Animism

[Luis Fok]

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper
principle of life and development in the body.

[Michiko]

The [attribution] of a [discrete] indwelling spirit to every material form of reality such as plants, stones, and so on, and to [natural phenomena] such as storms, earthquakes, and the like.

[Sommer]

the belief that all natural things, such as plants, animals, rocks, and thunder, have spirits and can influence human events