Tag: animism
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Shamanic Birthright
The ancestors of everyone, very, very far back were animists and used shamanism as a tool (from 200,000- 300,000 years ago until about 8000 BCE). While many people think of shamanism in terms of indigenous peoples of today, it actually predates what we call “civilization”. Tribal hunter-gatherers were living in a very different world, not…
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Becoming a True Elder
I’ve been studying shamanic practice with Paul Francis, of the UK. He teaches that the basis of shamanism is animism. Our Hunter-Gatherer forefathers & mothers lived in this kind of culture. They lived harmoniously within their human tribe and with the larger community of non-humans – Animal, Plant, and Stone Peoples. They understood all the…