Karl is a follower of animism. He is most likely to believe that:

a. animals do not have souls.
b. individual spirits exist in all individual things in nature.
c. the dead are never reborn.
d. a shaman can talk to holy spirits.


b. individual spirits exist in all individual things in nature.

Analysis:
a, c & d. Incorrect. The appearance of the sacred in dreams and visions is a key element of animism.
b. Correct. Animism, from the Latin anima, "soul, spirit," is the belief that individual spirits exist not only in people, but also in all individual things in nature.

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