The Experience of Ecstasy, philiosopher Simon Critchley explains why the only proof of animism he knows is music ...

Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should ...

The wedding of Filipino visual artist Jeudi “Bam” Garibay and Indian dance artist Ashna Katoch gave me the chance to visit India once again this week. I first came to India 15 years ...

Japan’s society is growing more secular with time, but Shinto – a belief in animism, gods, spirits, and mythical creatures – will always be an important part of the culture. All of Japan's ...