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Book Review: The Arrogance of Humanism
The Arrogance of Humanism, by David Ehrenfeld
The goal of the Christian religion is the salvation of the soul—without the body. My goal is also salvation, but since I believe that our spirits and our animal bodies are inseparable, my goal is the salvation of humanity in the flesh . . . for at least a little while longer. All my art and magic is for this.
Ironically, it is the humanistic paradigm that may finally be the undoing of our species. No one understands and articulates this better than David Ehrenfeld. His book, The Arrogance of Humanism, written in 1978, is… Read more »
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July-August Fishing and Water Conditions
Two stories about fishing today:
By MARTIN J. KIDSTON – Independent Record – 07/30/09
After slow start, this summer has turned into one of best in decades
CRAIG – Trout break the surface and flash their speckled bodies toward the sun. As quickly as they rise, the powerful fish slip back into the current.
The summer weather may be glum, but out on the river the fishing is good. From the Gallatin Valley to Rock Creek to the Missouri River, experts are reporting water conditions not seen in nearly a decade.
“It’s been 10 years since we’ve had higher water conditions,” said Chris Goodman, co-owner… Read more »
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On “Fitting In” and Selective Reading and Being an Ornery Cuss
As I said, I get grief from Christians, Catholic and otherwise, for following Native American ways and being “too pagan.” But I also get crap from pagans, wiccans, witches, druids, NA traditionalists and whatever else for not rejecting Christianity.
Since the age of 3-4 I learned Greek mythology, and I became familiar with other mythologies through grammar school, including Norse, Saxon, Sumerian, etc. I was raised knowing many Native American mythological cycles. I am not ignorant of such things, I just am not pulled to any particular system. I have a graduate degree in anthropology and archaeology. When I was in… Read more »
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‘Animism’ cd
Expo ‘70’s “Animism” is the form of a living being, driving deep, dark drones that resonate in the embodiment of life. “Animism” is a collection of improvisations made mostly out of heavily effected … Full Descriptionguitar, recorded and performed by Justin Wright. Animism, the belief system that does not accept the separation of body from soul or of spirit from matter, is based upon the belief that personalized souls are found in all things, to some degree, governing their existence. The sounds found within this disc truly represent the spirit and soul of the moods created by Wright’s improvisations as… Read more »
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‘the lakota way’ by Joseph M. Marshall III
A wonderfully humbling book on Lakota ethics and morality in the form of lessons and stories! Read more »
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Linda Hogan Reading
I came across this linked from This Lively Earth a blog by Priscilla Stuckey, Phd in an entry about Animism in the Academy.
I find poetry to be a powerful form to express that which normal language has difficulty with. animism does not always lend itself to regular or academic speech. I have begun to explorer animism through my own poetry, in particular the narrative poetry. In narrative poetry I feel as if I am touching the ancient core of Indo-European traditions which have long been forgotten.
So sit back, clear you mind and let Linda Hogan’s words wash over you and see… Read more »
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Miscellany, God and Stones
I was brought up Catholic too and still remain so in many ways. I still really “pray” mostly only to God. I “worship” only the Creator. Even Our Lady and the Saints, I only “venerated” them and asked for their intercessory prayers to God. But my own Catholicism is different from the norm. I spent much more time on the land than in church. The Land taught me much. I encountered the Creator in Creation.
However to all the other forces of nature, to mountains, thunder, and such, I don’t really worship them, but instead think of them as Persons of… Read more »
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Animism in the academy
The conference ended a couple of days ago, and I’m off in a few minutes to catch a train for a day trip to an open-air museum in another part of Holland, but I want to catch up the conference story just a bit. Our panel presented on Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday morning I discovered this blog summary from Mr J, another conference participant. Many thanks, Mr J, for your kind words!
The high point of the day, indeed of the conference so far, was the afternoon session on “Animism as a path to decolonising the Academy”. This was a…
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Toward 2012 -Fusion of Spirit and Science
Neal Goldsmith introduces us to psychological concepts of the self. As we evolved we compartmentalized our lives, science and spirit have been separated for millenia, isn’t it time we try to reconcile them and begin to fuse them together again?
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