http://newanimism.info A Digest of Animist Thought Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:04:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://riogrande-santafe.blogspot.com/2010/03/why-ancient-wisdom-matters-in-modern.html I’ve spent some time recently musing on what the nature of religion might be. There is a reactionary movement within paganism that challenges what is perceived to be the “cherry picking” “my truth” route that many pagan paths appear to have taken… a sort of post modern transcultural unorthodoxy… and ... http://www.animystic.org.uk/2010/03/10/mapping-the-sacred/ Spirit of Place by Glen FishbowlI wrote this speech for The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Paluse, in Moscow Idaho, and gave it on Sunday the 3rd of August 2008- Glen FishbowlWhen I was younger I had a deep interest in the traditions and narratives of the People of Great ... http://www.bioregionalanimism.com/2010/03/spirit-of-place-by-glen-fishbowl.html I lived my life from about 1984 to 1990 (whenever a job was to be had, which was often spotty) as an archaeo-vagrant, aka a Shovel Bum. Such folks as us worked the circuit of CRM archaeological projects. That is, we were the shovel-monkeys that did the back-breaking labor ... http://hengruh.livejournal.com/104250.html Two friends went hunting on the moors for wildfowl. One of them strayed into some woodland where he had seen some birds descending. He thought he saw a movement in the distance, certainly not a bird but possibly a deer, and he walked towards it through the trees. Pausing at ... http://faerie-law.blogspot.com/2010/03/brown-man-of-muirs.html As many of us know the term or label Shaman has become a loaded subject, a humpty dumpty word, and a term clouded with so many personal definitions and political associations that to utilize the word is an invitation to an extremely difficult discourse. I have mentioned before the need ... http://www.bioregionalanimism.com/2010/03/moving-from-shaman-to-animist-healer.html I've signed up for the Master Gardener program starting here in town in a couple of weeks. This is the Level 1 (of 3) and will run 8 weeks. Afterwards, you have to serve as a volunteer resource for the community. I hope to get better at growing things.Ben Franklin:There ... http://hengruh.livejournal.com/104187.html "Demise of the Druids," By BRETT FRENCH, Billings Gazette | Posted: Monday, March 8, 2010 12:00 amAfter a dominating 14-year reign in the northwestern corner of Yellowstone National Park, one of the park’s most prolific and most viewed gray wolf packs in the world may have perished.“The Druid pack ... http://hengruh.livejournal.com/103708.html There is a god of love I worship and follow. Without this god our minds would not be as attuned to beauty, nor our hearts to the gods of love. This god is a generous gift from the Creator, filling the meadows and roadsides with spiritual power, opening the doors ... http://charlieandthegodsoflove.blogspot.com/2010/03/gift-of-creator-child-of-green-god.html This movie is amazing. I want to highly recommend it to those who are interested in natural living as well as natural building. It has so much passion, and really drives you to realize the importance of taking that step into natural building.  http://www.davidsheen.com/firstearth/To view clips of the movie see here:http://www.davidsheen.com/firstearth/english/ ... http://www.bioregionalanimism.com/2010/03/first-earth.html