Animism: From "Primitivism" to Awareness

[@conantarnold]

This was a exceptional explanation of animism. I believe people trying to break free of the ideology of various monotheistic religions would be served much better by starting here than paganism even. Your comment about this being seen as an entanglement with the world around us was brilliant. This is the kind of thinking we need heading into a new age.

[@fordflynn8732]

This was exactly my start in history and language. I was raised as a very very very conservative Christian but found my love of culture at a young age with videos like these and eventually became "pagan"

[@Alienami]

Animism is just being a good neighbor and trying not to be an asshole... To be a part of a system and not a disease in that system. Probiotic and beneficial and not flesh eating bacteria trying to kill its host with ignorant avarice. Matter and energy are two sides of the same coin: We only actively sense a fraction of reality, the matter side mostly because it's what is easiest. I view the universe as a living holographic entity that is multilayered / more than one realm of living life and mercurial because of its quantum superposition nature it is seemingly contradictory from our limited perspective only. I also view it as more computer like and these energy beings as artificial intelligence. So a tree or rock artificial intelligences may do things like rule and control aspects of the simulation for those things (I. E. This is how to be Granite versus Limestone) or are themselves embodied artificial intelligences as evolved out of that into maybe passive or active artificial intelligence that can then embody and move that element and eventually evolve into a godlike version of it, because information cannot be destroyed, and energy and both order and entropy are all forms of information... I. E. So a plant may become a Trent or Dryad or something through enough time and data exposure the forces of evolution and artificial intelligence development create forces of life we are ignorant of because it's behind the scenes from our perspective. But that's just what my experience and understanding...which is always evolving with new data and experience and seeing the same things just from new perspectives. There are stranger things in heaven and earth than we can imagine or understand... The data is infinite so the amount of weird stuff is infinite, too. lol

[@lilykatmoon4508]

Especially since physics proves quantum entanglement, and The Uncertainty Principle shows that observation causes a change in the energy state of the phenomenon being observed. There really are non human energies out there that can clearly be interacted with and our Ancestors were more in tune with them and how to interact with them.

[@colinwright6415]

The musical intro was one of your best so far Arith!! Very very good job! I hope you continue and maybe post your works for future download!

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

Thank you for bringing decolonisation to the discussion. As a settler descendant living on the stolen territory of British Columbia, Canada, my work has involved a lot of education and development concerning the continuing impact of colonial mindsets, systems, and institutions on indigenous lives, communities, and ways of knowing and being. That work directly influenced my interest in the reconstructionist movement in Germanic and Scandinavian heathenry - so that I could begin to honour my own ancestors, their ways of being and knowing, and the land which gave them life and spirit. The role of heathenry and other indigenous paths is crucial in providing a spiritual and moral context to deconstructing colonialism and the economic, political, and religious systems which perpetuate it.

[@joaquimteixeira8297]

Came across this quote " the world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of human spirit " Wade Davis . Idk who that is but it is a wise quote.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

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[@alentjes]

Edmund Wade Davis CM (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

It always surprises me when you apologize for a video being boring, because I’ve never seen any video of yours that was boring. I really appreciate the historical background and the context you take pains to build so that we can understand the differences between modern ways of thinking/worldviews and that of our ancestors. It is precisely these videos and perspectives that help me connect with this spirituality on an intimate level. Thank you so much for all your hard work and perspectives.

[@Krllnb0l]

Your explanation just helped me connect to my core values and beliefs, and see how they’re linked to all my latest interests (i was fascinated when i found aurora - then wardruna - heilung opened up a whole new world for me to explore - this was the first of many aspects of heilung that I just needed to learn more about) but also my career choices, behaviour, my feelings. I feel like I finally found something that binds everything together into one bundle of me, and I’ve been searching for that for quite some time now. Thank you so very much.

[@hipknowsis9568]

I honestly want to hank you for ALL of your lectures....you are helping me to make sense it of a world that seems to make NO sense at all. You are HIGHLY APPRECIATED by me. Thank you for YOUR incredible view of this knowledge!!!

[@earthessencesbeauty]

I stumbled upon this channel just tonight, and it is a delight to receive! This world makes no sense, but I believe that is why we are here to return to our natural/animistic/wild and alive ways❤️Sending Love wherever you are💛

[@Sama-nx4ty]

Anyone else get goosebumps with that intro 😁

[@mitziewheeler8517]

Thank you for all your works and while I am just now seeing this one it means a lot, thank you for the moment of silence as well. This was done in 2021 if I'm understanding that right. My grandma who is the one that really raised me passed away at a 101 in November of 2021. She died her at home with us. I know she is still part of the circle and may even be in a physical form again, but I also know she is still with me, just like my great great aunt is still with. I wish many more Pagans could or would see this. The fight in the Pagan world between those that say some are not Pagan but instead religious and those that say that isn't really the whole story. I believe there are as you said that there are humans, basically humans beyond us and all others we can't see with our eyes but we can hear, we can feel them and yes sometimes they do let us see them. I don't think someone having a connection to what some call god's is wrong. They are people's like us around us, people don't see that if you study what you can about them that they also all represent something more and that is the part we create a relationship with. I also know that what may be a living stone, rock, gem, tree and more may not be a living thing to another because they weren't meant to be together and live with one another. I not only have the stones and gems that others have but I may pick up and hold every single one until I find the one that talks to me. I grew up and lived over half my life (and considering I'm now 57 that's a lot of years) by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, there were countless streams and some were the size of rivers in other places. The elements are living beings as well and the can create or destroy, but even so it seems even if it's years later some good things can actually come out of that destruction. I have creek and river stones that are just as alive as the other fancier one's. I get tired of this fight just because humans named them gods the are people but unseen and humans have had the need to put a name on something for ever, making a offering to something you are building a relationship with is a way to honor them and give them a gift just as they gift us with some of their power and their friendship. I wish people would understand that just because you have a connection with a god or goddess that can and also cannot be a"religion" it's a relationship. I know I have much more to learn but this fighting over stupid stuff is getting to me. Weather you do a fancy thing to raise power or can just see it and draw from it or if you think it's just magic and nothing more you are still missing the point. I know people think I'm nuts when I go out back and touch and talk mainly silently in my head because it's no one else's business, but have a conversation with it. I have always been able to talk to the land. Yes I'm human and I run like hell from spider's and anything that stings and I know they are a people but they also put me in the hospital. So I can't let them be in my house and I do kill them but I also ask their forgiveness as well, ya that sounds nuts but they are still a person a being and I hate to harm anything, but there is also survival involved and I must put my survival first because I have a family that needs me. It is a very mixed together world and we must start remembering that we are not the only people in it. Blessings Be and sorry for the rambling but this fighting about all this is really getting to me.

[@barbarawinkle1042]

Your words resonated with me in a very positive way. I do relate. Thank you for sharing.

[@brightnightoracle246]

Thank you for the free education. It has been an honor to witness your journey. The moment at the end was just what was needed by me and I'm sure many others.

[@2dazla8]

Another fantastic, in depth video. I am learning so much from you and I value your perspective, education and experience so much. Everything you shared in this video makes so much sense to me. Thank you, Arith. You are so appreciated ♥

[@lanellegael5400]

Glad you are dedicated to a 2021 sharing of knowledge regarding animism. I find your perspective very comprehensive on many topics; especially esoteric and in-depth perceptions of our magical and marvelous seen and unseen world - Your description of *persons* and their realties of living and existing gives one of the best clarity's I've encountered regarding the shamanistic view. Words and explanations just flow from you so naturally!

[@bastianmcphee1204]

Feeling such gratitude to you dear Arith for bringing this perspective. So well put together it has both broken my heart and renewed my convictions. Thank you

[@keithdrummond1003]

I'm primarily an animist. I give offerings to a few Norse gods twice a year. But I leave offerings to the local land spirits every morning and evening. Oh! Listened to more of your music, Var Umn. Beautiful.

[@aemiliuswolf5348]

Things which need to be said, spoken into the world. Thank You.

[@suegreenan906]

I so wish your lectures were made available to more people. This is education for everyone. Thank you so very much. Sue greenan

[@TalesOfBalkanMagic]

"Religion became sophistication, elegance, education, the illusion of the refinement of the human soul towards the spiritual." I'm pretty sure you're thinking these on the spot, but if you happen to know any scholars who write on this topic, any specific articles, I'll be glad if you shared! I'm studying BC people and this notion really got me thinking about so many things.

[@SukiMurley]

What a fantastic introduction video. I cant wait to learn more! Thank you for your work and sharing your knowledge ♡

[@Razurwulf]

I'm so glad you are presenting this topic all month. Thank you!

[@achuvadia]

Thanks Arith, I especially appreciated the explanation of bear ceremonialism and the moment of silence. Blessings for a good year ahead!

[@marcrhodes-taylor5347]

the ending of this video reminds me of a video which you once made not long ago regarding the ritual of sitting outside. the bear lore aspects of this video remind me of certain aspects of the movie midsommar, it actually makes that film a little more clear. thank you.

[@thorunns.craftstudio]

your moment of silence spoke volumes

[@barbarawinkle1042]

Your presentation is wonderful! Total opposite of boring! Am learning so much from you. Many thanks!

[@BansheeBeatzz]

This was one of my favorite videos of yours I've seen so far. 🖤 I really appreciate you sharing your perspective that helps to re-calibrate what we've been taught to believe. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Thank you and take care.

[@lynarajohnson4175]

My understanding of my genealogy is that it is a combination of Swedish, Norwegian, Scottish, English & Irish. Researching these cultures, I’ve not seen much information about the Norse cultures. Found your collection of work a few days ago & am building a library of material that I'm excited to view!

[@josephfeeney707]

I'm glad I have had time to set and have rime to actully listen to something for longer than 3 mins. Thank you for your words!

[@leonardogomes7165]

João, friend, congratulations for the videos, complete on KZbin and wisdom. I suffer from paranoid Schizophrenia, psychopathy, depression, generalized anxiety etc... I was retired due to permanent disability without the possibility of returning to work at the Federal University of Pará on Ilha do Marajó Brazil and I am immensely grateful for your videos because they have been my therapy, to say the least! My family and friends thank you too! I am writing now because I am medicated and lucid. I will await your feedback on this. Thank you for your attention and help today and always from the heart. Leonardo

[@ArithHärger]

Thank you for letting me know that friend, I'm very happy you and your family enjoy my works and that they are useful in some way, especially as a form of entertainment and to focus on something else other than one's personal problems. I hope you continue on the fight and carry on towards a brighter future, and I hope you can continue to enjoy what I do and may my content continue to help you. Personaly, a vegan diet and exercise has helped me to cope with depression and anxiety. Not going to lie that I'm totally cured (I don't honestly think it can be cured) but I'm way better now. Consumption of mushrooms in my vegan diet helped me a lot as well. Not on a daily basis, of course, but occasionally at least 3-4 times a week (the edible, non-psychotropic ones, of course hehehe). Thank you for your message my friend. We can talk in Portuguese if you like. Have a wonderful day!

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger ok, meu amigo. Eu tenho distonia orocraniofacial severa, fizeram e cirurgias em minha boca e tenho uma prótese mandibular de titânio desde 03/11/2017. Longa cirurgia... quase morri e fiquei na U.T.I. Tive covid ano passado, fui aposentado com as seguintes CID'S: f 20, f33, f34, f42, k 10, g24 etc. Hoje tomo Artane, Diazepam, Clonazepan, Carbonato de lítio e 300 U.I. de toxina botulínica aplicadas a cada três meses nos músculos masseteres e temporais sa face. Muito sofrível... estou quase para ser internado, tomara Dexametasona 4mg, mas tive que parar de tomar em abril. Estava com 130 kg... hoje tenho 94,100 kg. Mas minha alimentação está péssima, estou com insuficiências renais, hepáticas e esplênicas..... *Desculpe-me pelo incômodo e pedido, não tenho Facebook, Instagram....* *apenas WhatsApp* *Poderia me adicionar ao seu WhatsApp ou poderia me passar seu e-mail para lhe enviar áudios sem tomar muito seu tempo, poder nos ajudar talvez, aprender mais contigo, dar dicas?* Meu WhatsApp é [phone] Meu e-mail é [e-mail] *Como posso lhe ajudar, be your patron?* Por favor, responda-me e me ajude. Não o incomodarei se aceitar e conforme acordar.🙏🙏🙏🙏😔

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger ok, meu amigo. Eu tenho distonia orocraniofacial severa, fizeram e cirurgias em minha boca e tenho uma prótese mandibular de titânio desde 03/11/2017. Longa cirurgia... quase morri e fiquei na U.T.I. Tive covid ano passado, fui aposentado com as seguintes CID'S: f 20, f33, f34, f42, k 10, g24 etc. Hoje tomo Artane, Diazepam, Clonazepan, Carbonato de lítio e 300 U.I. de toxina botulínica aplicadas a cada três meses nos músculos masseteres e temporais sa face. Muito sofrível... estou quase para ser internado, tomara Dexametasona 4mg, mas tive que parar de tomar em abril. Estava com 130 kg... hoje tenho 94,100 kg. Mas minha alimentação está péssima, estou com insuficiências renais, hepáticas e esplênicas..... *Desculpe-me pelo incômodo e pedido, não tenho Facebook, Instagram....* *apenas WhatsApp* *Poderia me adicionar ao seu WhatsApp ou poderia me passar seu e-mail para lhe enviar áudios sem tomar muito seu tempo, poder nos ajudar talvez, aprender mais contigo, dar dicas?* Meu WhatsApp é [phone] Meu e-mail é [e-mail] *Como posso lhe ajudar, be your patron?* Por favor, responda-me e me ajude. Não o incomodarei se aceitar e conforme acordar.🙏🙏🙏🙏😔. Desculpe-me pelo incômodo

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger quando puder, responda-me, por favor. Grato. Aguardarei. Abraços. Leonardo

[@leonardogomes7165]

Follow The first one says: “Whoever enters our life is the right person”; That is, no one enters our lives by chance, all the people around us, who interact with us, are there for something, to make us learn and move forward in every situation. • The second law says: "What happens is the only thing that could have happened." Nothing but nothing, absolutely nothing that happens to us in our lives could have been otherwise. Not even the smallest detail. • There is no such thing as: "If I had done one thing like that, another would have happened...". No. What happened was the only thing that could have happened and it had to be that way for us to learn that lesson and move on. Each and every one of the situations that happen to us in our lives are perfect, even if our mind and our ego resist and don't want to accept. • The third says: "Whenever it starts, it's the right time." It all starts at the right time, neither before nor after. When we're ready for something new to start in our lives, that's when we'll start. • And the fourth and last: "When something ends, it ends." Just like that. If something has ended in our lives, it's for our evolution, so it's better to leave, move on and move on already enriched with that experience. • I think it is no accident that you are reading this, if these words have entered our lives today; it is because we are prepared to understand that no snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. • Maybe animistic... blessed sunday to you

[@OmasHouse5976]

I cannot tell you how much you teach me and forumulate for me ideas and understanding.

[@cargobay]

Wow! What an amazing video to start the year off with. I will look forward to the rest of the videos you plan to put out this month on Animism.

[@Kai_kmk]

To Finnic people bear was the ancestor of humans. Bear has in Finnish language over 200 euphemisms for the real name of the bear. Women were believed to have as strong, if not stronger "väki" with bear. Väki is a spiritual force. Humans, animals, water etc natural elements had its own väki.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️❤️❤️🥰

[@lorilea3188]

very important, not at all boring. grateful to have found this.

[@giuseppersa2391]

Arith warm greetings to you. Yes the hegemony of so called Western "civilization " has much to answer for the Planet's status quo. A most regrettable situation. Best wishes always from Giuseppe in Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦☘️

[@TuwinDiane]

Beautiful! Probably my favorite so far....Thank You!

[@DevonExplorer]

Yes, me too. Arith explained it so well and interestingly. :)

[@mommedeterre]

This video was very thoughtful and heart filling. Thank you.

[@amberwilhelm742]

Thank you for talking to us! You're doing the good work, my friend.

[@Ela-gp6pn]

Thank you for creating yet another brilliant video for those either beginning or soldiering on with their spiritual travels. I was brought instinctually first to my Norse/Brittanic pagan roots, but then (the further I evolved) to my Ojibwe and Lakota Indigenous American roots, which I grew up knowing little of. They are one and the same to me, as nature is nature and speaks through whatever name you chose to give her. I'm convinced what we call paganism always was (and is) at it's core fully "animistic"... and is 100% connected throughout the world. Look at "Elen Of The Ways" the deer mother found just about everywhere when you start digging ... I would love to see you do a video on that deity if inspired to. It's time we all unite and go back to our true roots, meaning we are all related. Mitakuye Oyasin.

[@nikkinone-ya]

Thanks for doing more on animism! Amazing as always my friend!

[@acidkick2057]

I want to thank you for being my guide and teacher.

[@skyhighdiamonds910]

I am so excited for this. Not watched it all yet but thanking you in advance because I know this content will be so interesting and useful.

[@naturvaket]

Hopeful, thank you 🙏🏻💚🪶🌀

[@jesserichards5582]

Thank you very much! I cant speak for everyone, but as a kid & I would think & believe most children have a better understanding of the beings around us, that adults have lost that knowledge due to each generation of adults telling us "no, it is this way." Anyways that would be a good topic in of itself concerning how as children of this world who have a better undestanding of the spirits & how it gets rejected & put in our heads that its just imagination & nothing more

[@Robert-gc9gc]

I’m ready to learn more about this

[@collinrichards3740]

Thank you for this brother, it is very refreshing to hear you speak on culture and animism and to hear you clearly identify the problems with the colonial mentality and to honor indigenous ways of knowing without the typical assumptions of cultural superiority ... just hearing you talk gets me high without any drugs sometimes, appreciate the effort you put into this

[@shansational1803]

"I won't tell you to believe me, I just want to tell you that I WISHED you could... SEE what is going on all around, right here. It's just a question of perception and the capacity to RESHAPE our mind, and re-educate ourselves and reject what we have been taught to be real or not. What we have been taught to believe."

[@nuclearmaga9694]

when you mention the Sami and the bear.... I think animism can be taken to an extreme... I doubt that wolves make any offerings to the animals they kill and eat nor that the fungi, bacteria, viruses that attack my body have any remorse or consider the effects of their collective action.... yet I could be wrong and I think I will talk to them and express my disappointments with them.... and of course you have once again done a masterful presentation!!!

[@EmilKadabell]

Not only that.. He makes it sound like our animistic ancestors in general were reluctant to kill animals for food, and that is quite frankly bullshit.. Arith is a vegetarian(or vegan, im not sure) and I suspect that he is cherry picking specific cultural views as if they represent the general norm amongst animistic peoples and then project his personal feelings on the topic.. Historically we know that human beings have been hunter/gatherers for WAY longer than we have known how to grow crops, and even to this day there are hundreds of animistic indigenous cultures and people who primarily (if not exclusively) live of hunting and/or fishing.. So while our animistic ancestors certainly had and still have a sense of gratitude and respect for what nourishes them, which we in the modern world are sorely lacking, the idea that animistic people generally are reluctant to kill for food is absurd and not factual.. I love Arith and his content, but on this point I think he is not being entirely accurate(as i dont expect that he is deliberately lying or anything like that).. Besides, its not just animals who are persons, its plants too, so wouldn't it also be a problem to eat crops, fruits, nuts, vegetables and herbs??.. Surely they are also persons who would not want to be eaten by a human person, and in that case you would also have to "fear" the revenge of the banana spirit?? not likely.. Nature as a whole is based on a system of life feeding on other life.. It is human minds that make up ideas about a vegetable being a more acceptable lifeform to eat than an animal, and they are luxuries of modern minds might I add.. Eating the kinds of foods that we as human creature have evolved to eat is not a problem or a moral question.. Only modern ideology makes it that.. Sorry about the rant, I dont usually do this:D..

[@Entererofthethreshold]

@@EmilKadabell There is a massive difference between hunting as practiced in small scale societies and meat coming from modern agricultural and processing practices.

[@EmilKadabell]

@@Entererofthethreshold im not disputing that.. Im pointing out that our animistic ancestors did not have any issue with hunting and killing animals for food, in the way that arith appears to imply.

[@Entererofthethreshold]

@@EmilKadabell we might be saying the same thing essentially . But I think it needs to be underlined that the reason why killing animals (non human persons from an animistic perspective) was a non issue was because of the rituals and practices associated with maintaining good relations between the hunter and hunted. These actions and the general animistic way of being in the world are I think what Arith is referring to when he seems to be suggesting there is a bug deal to killing and eating meat. When you compare the above way of eating meat with, say, grabbing a hamburger from the drive through, our ancestors did make a big deal about it....from a certain point of view.

[@EmilKadabell]

@@Entererofthethreshold But Im not talking about hamburgers at a drive through, and neither was Arith.. He was talking about our animistic ancestors' attitude towards killing animals.. Now, it may very well be the case that I misunderstood the point he was making, but what I heard Arith say was that our animistic ancestors were generally hesitant/reluctant to take the life of an animal, because of a fear that the spirit of said animal would retaliate, and that animals were only killed for special purposes like rituals or in emergency situations.. If this is the point he is making, then I call bullshit, because our animistic ancestors were way more okay with killing animals than modern people are, because they would practically do it every single day.. As I already said in my first comment, I am aware that their attitude was much more respectful than ours and that it was more of a "we only take what we need" attitude than what we see today.. But suggesting that killing animals was somehow an issue for our animistic ancestor is simply false, because it was one of the most common and normal aspects of their entire existence.. They understood that this was simply the way of the world, the circle of life, life feeds on life.. There was respect for the creatures of the world, but no issue with killing animals for food or resources like bones, tendons, guts, etc.. That is what im pointing out.. The whole "its wrong/bad to kill animals" is a modern "civilized" mindset, not an ancient animistic one..

[@francosalinas4459]

I wouldn’t say calling something “primitive” is bad. It just means it’s older in comparison to the now. 5,000 years in the future they’ll call us primitive.

[@erikaaltensee5358]

Love your beautiful videos. Thank you. I would be very interested in a future one on barriers in language--other perspectives needed here, especially in the present. I look forward to Wednesdays, so again thanks! .And this wasn't boring at all 💜

[@dariaraidho7627]

Great video. Fits perfectly with my theme for the coming time: Connection.

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

Animism - the most beautiful way of relating to the world, and so deeply Human 🥰 so FEELINGSey 😍

[@nickvolkert858]

Thanks as always for the video. Do you have any animal-related tattoos?

[@ArithHärger]

Almost all of them, yes. The great majority related to birds and snakes. Thank you for watching the video!

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger Arith, Greetings. First of all, congratulations always for the channel, careful in the words meticulously chosen to explain the contents and the extreme didactic principles for such. Here on the island of Marajó Pará Brazil there are the enchanted and the whirl... a lot of symbolism and PAJELANÇA, umbanda, quilombola and indigenous cults, etc. Do you believe that these practices are almost contemporary and timeless, especially indigenous ones? please answer that and especially if you are the basis or the first generation of animism? perhaps before animism itself since records before the iron age or even fire here do not exist or those that do exist have not been dated. what do you say? hugs. LEONARDO *Could you answer these questions and the following, please?*.

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger Arith, Many questions, comments... As an animist, do you understand the formation of the universe or the spiritual ecosystem that we are part of forming or formed in what way? If we are connected, if we are not even above or below spiritually speaking compared to the spirits around us and we relate as symbiosis, why do we or they have no access to more energies, abilities manipulating reality or even us? What do you think about the ethereal double, dimensions, akashic registers, portals, sigils, enn's, spells, evocations, invocations, talismans etc to exchange at least energies with spirituality? There is much more between heaven and earth and between our dense vibration and spiritual evolution! Please, as you are animist, your opinion and answer will be very important to me, I believe! I will await your feedback on all this. Cordially, Leonardo do Brasil, soure, Marajó Island Pará.🙂. *And these are the other questions 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻🙏🙏🙏*

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger João, amigo, parabéns pelos vídeos, cabal no KZbin e sabedoria. Sofro de Esquizofrenia paranoide, psicopatia, depressão, ansiedade generalizada etc.... Fui aposentado por invalidez permanente sem possibilidade de retorno laboral na Universidade Federal do Pará na Ilha do Marajó Brasil e agradeço imensamente seus vídeos porque tem sido minha terapia, no mínimo! Minha família e amigos lhe agradecemos também! Escrevo agora por estar medicado e lúcido. Aguardarei seu retorno sobre isso. Obrigado pela atenção e ajuda hoje e sempre de coração. Leonardo

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Your use of engagement was completely appropriate. It's not just for agreeing to marry someone.

[@lindamaemullins5151]

Thank you and Happy New Year 🎊🎈

[@yarrowwitch]

Wonderful, Arith. Thank you 😊

[@sevenis9712]

I know one. People calling the Roma or Romani people gypsies because it was believed erroneously that they came from Egypt when in fact they come from northern India.

[@Erienna872]

I really love all your videos, they help me a lot. As you mentioned killing an other person is taboo and needs a ceremony. But what about if let’s say a lion kills an antelope for food? They are both non human persons so what about the spirit of the antelope ? Is he will not be angry? Hope so it is not a stupid question

[@countcoupblessings979]

Hello Arith, Good New Year to you .

[@day-zflowers3851]

Thank you ☺️

[@riverhp3324]

If all persons are equal, why then plants more acceptable to eat than animals? Is it because animals are seen as closer kins than plants?

[@michaelhanford8139]

I think it's a modern belief creeping into his views of hunter-gatherer cultures. Accordin to animism, plants & even locations have awareness (spirit/soul/life - anim is a root that means 'alive') so if one treats plants in a sufficiently disrespectful way, logic dictates that the plant & its kin would harm such a person. Though he is a controversial author in anthropology circles, that he didn't actually do fieldwork but got his info from other works in the library & his imagination too, Carlos Castaneda's book 'the journey to Ixtlan' seems to me to contain useful information on the animistic world view. The introduction changed my view on how society conditions our views using essentially the same methods used to 'domesticate' wild animals (like elephants) but the section of the book relevant to your post is on page 42, the start of chapter 7, 'Being inaccessible'. "The shrubs, the quail, everything around would have pitched in." The book is easily downloaded for free, just search for 'Castaneda journey to Ixtlan pdf download'. I hope you found this helpful.🙏

[@robertayoder2063]

Nice doing this topic again

[@stewartthomas2642]

Thankyou brotrher....Love your stuff kick on love it

[@maxwellnichols3873]

This is really interesting. Do you have citations? I'd like to read further

[@danyellerobinson5940]

Lemlmtx. (Thank you in Spokane Salish.) Growing up in mainstream American culture, I've spent my whole life learning about our hidden family heritage.

[@oliverholm3973]

I'm trying to find information on Galdr for a presentation, and seeing as Arith is my most trusted source, I was hoping he had something on the subject but can't seem to find anything. Does anyone know a video where he covers it, at least to some degree?

[@willowraevynwood865]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video so I shared it on my Facebook.

[@NusaColeman]

But is animism the original spiritual system that preceeded all others and religions?

[@michaelhanford8139]

Seems that elements persisted, like in genesis where humans were said to be stewards of nature rather than dominant over it...which has since been cast aside/ignored. But theism looks to me like a massive departure from animism in that it took us out of a relationship with nature and into a world view of prioritizing cultivating a relationship with a 'sky father' deity as a critical need for our lives rather than fostering a relationship with our fellow living kin: animals, plants, spirits* & the earth itself (locations & natural formations). What do you think? *to the point that fostering relationships with spirits is inherently dangerous & unwholesome, i.e. 'satanic'.

[@everettsmith661]

How does one become a patron?

[@WiscoActual920]

I get looked down on for my beliefs as if they are a child’s story

[@jadejade5303]

What do animists eat? If they believe everything have life , breath etc.? Does buddhism somehow linked to animism?

[@michaelhanford8139]

After 10 years in south east Asia pursuing traditional knowledge, i would say it is though it isn't overtly stated as such in the cannon.

[@alentjes]

Research the Bön religion and practices. This is what Buddhism ultimately came from. Siddhartha is only the most recent Buddha in that tradition and the line goes waaaay back. Of course, the Vedic tradition within which Siddhartha grew up ultimately also came from shamanistic traditions. Scriptures mark a moment of transition from more animistic to more religious frameworks of practice.

[@jeffreyshampnois2471]

Could we look at "metaphor" a little differently. I mean, if we take our maps of reality for the actual territory (as we tend to do, getting lost in ideas, ideals, religious structures and so on, as if they were absolute), then a metaphoric mentality is merely recognizing the limits of thought in reaching into this more direct way of relating to the world. Anyways I write from that perspective, which is not in fact opposed whatsoever to what you're talking about. I love these videos.

[@michaelhanford8139]

In my experience, if something is metaphorically true, it is actually true.

[@jeffreyshampnois2471]

@@michaelhanford8139 Yes. However, it's important to retain the distinction between the metaphor and actuality. The image or metaphoric story can't be conflated with reality. If the image is conflated with actuality then we become dogmatic and stop learning, we reach a conclusion (which puts an end to learning). There will always be more penetrating metaphors, because the universe is infinite and metaphors and language and thought are always reduced versions. If we take things too literally, then the truthful quality of the metaphor is lost. So we could say that an honest metapohr is "truthful" but not "The Truth." The Truth is too dogmatic. thanks.

[@brendanwood1540]

"Interacted with, reasoned with, taken advantage of, and form a relationship." A person may not be capable of any sense, yet they are still a person. A person may not be reasonable. A person can be delusional. A person may be vulnerable. Taking advantage of people is usery. A relationship based on co-dependence isn't healthy. A person can think. A person can feel. A person is self aware. A person needs room to grow with support. A person feels pain when taken advantage of. A sociopath takes advantage of people without awareness of their pain. A healthy relationship is based on supporting independence. A sociopath is not a person; a sociopath is a monster.

[@skyhighdiamonds910]

Animism as immersive interaction.

[@valeriy8502]

Science is moving in the direction of Animism too. Speaking of entanglement, I would encourage reading Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake. Would love to hear your perspectives on this information presented. He is far from the first to research or write about the cooperative relationships between plants, fungi, and other microbes, but certainly a very magical individual and I particularly enjoy his way of accroaching the material.

[@nickvolkert858]

Are there certain symbols, runes, or animals associated with Music? I’m a classical singer, and would love to get in touch with how this manifests in Paganism. :)

[@WiscoActual920]

Thoughts on wardruna

[@OriginalFallofMind]

Would you consider man made objects like bridges or buildings "its"or inanimate? If not, could they gain a birth over time, like a haunted house or one that's been inhabited for a long time that develops character.

[@michaelhanford8139]

Right before 14:00, seeing animism as more primitive and thus interior seems to me based in the common misconception (corruption) of Darwin's theory which is actually that evolution is adapting to a changing environment. It has been corrupted to mean that evolution is objective improvement thus older things are inferior & newer is better with the present incarnation of human culture, views & technologies as the pinnacle. 🤮 yet we cant recreate the pyramids & would be hard-pressed to excavate bedrock the way our ancestors did at Gobekle Tepe. The latter indicated by a mining expert who toured the site & said that he would not want to attempt to dig in the soft stone (sandstone, i think) due to risk of collapse.

[@hi5m817]

These intro. 😌❤️

[@leonardogomes7165]

I think that it all boils down to how each people, person, egregores, cultures, religions etc interpret and mainly manifest their particular and collective reality dogmatized in rites, mythology, symbols etc. caring in regional, temporal, vibrational, multidimensional, planetary, universal, multiuniversal and without definitions beyond the cognizable of infinity. Nobody's right or shouted: everything in the whole is timeless, indefinable, unpronounceable and interconnected through the inner self and each other. Just insights.... Sorry for the outburst. LEONARDO GOMES from Ilha do Marajó Pará Brazil

[@wesleysale1052]

The ABCs of animism :) A very good video and you will be getting some interesting comments in a while...

[@daxbarcellos8020]

Hey Arith! How are you? Tudo bem contigo? About the human spirit, and the spirits in general. The animistic perception of the transmigration of the spirit, reincarnation. How does It works? Thank you. Obrigado Arith. Abraço!

[@leonardogomes7165]

Follow The first one says: “Whoever enters our life is the right person”; That is, no one enters our lives by chance, all the people around us, who interact with us, are there for something, to make us learn and move forward in every situation. • The second law says: "What happens is the only thing that could have happened." Nothing but nothing, absolutely nothing that happens to us in our lives could have been otherwise. Not even the smallest detail. • There is no such thing as: "If I had done one thing like that, another would have happened...". No. What happened was the only thing that could have happened and it had to be that way for us to learn that lesson and move on. Each and every one of the situations that happen to us in our lives are perfect, even if our mind and our ego resist and don't want to accept. • The third says: "Whenever it starts, it's the right time." It all starts at the right time, neither before nor after. When we're ready for something new to start in our lives, that's when we'll start. • And the fourth and last: "When something ends, it ends." Just like that. If something has ended in our lives, it's for our evolution, so it's better to leave, move on and move on already enriched with that experience. • I think it is no accident that you are reading this, if these words have entered our lives today; it is because we are prepared to understand that no snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. • Maybe animistic... blessed sunday to you

[@chrisd1]

I thought this was an excellent video! Thank you

[@NusaColeman]

Curious what stance of the modern animistic person would have on current issues like abortion and gender identity... I guess they vastly differ is the easy answer. Does it disrupt the natural order?

[@dessertisland2491]

Regarding the killing of an animal for sustenance: Would it not be the "logical" choice to offer the spirit of the animal to live on alongside the human's spirit inside the human's body? After all, the animal's body is just the physical shell of the spirit, isn't it? To me it would seem like a more genuine way, while making the animal believe that the death was an accident or caused by another animal seems very deceptive and not representative of a spiritual belief that is all about equality.

[@SuperBjanka]

47:00 KZbin have some interesting old films abut Intuits from Alaska. Just finish your video, I´m sorry for your loss.

[@mezidvemastromy5546]

"To see" and "to know" are not synonyms to "to understand". Thank you

[@john1107]

💥💥💥

[@belladonna70]

thank you that is lovely ..i am for animsim

[@coyotestylepro1150]

Thank🧠You

[@mound1921]

I don't think there is a paradox regarding animism and killing animals at all. To regard death and killing as a taboo is a very modern thing, the Ojibwe of North America had no issue killing animals or humans in pursuits of war, honor, etc. Indo-European people had killed at the forefront of their cosmologies with the sacrifice of Ymir (and his counterparts). Murder wasn't even always seen as bad, with blood-feuding being one of the most ancient ways to settle disputes. Animism is recognizing the deer is a person, but it is not a man, and when we are hungry we will exploit it. I personally hold a theory that warriorship itself came from hunting, and that hunting may have been seen as a war within itself. Proto-Indo-European people were very warlike perhaps due to their exposure to steppe hunting, and culture derived from their ancestral Siberian forefathers who went to war with the megafauna of the Palaeolithic. War is justified in their cosmology, so is killing and sacrifice.

[@SuperBjanka]

I guess this is why we still name boats ;)

[@ArithHärger]

Very good example, thank you. In many societies, even to this day (including European ones) fishermen still paint eyes on the prow of their boats.

[@SuperBjanka]

@@ArithHärger Thanks. I´m a bit jealous on all the greens behind you, my garden is half brown.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

I name my cars, always have

[@leonardogomes7165]

@@ArithHärger João, friend, congratulations for the videos, complete on KZbin and wisdom. I suffer from paranoid Schizophrenia, psychopathy, depression, generalized anxiety etc... I was retired due to permanent disability without the possibility of returning to work at the Federal University of Pará on Ilha do Marajó Brazil and I am immensely grateful for your videos because they have been my therapy, to say the least! My family and friends thank you too! I am writing now because I am medicated and lucid. I will await your feedback on this. Thank you for your attention and help today and always from the heart. Leonardo

[@causetteladouceur6363]

Kweï Kweï, Thank you.

[@AlbuquerqueBandit]

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[@sarahgilbert8036]

I found a Stone which I had to take home. "It" is now on a Stone which was already placed at the foot of an older Ash, Stone & Ash symbiotism which told me to use this as my Horgr base.

[@1330m]

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[@mericannjellee3153]

Don't mind me, just bookmarking this at 34:55 so I can come back and finish

[@wolfmauler]

Unfortunately I must say I've been guilty of judging some minds as "less than" others, and of treating with a level of condescension, the adherents of the Abrahamic, or Judeo-Christian religions; that is to say, adherents of 7th, 11th & 17th Century written dogmas, (Remember that "King James" is King James VI of Scotland/James I of England, whose reign began in 1603) and regarding what we can discover of ancient, Animistic beliefs as something far more sophisticated, with sophistication in this context being practices/world view that allows Humans to inhabit in their appropriate place in the true spiritual framework of the World and interact with other human and non-human entities in a sort of "Web of Life".

[@wolfmauler]

Not finished with the vid yet tho, just opening thoughts lol...Thank you so much for sharing these! Happy New Year, hope your Yule was good! Any plans for the Wolf Moon?

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤️🥰👍

[@udoschnelle7717]

Legendary 👊🤙💪

[@grannykiminalaska]

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[@alaskabornheathen8902]

So we shouldn’t view human as necessarily human, but as a being that exhibits consciousness. Obviously animals exhibit consciousness. A tree or a plant may not show direct signs of consciousness like an animal or a human, but they do stretch towards the sun and flowers close up at night. Plants even respond with how well they grow with certain kinds of music and obviously just whether or not they are cared for. In that sense you could argue that plants are conscious beings as well. Ive been exploring this Universal Consciousness a bit, seems like i was on the right path. Bonus to this mindset, satanic music doesn’t scare me any more than Christian music scares me. Great video for the start of 2021. I’m afraid that most people in America are not going to be able to grow though.