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Modern Animism, A Very Convoluted Guide
by Sarah-Jayne Black
Modern Animism (the podcast) investigates the rise of Animism as a folk religion.it is estimated that folk religions are the fastest growing religion in the world with a 58% growth in the Uk and a 158% growth in America, (not to mention its growth and prominence in Asia, Africa and South America).so, why should this be?In this series we'll be exploring folklore, fairy tales, quantum theory, Nationalism, alternate realities, Art and Gaia theory.Along with philosophy, sociology and Anthropology musings, we will introduce a few real techniques from indigenous societies and the hosts own experiences, until we understand what has occurred to put the modern into modern Animism.
Episodes
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magic circle building
IN this episode we look at worldwide magic circle building traditions, and, how the animist traditions relate to the cosmic egg, the axis mundi and the world tree. (with instructions on what all the component parts of a circle mean).
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Animism, from China to America
Dualism, Social Conviviality, libation, narcotics! How American Animisms came into being and how they differ from other models.
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Southern Asian Animism
In the last few episodes, we have been looking at Western Animism, Analogism, daughter culture, duality and triadic animisms. This is our opportunity to compare this to Animisms that are occurring in Asia, specifically, dharmic animism, community animisms (people who live with leopards, take…
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Northern forms of Animism (part 2)
In this podcast we cover dragons, fire rituals and the rites of passage found in northern forms of Animism between Scandinavia to Siberia
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Northern forms of Animism (part 1)
So, how does Nordic, Scandi or Siberian Animism differ from the Indo-European forms anyway? Firstly, it's had more contact with Shamanism, leading from duality to triadic relationships. Secondly, the personhood is darker, less related to daughter culture, due to the climate. Thirdly, the…
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The Cosmic Egg and the Tree of life
in this episode we turn away from the Indo-European version of animism and start to look at how animism spread from Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan towards the Baltic area. this podcast looks at the mythology of the tree of life and the cosmic egg, these might be universal themes across many…
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Indio-European Animism and its daughter culture
In this episode we look again at dualism, in this instance how western dualism helps create daughter culture, where personhood, humanity and divinity are in relationships with each other (and how this becomes expressed as mother earth, sky father etc.) Other dualities also exist, these are based…
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Duality and Deity
In this episode, we look at Paleolithic European Animism and its dualism. as mentioned in our episode on Animacy, European gender nouns are the remnants of an older Animism that once existed in our society. but how does this older Animism hold up against our modern beliefs. How has shamanism…
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Animacy, Gender and Goddess culture
In this episode, we look at European Paleolithic Animism, How language conventions inform our understanding about the type of Animism that was practiced in the past. The creation of duality and the goddess culture.
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How New Animism came to be invented.
In this episode, we look at how new Animism came to be invented, the difference between old animism and new animism, the fall of the Soviet block, anti-imperialist sentiment, self-help. the loss of belief in spirit forms and the growth of belief in a central universal force. the end of psychic...
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Freewill/Karma and the Pathway System
Freewill is the belief in an internal decision-making process, used in the Abrahamic religions to help you to make moral choices. Karma disputes Freewill by claiming that instead of our being capable of utilizing Freewill, a lot of our activity is predetermined by outside influences, most...
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The evolution from Analogue to Classical Animism
In this Episode we look at how Chinese mythology, Chinese medicine has vague similarities to North American Animism. We know that humans crossed the land bridge to America 50 thousand years ago and took Animism with them, but the practices in China (Shenism) are Analogue in practice and are more...
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New Animism and Analogism
In the 1960's Animism took a new form: New Animism. However, the old classical Animism also took the opportunity to reinvent itself into new forms as a responce to this. This episode covers the difference in Animism in Europe/Australia/America and explains why these differentiations exist....
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Hyper-seperation
A very short discussion upon the concept of hyper-separation and how it applies to Animistic thinking. (Continuing on from our discussion on Cartian dualism).
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Season 2 recap
Welcome to season 2 of Modern Animism, This is a recap session, but also an excellent starting point for people who are new to Animism or Animistic philosophy, it covers Cartian philosophy, "I think therefore I am", and explains how this pro-Abrahamic religion type of philosophy is completely…
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The Animistic rituals associated with water
In Europe we are blessed with a high number of holy wells, some of the traditions associated with these sites are Christian, others are Celtic or Roman. but then other holy well sites date back to the Neolithic period. Utilizing the power of wells for healing is possibly a later Christian…
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Folklore, storytelling and movies.
In this episode we look at Dark Vitalism, Critical Animism, Folk Horror and how Animism has influenced our Entertainment Industry especially Manga and Disney). Yet also, Animism in modern media is creating new forms of Animism that counter Modernism and Industrialization.
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Animism, Diet and Commensality
This podcast covers food for spirits, offering that are given, rituals surrounding food, vitalistic empowerment, commensality - ritual dining, Also contains a small amount of information on Holy water, blessed salt, holy landscapes.
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A Retracted God
Very few Animists are Atheists! 80% of indigenous tribal Animists live with the concept of a retracted God, where deity is no longer actively running the world (has no omnipotence/ Omnipresence) is dormant or gone. This episode ties into the concept of Naturism (that the world runs entirely by...
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Dark Vitalism
In this podcast we look at how Supernatural Animism is used as a literary device, specifically, Dark Animism and horror, Moral vitalism and Disney. (Shelly, Lovecraft and Poe) Vitalism promotes supernatural forces which follow human bidding, but this is only because these Animistic forces follow…
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Animism's effect upon morality
In this podcast we look at how Animism denies Descartes and Rousseau philosophy. There should be no duality between physicality and consciousness that Cartian philosophy suggest, (for the purposes of environmentalism, animal welfare and general morality). The growth of Animism has been linked to...
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What is Naturism?
This is the shortest podcast ever, looking at the similarities between Animism and Naturism, The synthesis of Animism and Naturism The types of philosophies Animistic Naturism deny
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Animal souls
In theory, an Animist believes that all objects have a soul, but there are some folk religions where there are instances that disregard this belief for logistic reasons. Sometimes animals are commodities, sometimes Animistic beliefs are represented by specific animal behavior, Sometimes the...
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Forms of Animism, part 2
In this podcast we look at all forms of animism, social relations, vitalism. panpsychism, panspiritism, Hylozoism and new animism. looking at discerning a way of locating the differences between these approaches.
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Forms of Animism, part 1
In this podcast we describe two forms of Animism, Social contract vs Vitalism This discusses paganism, The wee folk, folklore, Vampires and Frankenstein vs Spirits as Neighbours and family members.
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What is New Animism?
If you believe that an inorganic substance has life, what would this imply for human morality? test question: Which do Animists believe in? Objects that have life because they are imbued with energy. Objects have life because they have a soul. Objects have life because they have a consciousness....
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Animism vs Shamanism
In this podcast we discuss the differences between Animism and Shamanism. For instance, did you know that only 2/5 of Traditional Animists believe in Gods? only 4/5 believe in an afterlife? So, whilst the two beliefs are closely related, (4/5 Animists believe in Shamanism), Animism is entirely...
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Introduction
This is the latest introduction to Modern Animism; it explains what exactly the podcast Modern Animism is actively attempting to cover. It states how modern Animism is defined when compared to traditional, new or neo-Animism. I.E what exactly the podcast is trying to explain.
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Modern Animism (the podcast) investigates the rise of Animism as a folk religion.it is estimated that folk religions are the fastest growing religion in the world with a 58% growth in the Uk and a 158% growth in America, (not to mention its growth and prominence in Asia, Africa and South America).so, why should this be?In this series we'll be exploring folklore, fairy tales, quantum theory, Nationalism, alternate realities, Art and Gaia theory.Along with philosophy, sociology and Anthropology musings, we will introduce a few real techniques from indigenous societies and the hosts own experiences, until we understand what has occurred to put the modern into modern Animism.
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Sarah-Jayne Black
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