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Nature worship   /nˈeɪtʃər wˈərʃəp/   Listen
noun
Nature  n.  
1.
The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its mental and social phenomena. "But looks through nature up to nature's God." "When, in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal Station which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes that impel them to the Separation." "Nature has caprices which art can not imitate."
2.
The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature; the forces of nature. "I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions."
3.
The established or regular course of things; usual order of events; connection of cause and effect.
4.
Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
5.
The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or thing what it is, as distinct from others; native character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes; peculiar constitution or quality of being. "Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem, Their nature also to thy nature join, And be thyself man among men on earth."
6.
Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality. "A dispute of this nature caused mischief."
7.
Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life. "My days of nature." "Oppressed nature sleeps."
8.
Natural affection or reverence. "Have we not seen The murdering son ascend his parent's bed, Through violated nature force his way?"
9.
Constitution or quality of mind or character. "A born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick." "That reverence which is due to a superior nature."
Good nature, Ill nature. see under Good and Ill.
In a state of nature.
(a)
Naked as when born; nude.
(b)
In a condition of sin; unregenerate.
(c)
Untamed; uncivilized.
Nature printing, a process of printing from metallic or other plates which have received an impression, as by heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the like.
Nature worship, the worship of the personified powers of nature.
To pay the debt of nature, to die.





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"Nature worship" Quotes from Famous Books



... imagination is unfettered but also unfed. First and last, these shepherd folk receive from the immense monotony of their environment the impression of unity.[1182] Therefore all of them, upon outgrowing their primitive fetish and nature worship, gravitate inevitably into monotheism. Their religion is in accord with their whole mental make-up; it is a growth, a natural efflorescence. Therefore it is strong. Its tenets form the warp of all their intellectual fabrics, permeate their meager science and philosophy, ...
— Influences of Geographic Environment - On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography • Ellen Churchill Semple
... motionless summit. The mark of fire is upon it; and though it has passed into a grim repose, it tells of fire and upheaval as truly, though not as eloquently, as the living volcanoes of Hawaii. Here under its shadow one learns how naturally nature worship, and the propitiation of the forces of nature, arose in minds which ...
— A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains • Isabella L. Bird
... we have less certain knowledge, there being but little evidence for the earlier periods; but in the documents relating to religion, the most significant of all, it can at least be said that there is no trace of sharp change. We see evidence of a uniform Nature Worship passing through all the normal stages down to the anthropism in the latest period. There is no appearance of intrusive deities or cult-ideas. We may take it then (and the fact is not disputed even by those who, like Dorpfeld, believe in one thorough racial change, at least, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... nature spirits which the Indian peasants worship to-day and worshipped, as the Pitakas tell us, in the time of the Buddha. For the Vedic deities are such forces as fire and light, wind and water. This is nature worship but the worship of nature generalized, not of some bold rock or mysterious rustling tree. It may be that a migratory life, such as the ancient Aryans at one time led, inclined their minds to these wider views, since neither ...
— Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) - An Historical Sketch • Charles Eliot
... of print. For this historical material I am particularly indebted to the writings of Hargrave Jennings, Richard Payne Knight and Doctor Thomas Inman. Most of the reference matter coming under the general heading of Nature Worship was obtained from comparatively recent sources, such as the publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, of the Smithsonian Institute, and certain publications of the American Museum of Natural History. Frazer's Golden Bough and other writings ...
— The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races - An Interpretation • Sanger Brown, II


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