Animism EXPLAINED: Sacred Objects (Episode 2)

In the second video in a series exploring animism, Join Gordon as he visits a giant outdoor stupa and then the museums of Australia's capital city
Discover:
🧿 What makes an 'object' a person.
🧿 How so-called modern humans have never actually been modern.
🧿 What we can learn from the 'primitive accumulation' of sacred objects.
🧿 How agency works outside the human sphere.
This is the second in a video series covering the key metaphysical aspects of animism. Watch the first video here:
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Gordon is chaos magician, shamanic practitioner, podcaster, author and permaculture designer with a background in data and analytics gained at some of the world's largest media companies. He is the author of four books on magic, animism and star lore: Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits, The Chaos Protocols, Pieces of Eight and Ani.Mystic: Encounters With A Living Cosmos.
When not travelling, Gordon hosts his weekly show, Rune Soup, from a small permaculture farm in southern Tasmania.

[@frost8077]

There was an Egyptian objects tour I visited for a high school field trip when it came to Fort Lauderdale and thinking about the history of the objects was such a weird experience. I was looking down at one of the objects, thinking about all of the generations of people that handled the object, and it gave me an unsettling feeling like the way you would feel swimming over extremely deep water. It almost felt like I was falling into the object, as if it was more of a building to enter than just something to wear. It certainly had a presence to it as if you could interact with it on a telepathic level. At the time, it was too much for me, so I had to walk away from the heavy pressure it was emitting. Now, I would like to meditate in a museum of objects.

[@69Jackjones69]

I'd like to hear Gordon's impression of the magical atmosphere in Paducah, Kentucky. As I understand it from growing up there, there is a kindly spirit/genuis loci watching over the place. After I die I'd like to become one of its guardian spirits, bringing joy and magic to the residents.

[@chrisd6982]

I love how intense Padmasambavha is in his facial expression... "He's one of our own..."

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Interesting food for thought!! Thank You so Much Again!! Namasté 🙏🕊️💞 Andréa and Critters. ...XxX....

[@christopherlgreen]

Love this guy. Wish I had more time to think about this kind of thing. Accumulation reminds me of a line from “The Peril That Lurks Among Ruins” by Clark Ashton Smith: “…they are not as the shadows of natural objects, for human time has accumulated in them like unswept dust, and memories of the dead cluster there…”. I would guess that objects you are referring to hold some interest or attraction for the other actors you mention.

[@Mitsubachicats]

Nice. You left me on a cliffhanger. 😅

[@AndreaDingbatt]

I'm definitely looking forward to part 3 !! Much appreciated, thank you very much indeed! 🙂 Namasté.🙏🕊️💞 Andréa and Critters. .. .XxX.

[@lizsmalley160]

As always, really interesting, even the bits I'm not sure about

[@reinori8322]

About 2 years ago I took a great fall - Several pounds of titanium, a fistful of cadaver bone, a half million dollars, and the King's men were able to keep me out of a wheelchair. The titanium definitely "does something", but I give it zero agency. Nor do I consider it part of me any more than I consider a pair of boots part of me. I have not really given the bone donation with as much consideration as I should, (God, please bless the donor). Truthfully, my life has been mostly shit over the same period of time; with addiction, depression, and grief flowing over me like a tide. I lost most everything: Friends. Income. Lovers. Piece of Mind. When every step hurts, it is difficult to be grateful on moment by moment basis. Perhaps I need to sit with this and assimilate what these "objects" mean.

[@anndebaldo7381]

Thanks so much! A lot to contemplate. I particularly appreciate the way you talk about telling the difference between an "object" that is sacred and those that perhaps don't fall into that category - it's a FELT sense for me. What you say makes a lot of sense. Looking forward to part #3!

[@kingchief4038]

This was episode is a 10 out of 10 👏 The fact that you somehow made Canberra interesting is something no school teacher has ever achieved.. Give this man some letters before his name

[@RuneSoup]

I know, right? Wyrd Canberra. It could totally happen.

[@kingchief4038]

@@RuneSoup I think you should tour schools with this presentation absolutely fantastic

[@taionorbanus5101]

In my experience everything has some spirit. The more "life" the more spirit. The more spirit the greater the odds of being awake. The more awake the more agency. Story and experience are life.

[@johnnewton8017]

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[@LadyVTavora]

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[@demo3456]

Cembra was made when? 1911 that is all you gotta say to me its always 9s and 11s with those people