but also by spiritual entities. Those who hold animistic views believe that these spiritual entities are great in number, often residing not only in physical representations such as objects of nature such as trees, streams, and mountains, but that they are also often found in natural events and concepts. , such as thunderstorms, earthquakes, phases of the moon, and even in expressions of emotions such as anger. As argued by Mark Wallace, animism is “the way early civilizations…ascribed a soul to all things, both living and nonliving” (Wallace 218). Indeed, animism was widespread in early religions and provided the solid building blocks for most existing religions