As if the superstition of the fetishist consisted only in believing that the objects which produce the phaenomena of nature involuntarily, produce them voluntarily.
"Auguste Comte and Positivism"
John-Stuart Mill
The fetishist thinks not merely that his Fetish is alive, but that it can help him in war, can cure him of diseases, can grant him prosperity, or afflict him with all the contrary evils.
"Auguste Comte and Positivism"
John-Stuart Mill
I am content to show that, whatever De Brosses did, we do not abandon a search for the motives of the savage fetishist.
"Modern Mythology"
Andrew Lang