Category Archives: Animism
Alienation, Neo-shamanism and Recovered Animism
By Bruce Charlton Alienation It is one of the distinctive features of Western contemporary life that, while pleasures are widely available (albeit at a price), there is almost universally a sense of alienation. Alienation is the feeling that life is … Continue reading
Deep Ecopsychology
Ecopsychology is a profound and necessary intellectual development in Western consciousness. It is profound because it is a formidable argument against the lamentable Cartesian dualism that has enthralled science, western philosophy and religion for far too long and at too dear … Continue reading
The Spiral Progression: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis
Written by Carl Golden August 23, 2011 The Elan Vital (or life force) is ancient and evergreen — perennially emerging within the spiraling evolutionary progression of life and culture. Although it is primordial, it was first given cultural expression in ancient Animism. … Continue reading