Freewill is the belief in an internal decision-making process, used in the Abrahamic religions to help you to make moral choices.

Karma disputes Freewill by claiming that instead of our being capable of utilizing Freewill, a lot of our activity is predetermined by outside influences, most noticeably the life we lived prior to our former deaths.

Animism frequently falls into the Karma system, since many believe that consciousnesses we perceive to exist inside physical objects may have been human in the past.

But this isn't a blanket-cover-all belief across all Animism, and so we introduce the Pathway system.

(Incidentally, less dependence upon freewill allows us to live in the moment and be spontaneous, key attributes for an Animist.)

In this Episode we look at how Chinese mythology, Chinese medicine has vague similarities to North American Animism.

We know that humans crossed the land bridge to America 50 thousand years ago and took Animism with them, but the practices in China (Shenism) are Analogue in practice and are more closely related to European Symbolism and Alchemy.

Animism is not just one form of belief; it is many different versions.

In the 1960's Animism took a new form: New Animism.

However, the old classical Animism also took the opportunity to reinvent itself into new forms as a responce to this.

This episode covers the difference in Animism in Europe/Australia/America and explains why these differentiations exist.

Hopefully, its informative enough to influence your own practice.

A very short discussion upon the concept of hyper-separation and how it applies to Animistic thinking.

(Continuing on from our discussion on Cartian dualism).

Welcome to season 2 of Modern Animism,

This is a recap session, but also an excellent starting point for people who are new to Animism or Animistic philosophy, it covers Cartian philosophy, "I think therefore I am", and explains how this pro-Abrahamic religion type of philosophy is completely wrong for Animists.

In Europe we are blessed with a high number of holy wells, some of the traditions associated with these sites are Christian, others are Celtic or Roman. but then other holy well sites date back to the Neolithic period.

Utilizing the power of wells for healing is possibly a later Christian tradition based upon the concept of baptism, Vitalism and holy reliquaries. (something we examine, just to rule it out as being non-animistic)

yet, Water itself has Animistic qualities, wells run dry, then water reappears later, illustrating the turning of the season, the ending of drought and the return to fertility.

In this episode we look at Dark Vitalism, Critical Animism, Folk Horror and how Animism has influenced our Entertainment Industry especially Manga and Disney).

Yet also, Animism in modern media is creating new forms of Animism that counter Modernism and Industrialization.

This podcast covers food for spirits, offering that are given, rituals surrounding food, vitalistic empowerment, commensality - ritual dining,

Also contains a small amount of information on Holy water, blessed salt, holy landscapes.