Nature worship is any of a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of
natural phenomenon which are attributed to the continuation of the life process. A
nature deity can be in charge of
nature, the
biosphere, the
cosmos, or the
universe. Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in
theism,
panentheism,
pantheism,
deism,
polytheism,
animism,
totemism,
shamanism, and
paganism. Common to most forms of nature worship is a spiritual focus on the individual's connection and influence on some aspects of the
natural world and
reverence towards it.