(June 17, 2013 at 3:51 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Wow this one again. The primitive tribe actually do have a spiritual practice that's obscured to make the story.
They think some of the things they see or hear are spirits. They make amulets to ward them off. That seems to be the full extend of their 'spiritual practice'.
The form their belief in spirits takes is interesting: they believe in an 'other world' of spirits that they can't perceive. If they hear a monkey but cannot see it, they may conclude it is a spirit monkey they are hearing from the other world. The guidance of the spirits isn't sought, they are merely a hazard to be avoided.
I'd say there is a difference between being superstitious and having a spiritual practice.
