Looking for Resources
Hello,
This is a new account that I will be using exclusively for this sort of thing. This is mostly because I don’t feel it is wise to publicly connect religious views with my main account, for privacy purposes.
I will also be sharing this post in multiple related subreddits to accumulate as many responses as possible, so sorry if you see the same thing around.
I am an avid believer in general animism and shamanism. I won’t go too deep into my religious views, but I believe that there is some degree of validity to nearly every global religion and I believe that most world religions evolved out of animism. I think I have a pretty solid understanding of animism and shamanism as a whole, but I have recently been compelled to try to amass as much knowledge and information from as many animistic cultures as possible.
That being said, if you or someone you know comes from an animistic culture (Native American, Inuit, Sámi, Maori, Zulu, Australian Aboriginal, Shuar, anything like that (apologies if I missed your specific culture, was just broadly listing off the top of my head)) OR a culture with animistic tendencies (Northern European, Celtic, Slavic) and are interested and willing to share your and your peoples’ beliefs with me, please reach out. Or, if you know someone who falls within this category who would be willing to connect with me, please refer them to me.
I am also interested in any scholarly resources on the matter.
As a side note, I am generally weary of new age ideas, and am primarily focused on verifiably old ideas. I mean no offense to you at all if these practices and beliefs work for you, I have just found that they personally aren’t typically for me.
Thank you for reading, and I hope to speak to you soon!