r/Animism

HII! I love my plants with all my heart, and I wanna care for them in a kinda.. human like way. Like.. putting on their favorite jewelry! Or their favorite music! If this sounds weird please let me know! Also.. is it weird to call my plants my babies, or child(ren)? I wanna communicate with them though dowsing rods. If you have a better suggestion, please let me know! Thanks!! ^^

Hello, this is my first time using Reddit, so please be kind.

I’ve been looking for a religion or spiritual path to turn to for quite some time now. I was Christian when I was younger, but I lost my faith very early on. Today I’m in my twenties, and my beliefs have changed a lot.

I would like to find a spiritual framework or tradition that fits better with who I am now. At the moment, I do not believe in any personal god, but I remain open to different ideas.

What I believe in today is more connected to the universe and nature. I feel that the universe is conscious, or at least that there is some form of intelligence or global balance. I also believe that our choices are strongly influenced by who we are deep down, as if our “inner self” guides our decisions more than pure free will.

I am very interested in natural cycles, especially the cycles of the Moon and the seasons. I also like the idea of rituals, traditions, and celebrations connected to nature and its rhythms. I also personally believe in a form of energy within stones and natural elements.

Without necessarily believing in a literal way, I am also drawn to mythological figures and ancient spiritual traditions. I like the idea of a connection with nature, the elements, and something greater than ourselves.

I also believe that nature works in its own way and that there is some form of karma or balance in the world, even if I cannot fully define it.

However, I do not relate to religions centered around one or multiple Gods, as I feel more centered on the Universe itself. I remain open, though.

I am simply looking for suggestions of spiritual paths, movements, or religions that might match this worldview, or communities that practice this kind of spirituality.

Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to reply.

Also I wanted to say through some research I heard about Druidism, Paganism, Animism, Pantheism. But I don’t know which one fit the most with my beliefs. And it is actually not that easy to find information on internet..

I think that's true. We have animals spirits hiding or residing inside of us and we are like chained to them. They can activate and drive us like to crazy bad stuff. We are here in this life to break the chains from these animal spirits and be free. We have only one spirit , the spirit of an angel and that is the only transcendent spirit that is original. We are here to drop the chains of these animal spirits and be the angel spirit .

What do you guys think, I feel like that is the case.

I was in a terrible place for about a decade. Spiritual and mental turmoil, a whole 9 yards of bad coping mechanisms and just overall lost in life.

I was advised to just "give it a shot" in regards to going on a vision quest. At the time I thought it all sounded like hokey silliness.

Well, I went on said vision quest and for whatever reason I decided to actually take it seriously. It changed my perception of life completely.

I won't bore with all the details but I did end up having a vision, an eagle made of rainbow light that filled my sense of perception with absolute certainty that I could fix my life if I just set aside my doubts.

I came out of the quest completely changed. Instead of this twitchy and anxious junkie, I felt like... me. I could feel the real me under all the b.s. I had piled on top over the years.

Since then I've uncovered my standard running spirit animal (fox), made a cute little shrine, and turned my life around. I'm no longer a user, slowly making progress in all areas of my life, and have been called a "great teacher" and "good leader" by others... which past me would have thought impossible.

The guy who pressured me into undertaking a spirit quest and the eagle that visited me are wholly responsible for who I am today.

I will never turn my back on this spirituality, it saved me when nothing else could

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!

Hello all im a new anamist could anyone tell me more about this belafe system