1 - Defining Animism

Part one of the Green Animism course

[dirtpathart]

Thank you for focusing on animism as navigating relationships with people, only some of whom are humans. I am tired of people defining it as a belief in the souls in objects. It’s not about soul, it’s about personhood, agency and respect.

[aliziafinola]

I love Arith Harger's work! Really excited to see people quoting him.

[danielsmith]

Thank you for putting this so succinctly. I love how you describe animism as a "medicine" - just as you redefined the way we view the term "people", we also tend to think of medicine as those mechanistic, material, chemical, manmade things whereas sometimes all we need is to know we aren't superior; as Leonard Cohen said "A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I learnt that love was out of my control".
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[bukhtawer]

'Be Kind because other people are people too.' I feel like sometimes I am more compassionate to all other beings than other humans. It's hard for sure. Thank you for these videos, these messages are great. I am really enjoying & learning a lot from them.

[salviadorrii]

Nothing like a 20 min video taking 40 min to watch cause I have to keep stopping to take notes. 😂 so much good stuff here, let the unlearning begin🎉.

[tessabohn-carmichael]

Wonderful video! I continue to practice walking through the world more openly accepting of all persons. I always feel like I completely agree conceptually, but that I could still further deconstruct in my behaviors/practices. I've really enjoyed developing a relationship with my local area, biking to work has really helped me in that. Do you happen to have any authors/writings (or maybe even artwork/artists) that you have enjoyed/feel like it has helped continue to deconstruct the more materialist/human supremacist world views? A few currently on my booklist are titles like Sand Talk by Tyson Yankaporta and The Story of B by Daniel Quinn. I would love to hear your thoughts on if any particular texts have stood out to you or impacted you!

[Shiftready]

I'm here with the rest of you all ❤👏

[thesjkexperience]

This Animist is going through a Spiritual Awakening after a NDE ❤. Who knew it was a thing? 😂 Now I know who I am, where I’m going, etc. I’ve added a bit of Buddhism as it’s helped me think more clearly. I see no reason to not be an animist after all I’ve seen ❤😊

[lousalazar]

Good Day can we buy the herbs from you ?

[valknutmeadery]

I love the idea of this, but I find it impossible to respect ALL people when some of them are pedophiles.

[bobreb]

no, sorry, while I buy the people everywhere thing -- I'm sorry, but spirits are not floating past you. Animism has a lot of potential, but adding magic to it will only denigrate the concept.

[PeaceNinja]

Err .. I’m guessing carnivores have no place in animism? lol