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“Anima mundi (Latin) is the world soul, a pure ethereal spirit, which was proclaimed by some ancient philosophers to be diffused throughout all nature. It was thought to animate all matter in the same sense in which the soul was thought to animate the human.

‘Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence … a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.’ —Plato, Timaeus, 29/30; 4th century BCE”


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This entry was written by enjoying autumn, posted on December 4, 2008 at 11:27 am.

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  1. The Necromancer
    Posted December 4, 2008 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    Good quote. The idea of the anima has had a whole host of fascinating permutations over the years. Moreover, seeing animism as inherently “primitive” is totally missing the point…

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