A term variously used, in particular for the view that apparently inanimate parts of the universe (rivers, mountains, stars, and so on, as well as plants) are in fact animated and activated by souls or spirits; for example, Naiads (springs), Dryads (oak-trees) and so on.
Usually the term is applied to primitive beliefs of this nature rather than to philosophical views claiming to see life in the apparently lifeless (for which also see: hylozoism, panpsychism, vitalism).
‘Teleological animism’ has been used for the view that some wholes organize themselves and their parts so as to fulfill certain aims which they themselves originate.
Also see: organicism
Table of Contents
- 1 Videos
- 2 Related Products
- 2.1 The Handbook of Contemporary Animism (Acumen Handbooks)
- 2.2 Animism
- 2.3 Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic
- 2.4 Animism: Respecting the Living World
- 2.5 The Wakeful World: Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature
- 2.6 The Shamanic Workbook II: A Guide to Animism, Elements, and Grids
- 2.7 Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
- 2.8 Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing
- 2.9 The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- 2.10 When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World (Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology)
Videos
The Handbook of Contemporary Animism (Acumen Handbooks)
- English (Publication Language)
- 544 Pages - 06/08/2015 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
Animism
- Harvey, Graham (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 07/20/2017 (Publication Date) - C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (Publisher)
Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic
- Wachter, Aidan (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 168 Pages - 04/23/2018 (Publication Date) - Red Temple Press (Publisher)
Animism: Respecting the Living World
- Harvey, Graham (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 248 Pages - 10/26/2005 (Publication Date) - Columbia University Press (Publisher)
The Wakeful World: Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature
- Used Book in Good Condition
- Orr, Emma Restall (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 225 Pages - 11/30/2012 (Publication Date) - Moon Books (Publisher)
The Shamanic Workbook II: A Guide to Animism, Elements, and Grids
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Shutan, Mary (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 04/29/2020 (Publication Date)
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Abram, David (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 338 Pages - 08/24/2010 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing
- Robert Wolff (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 208 Pages - 08/15/2001 (Publication Date) - Inner Traditions (Publisher)
The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
- Vintage
- Abram, David (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 368 Pages - 02/25/1997 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World (Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology)
- Wallace, Mark I. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages - 11/20/2018 (Publication Date) - Fordham University Press (Publisher)
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