What is Animism // Origin of Witchcraft // Where the Gods came from

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Definition on Animism: E.B. Tylor, Primitive Culture
Further concepts of Animism: Hunter and Whitten
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[@sarahstudies8149]

I've been exploring animism recently and like you said it just makes sense. I've always seen at least natural objects as having spirits/consciousness. Knowing this makes me feel so much more connected to life. I take better care of my plants knowing that they have a spirit but I also think if animism was more popular then we wouldn't have destroyed the earth. We would have taken much better care of her, so the argument for animism is quite strong for me.

[@tammyjackson1026]

Yes That Is Correct More Should Be Said And Spoken

[@mooshei8165]

We still practice animism. Weird.. I’m hmong.

[@allied8739]

I have belived in it since I was a child but didn't know the term. Now I am grown up and into witchcraft and it all makes sense now 😊

[@jeanchaneyaz]

As a child I was told this belief was "stupid". But, I always felt that all things have spirit. Maybe not the same as what we have, but spirit of their own kind. I have always talked to inanimate objects. Glad to hear that I am not alone.

[@ashenwalls3558]

Going back to basics and looking into Animism again helped me better wrap my head around how to approach correspondences. Feeling the spirit of a thing, and understanding how it behaves in nature helps me relate to them energetically.

[@artsylady1747]

This is one of my fave videos of yours. I see things very similarly to what you're explaining. I didn't realize the term animism existed and it helps to understand things as a whole after learning the meaning.

[@LotusMoon333]

I absolutely love they way you teach/explain everything! Thank you for it all

[@mooneyeHUN]

So inspiring video again, thank you :) I think anyone who ever gave name to a car or a washing machine (it was common in Hungary 30 years ago :D) or beg the computer to work is an animist. Children play and care their toys like they were alive. It's in our genes. We do it without realizing. Even my fully atheist and materialist boyfriend felt sorry for our car when it "died" in a crash, and he said it's good that she died like a hero (we had no injuries, the car kept us safe). We just connect to thing's spirits naturally. And when we realize it, that's so satisfying :) It can be the difference between "oh no, I need to clean the house again" and "oh, my home looks so sad, I want to care about it". And it gives the feeling that I am never alone, I can connect with "things" everywhere. It's just good, especially in these days, when we live online, mostly without regular personal connections. "Friends" are everywhere, we just need to open our eyes to see them :)

[@IvyTheOccultist]

Ella!! I love your channel so much! Even though I am not Wiccan I have always really enjoyed watching your videos. You have such a lovely presence. Thank you for covering one of my favorite topics. I am very much an animist 🤗 Blessed be!

[@jimjim5350]

wow i had no idea this had a name, but it resonates a lot with me. i've always felt very connected to objects throughout my life to the point i would give them names and speak with them. especially with things that meant a lot to me like plants and my fave toys but also to stuff like food. i remember having a crisis about what to eat cause i felt so bad about cutting up the plants and fruits when cooking lmao. and whenever i would draw i would talk to the drawing while i created it and sort of get to know it. so yeah this is super interesting to me, and im glad i found your video to get a proper understanding of all of this :)

[@ben-and-maffy]

2:23 It is felt deep within and discovered before having the words to describe it. That is why it appears in the various cultures in either words or art. 8:24 Things fulfilling their designed intention are not wasted. 3:23 Children feel the environments around them distinctly, but adults tend to take the unique signatures for granted, relying on a broad summarization of their own world definitions and a generalized understanding of all things.

[@OriginalSuperfreak]

I love the colours of your make up. Very warm and autumnal. Really suits you. Thanks for the info regarding animism too. I have been slowly exploring my spiritualism over the years to see if any religions or beliefs resonate. So far, animism is the closest to feeling comfortable. I am not sure what to do with this so will just keep exploring and see where I am taken 💚💜. Oh and at least I have a good reason for some of the 'odd' behaviours I have always had, like hugging a wall of a house and saying goodbye and thank you when I move!!😂

[@talia9895]

i really resonate with what you said around 9:30 regarding viewing deities as more of a concept/energy than a being in the traditional sense

[@huntress_mama_3]

I'm extremely new to learning anything witchy and been on this journey for only 3 months or so. This is the first time I've heard anyone fully talk about animism and this truly clicked for me. I just wanted to say thank you and keep up the great content. Blessed be.

[@EmilysTarotandMagick]

I will definitely have to read Edward Tylor's Primative Culture. This is something I'm so curious to deep dive with because its a concept I've felt aligned with since I was little and then when I learnt about pantheism at school and university it became more confusing. It makes so much sense that animism is ancient and primitive - back to when our cultures were matriarchal. This was a great video Ella 🙏 💜 Xxx

[@tammyjackson1026]

It's an excellent read and loads of information

[@Alina-qv3mg]

I really love this video and the information provided ❤️ I would really love to dive a lot deeper into this and especially Anthropology ✨ your example with the yoghurt is so funny… The Moment you said it, I remembered me as a child where I talked to random daily-use objects and even said to my parents often „don‘t treat it like that (eg something we use once and throw away afterwards).. just because it was created for this kind of usage, it does not mean it doesn’t have feelings!“ 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

[@veiledseeker]

This sums up my beliefs so much and I was having such a hard time articulating it, thank you ❤️❤️

[@livingfreelovingit]

Re: plastic yogurt container, etc. (~8:30min), I consider the art work, etc. on a container as a transmission of the spirit of the artist/product manufacturer, etc. and if I decide to repurpose the container afterwards.

[@tammyjackson1026]

You Have Made Some Valid Points I Supported Your Channel

[@smillstill]

From what I've studied, the other side of animism, which could have developed before or after it, is the idea of people living on after they die. We see this in ceremonial burials back to 100,000 years ago. Hard to say which came first or if they just went together with each other. Then around 50,000 years ago, we had a sort of creative revolution, maybe from a quantum jump in evolution of our minds or a critical population of people where tribes began to interact more. What happened were the ideas of gods and shamanism (as well as fancier art and tools). Gods seemed to take the form of snakes and lions, as well as possibly bovines and horses. The idea of a female fertility/creation goddess in human form around that time is hotly debated, based on the huge number of female figures carved from stone and ivory (as to whether they are modelled on goddesses or human females).

[@greylady1958]

I love how you describe how you see your deities. This really resonates with me.

[@Gypsy235]

Thank you for all the great information on this subject bc I never knew it had a name. But now I understand more why I can feel spirits or energy in the things I touch or have in my home. You mentioned vehicles at one point. I do believe my car has a spirit. I keep protection charms in my car which hang from my mirror and I do believe she protects me when I’m on the road. As for all other objects. I have always believed each thing has a spirit, unless it is engineered, then I don’t feel a spirit in objects like that. I can feel the spirit energy when I hold objects whether it’s fallen to the ground or not. Even objects in stores that we buy have a spirit. And you’re right about your home having a spirit or energy.

[@Snowieliciouss]

I really relate with this topic... I have a plush frog toy from Build A Bear. Having placed a heart inside her with my own hands, I feel like I have given her life even though she is just an inanimate plastic/polyester item. I have always wondered if after I pass on from old age (maybe many years later as I am only in my early twenties) will spirit exist or enter my plush frog as I have poured so much love and time into talking to her and all. I am really worried that she will become an "Anabelle doll" but frog version and haunt my descendants. Maybe I should instruct my descendants to burn her with my body after I pass on so my frog's spirit would leave the world with me, just like how I brought her into this world.

[@serpentsouthroad]

So interesting. I have recently been learning more about animism and it really added to my practice. Thank you so much for this video.

[@baileywilliams3197]

I’m new and learning and at a stage where I’m just doing a lot of research. On many paths practices religions to find what I’m searching for. And I can say this really turned a lightbulb on for me. Ty

[@jReze]

As you said, everything has a spirit. I just tell people to consider an atom. If it exists, it’s alive. 😉 Also, just because our eyes can’t see it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

[@poppoo8910]

I love his lady and her clear teaching!

[@tommyhensley3548]

I love this video my girlfriend want to do this type of witchcraft and I'm doing nordic witchcraft this helps alot thanks

[@inaines3408]

This was a very informative video for me, thank you Ella

[@Hecateofcrossroads]

Hasn’t witchcraft exited for a wile though like the question I ask myself is we’re has all of these fictional witchcraft, witches, and magic come from if it hasn’t been a thing in culture and history?

[@EllaHarrison]

Yes, though it would not necessarily have been called witchcraft thousands of years ago. When we look at for example the Lionman sculpture from Germany which is about 40 thousand years old, and anthropologists and historians believe it was used for ritual - you could certainly argue that the rituals performed were what we now would consider witchcraft. Witchcraft and animism are inherently tied together

[@robertetter9713]

Thank you for your video. It is so true. I also work with Frau Holle, Wuotan. Donar and Bastet. And tend to feel and experience their energies. Like I would the Spirits, just much more powerful.

[@jaanaberg6125]

To me animism is an experience. It's not something I "believe" as much as it's just something I percieve. Like a connection that I've always had with nature. Feeling like the life in the trees come from the same life-force/soul as the life-force that exists inside me. Percieving personalities in things like rivers or lakes, I actually have quite a feisty gal of a river next to the bus I take to work :D It doesn't even have to be spiritual. It can just be extending your respect and reverence to everything that lives. Not positioning us humans as separate from nature, but as deeply connected to it, because we share the same soul. That's how I'd describe it :D

[@barbarafrings9231]

👍🏼🙂🦋

[@michwebb]

I’m so surprised bc I didn’t realize what I do has a name. I also talk to my cards. Also my crystals, necklaces, candles. I also kiss my pentacle necklace lol. Just feels natural to do these things!!

[@jhbach151]

I don't strongly use animism in my practice, but I believe in the idea fully. I think it's a beautiful and important part of practicing any nature-based religion.

[@Karen-tq6fb]

Hi Ella Just found your side. I’m interested in witchcraft n animism. Can you recommend a book or site that I can learn to do solitary magic? Ty

[@kimulm0619]

Your makeup?Well you look pretty and very natural so in my opinion you done good.I couldn't tell you had any on.Ty for this video too.Spread compassion everywhere.

[@tammyjackson1026]

Namaste 💚 Ella Yes You Are Right About Sir EB Taylor Being Sent To Spread The Word About Animism However EB Taylor is not the originator Who Spread The Word About Animism Our Oh Are Great And Powerful Spirit Horse Is 💜 🐴 She Is The Originator And She Is Our 1 And Only #1 Real And True Creator Yes I Too Think That I Have Been Taking My Beautiful Extravagant Benevolent Magical Perfect Hereditary Animist Witchcrafting For Granted

[@silvertongue231]

Now that I think about it I can't get behind dirties or dragons but I hold very deeply that animals are sacred and to me they are more like deities because they exist. My practice has been very animal and elemental from the beginning.

[@micomarinas2753]

hi ella! are you a wiccan?

[@heatherspurgeon8346]

Would you be willing to do a video on different afterlife/death beliefs in pagan and wicca

[@27sparkle73]

I really enjoyed this video lots of great information

[@theesaint8200]

Watching you from algeria, sending much love and protection ❤️

[@EllaHarrison]

Thank you! ♥️🙏🏼 and to you from Latvia!

[@pamelasavage5157]

Ella Good day I have a question I haven't gotten into tarot or oracle cards yet can you tell me the difference between Oracle and tarot cards and does the oracle card have a death card like tarot cards do?

[@NAIATHEDRAGON]

💜

[@jacklyndeloria1000]

I saw on the prophecy .might be him The Dark Thunder

[@reddysings]

Totally get it

[@BillMurey-om3zw]

Vegan animist checking in

[@zlaja.zivic98]

Great video!

[@jacklyndeloria1000]

I see you as a faerial person ,may you guide his shadow until the end.And taught him things that which he couldn't see

[@brkhrt3595]

Have you even heard of that most of the gods were Alive. Thor was a real person. Fryra and freyr were the founders of the Ingling Dynasty of Sweden. The blood of the first kings was worshipped back then as well. The founder of a tribe or blood line.

[@elijahnowell1315]

😍

[@jacklyndeloria1000]

I guess I was HIM,I was born in the year 1994

[@surferdude-ll2qu]

Is animism like a talisman??

[@EllaHarrison]

No, animism is a conceptual idea or theory

[@danielbellon1635]

봄 춘분 Equinox an Earraigh वसंत विषुव

[@cillianennis9921]

1st

[@zipperpillow]

Ding-dong. Is anybody home? No. She just left the lights on. She cannot really explain anything. Silly girl just wants attention.

[@TheOrderofChaos]

Can you explain what you mean? I highly doubt it. It's pretty clear that you're the one who just wants attention😂

[@zipperpillow]

@@TheOrderofChaos The Order of Chaos needs an explanation? That's funny.

[@EllaHarrison]

Aren’t you brave commenting such fun little rhymes, I hope it made your ego feel a bit better

[@zipperpillow]

@@EllaHarrison Did you have a point? Or even a clue?

[@EllaHarrison]

Did you watch the video or are you just commenting because you are bored and have nothing better to do? But do continue to tell me what I, holder of a degree in social and cultural anthropology, fail to understand or bring across

[@PleiadianDreams]

Aliens are the Gods

[@thepeopleslibrary8673]

Nope

[@eloisaanascovillavicencio3366]

Life is all around us, and It is in everything ... literally ❤❤💜💜💛💛🩵🤍🤍💚🩷🩷❤️🩶🩶🩶🩶🖤🖤💚💚🩵🩵💙💙🩶