Happy DOR day!

Happy DOR DAY!!!

Well today is our very first annual bioregional animist holiday! DOR day! Or DAY OF RESPECT!
the purpose of DOR day is to encourage people to shed their dominion over who gets to be a person. As animists we know that humans are not the only people. If animism is new to you, you may wish to go through your day interacting with all of the Other-than-human-persons around you. Take a break and go to a natural place and begin to interact with all of the Other-than-human-persons you meets. You may find your self having a hard time seeing Other-than-humans as persons and others as not persons... my hope is that this will force you to ask some deep questions and look within.

DOR DAY is not just a day of respect, It is a DAY OF RELATING or DAY OF RELATIONSHIPS. Cultivate relationships with all of the Other-than-human-persons you meet. Ask your self why you don't normally relate to this person as a person... or show respect to this person. Maybe this will deepen the relationships you have. Maybe you will create new relationships.
Give gifts, offerings gratitude for your relationships with life and all of the Other-than-human-persons in your bioregion.
Celebrate your relationships with Other-than-human-persons, honor your relationships...
and above all show respect today.
Send a prayer of gratitude to Alfred Irving Hallowell and the Ojibwa tribe for pointing out this way of relating... to us so we can repair our wounded relationships with where we live and the Other-than-human-persons that compose where we live...
bless and be blessed!
HAPPY DOR DAY!
LLB

Also take some time today to read the animist manifesto by Graham Harvey, who we have to thank for this day as well. His work has been instrumental to our understanding of new animism today. Thanks Graham!