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Animism is not the same as Pantheism, although the two are sometimes confused.

Some faiths and religions are even both pantheistic and animistic.

One of the main differences is that while animists believe everything to be spiritual in nature, they do not necessarily see the spiritual nature of everything in existence as being united ( monism ), the way pantheists do.

As a result, animism puts more emphasis on the uniqueness of each individual soul.

In Pantheism, everything shares the same spiritual essence, rather than having distinct spirits and / or souls.