nature worship
- a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- love of nature.
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Origin of nature worship
First recorded in 1865–70
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Historical Examples
Our author (p. 217) regards Totemism as synonymous with Nature-Worship.
Social Origins and Primal LawAndrew Lang
This feeling differs from the Nature-worship of poets like Wordsworth and Shelly.
The Vagabond in LiteratureArthur Rickett
They are pure savages; their only religion is a kind of nature-worship.
It was a combination of nature-worship with the luxury that was born of wealth.
Early Israel and the Surrounding NationsArchibald Sayce
Their own masses were for centuries given up to nature-worship.
Scientific Essays and LecturesCharles Kingsley