What is bioregional animism?

Bioregional animism is by definition relating to the land/bioregion as the source of ones religion and culture. It is a form of Personalism where other then human persons including the whole bioregion itself is related to and communicated with as a person, not as if it was a person but as a person. Animism does not personify other then human persons, animals forces of nature, plants, the land and sky, it gives up human dominion over the designation of who and what a person is. Bioregional Animism does not treat animals, plants, forces of nature, or the land and sky as tools, or symbols, for humans to use but instead views these other then human persons as just that… persons who can be communicated with, who relationships and partnerships and allegiances can be formed with for living in mutually beneficial and reciprocal ways; In both the physical and spiritual world. Bioregional Animism sees that ones larger self is the eco-region one lives within and that animist spiritual practice, cosmology, ontology, culture, and life practices are all expression of that larger ecological and transpersonal self. In a way Bioregional animism is a response to the need for the rediscovery and rebirth or earth embracing traditions, and attempts to embody the ideal slogan of thinking globally but acting locally. Many people are drawn to shamanism in an attempt to find this way of relating to self and earth just to find that there is no shamanism in reality, shamans are healers and spiritual leaders designated by an animist tradition or culture, in other words all shamans of the world are animists not shamanists. Bioregional animism attempts to assist others in discovering the spiritual tradition which is an expression of the land under their feet and the sky over their head which fills their lungs and moves through ones heart. Bioregional animism attempts to show us that the spirit of the shaman as well as the animist is derived from and is an expression of the bioregion, of the land itself and forms from deeply intimate relationships with the life and spirit of those around us. Bioregional animism works with a base inspiration from the work of Graham Harvey’s New Animism www.animism.org.uk/. As well as with modern concepts of bioregionalism by such authors on the subject as Kirkpatrick Sales, www.schumachersociety.org/publi...3.htmlPlease read His book Dwellers in the Land: A Bioregional Vision. As well as Harvey’s revolutionary work on new animism titled, Animism: Respecting the Living World. For more information on bioregional animism please read our blog. bioregionalanimism.blogspot.com/ If you would like to meet other bioregional animists as well as discuss bioregional animism with Little lightening bolt and other bioregional animist our online forum can be found at tribes… tribes.tribe.net/bioregionalanimism Bioregional animism is the Life vision of Little Lightening Bolt of the Cascadia bioregion and the Tumwawa eco-region. It is not an idea or concept or philosophy it’s a vision that he carries and offers as a gift to all who may need to carry such a vision themselves. Little Lightening Bolt can be contacted via the tribe’s bioregional animism forum. He is currently writing a book entitled Bioregional Animism: Finding the spirit of the shaman in your back yard... with out haveing to culturaly appropriate....

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Friday, January 25, 2008

What nourishes you?




I like to eat from my bioregion, as much as I can. I feel renewed when I can get fresh vegetables and things from the local merchants here. I like to eat baby spinach on sandwiches in place of lettuce. ham and swiss on whole wheat with sprouts apples I love wildflower honey from Uppingill farm and their wicked good strawberries when in season. the birds singing at the feeders in themorning being with the land, its sounds, its smells watching the eagles fly up over the ridge stone people walking in the forest and leaving prayer stones as I go lazing in the summer heat at Barton's Cove overlooking the river..watching the world go by fishin the quiet of a fresh fallen snow the beautiful birches and ironwood that hang over my back yard creating a calm shade to relax in red geraniums picking fiddleheads in the spring and making fiddlehead soup...YUM children laughing the sound of native drums Jim Boyd & Ulali The good people here in Bioregional animism ... lots more...but what nourishes YOU?


Nanc...
Nanci~Little Shield
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Nanci~Little Shield
Massachusetts


Currently living in Los Angeles, I am nourished by thoughts and memories of lush, gorgeous places I've traveled in the past -- waterfalls, mountaintops, pristine rivers, fertile valleys....

And I'm nourished by the vision of the future of urban living -- with rooftop gardens, water catchment, sustainable energy, bicycle culture, 95% reduction in cars/trucks, plenty of fast public transport, dancing and music in the streets! Etc!

I'm also nourished by oranges and lemons in season down here in So Cal right now.

I'm nourished by the color of sunsets.

flan...
flaneuse

Living in the city, I am nourished by the beautiful architecture and the way the light hits their facades at different times of day, and the design and craftsmanship that went into their making. I'm nourished by strolling along the boulevards and watching all the other people who share the street with me -- vendors, people walking their dogs, bicyclists, parents with children, crazy pigeons, performers who play beautiful music for pocket change. I'm nourished by the parks and greenways, and the people who work to keep them alive and keep them safe to be in. I'm nourished by the tiny sun porch in our apartment, and our houseplants, and by watching Anna, a resident in my building who cares for the landscaping outside as a labor of love. I'm nourished by the silence when my Quaker group meets for worship, and then by strolling to the farmer's market afterward to buy produce from farmers in the region.

Erin
Erin
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What nourishes me:

the farmer's market
watching the veritable baby parade at the farmer's market
making tea
water
seeing the hills turn green
learning about the plants and herbs
hiking through the hills
checking in at the ancestors' altar
warm baths on cold nights
this tribe
labyrinths
stone people
bird calls
my fiance
my family
my dreams

Posted by little lightening bolt at 10:29 PM

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