Is 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.

Animism is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The belief supernatural beings inhabit ordinary objects and govern the human existence is known as Animism. It is the earliest form of worship and is found in almost all societies around the world e.g Aboriginal people of Australia, tribes of sub-Saharan Africa and Native Americans. The word Animism is made up of Latin roots and means "soul". The followers of animism believe that the physical and spiritual world are connected. It is different from organized religion in which doctrine institutions and sacred literature dominate. The first person to study animism was British anthropologist Sir Edward Tyler.