*Note1:* If you think this video contains useful information and want to translate it to your own language, please follow this link: ua-cam.com/users/timedtext_video?v=W_f_KezSMog&ref=share *Note2:* Other videos you might enjoy, related to this: *Cult of the Ancestors - Honouring the Dead:* ua-cam.com/video/OX9g2DUc4IQ/v-deo.html&t= *A Gift calls for a Gift - The Circle of Gift Giving:* ua-cam.com/video/0Mzy2xjCgC4/v-deo.html&t= *Megin - Spiritual Essence:* ua-cam.com/video/OQu2TGLBRWo/v-deo.html&t= *Hamingja - Walking in Shapes:* ua-cam.com/video/24YCU_aL8XM/v-deo.html&t= *Norse Spirituality - The Parts of the Self:* ua-cam.com/video/qOP8MSLQjRc/v-deo.html&t= *Talismans in Norse Witchcraft:* ua-cam.com/video/bbsxcm95lpM/v-deo.html&t=
@The hero of UA-cam Well, that is a perfect example of not understanding a single thing Arith said in the video. That literally could not be more wrong.
@Morgaine the translation you made was of the description of the video. Just this "Was ist Animismus? Wie können wir ihn definieren? Was ist seine wirkliche Bedeutung in spiritueller Hinsicht?". If you have your UA-cam in German, you should be able to see that on the description of this video.
Hi sir! I started to translate the video today into Arabic, I stopped at the fourth minute because I have some other work to do. I may finish it tomorrow.
That’s true. Blinded people are. But the one who gives sight explains the good life, in this way, ‘Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.’ ‘For everyone born of God overcomes the world’ and death is seen by many as a rebirth into a better world. Thus the way of the Jesus is just.
Thank you Arith Harger. My life makes sense to me again. As a young child I knew the woods were alive with spirits, visible and unseen. I imagined us living together on the giant head of yet another entity. Now as a woman of some years, I can return to the woods and never doubt myself again.
paganism is "a transformation to adapt the spiritual to the human reality, while animism is the human that adapts to the spiritual"... so beautifully put, and so true! thank you
This is the first time I heard someone say what I have felt my whole life, and I am 71, with a degree in anthropology and religious studies, amazing. I'm so thankful I have lived long enough to be glad of what I think, and believe.
This is fantastic explanation of Animism and explains perfectly why I turned to Paganism and spirituality after 28years of being an Atheist (or at least Agnostic). For me, religion has taken a form of a complete appreciation of nature and the world and the ecosystem and my attempt to reinsert myself in it and very mindfully take actions that I know will cause a ripple effect in both my own life and the lives and spirits of everything around me. The idea of gods to me is a way to channel my appreciation but the core reason I have begun to follow the ancient traditions is the very act of appreciating and participating in the ecosystem that surrounds us. Where modern religions think towards the future at the expense of the present, I want to be present at all times. Thank you for your video!
Thank you very much. You've made many great videos, this one is my favorite. This is where I feel I stand spiritually and you've done an excellent job at articulating what I've been thinking and explaining what our ancestors believed. I would love it if you could make more videos along these lines, maybe expanding on this one and delving into shamanism. Again thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this video you're very knowledgeable individual.
I am very happy to know this video and my words somehow reached you in a more personal way. Indeed I would like to start with shamanism as well, since it's a spiritual reality within Animism. I would like to expand the subjects in this channel and not just Scandinavian studies. Thank you :)
@@ArithHärger Awesome lol Arith, Greetings. First of all, congratulations always for the channel, careful in the words meticulously chosen to explain the contents and the extreme didactic principles for such. Here on the island of Marajó Pará Brazil there are the enchanted and the whirl... a lot of symbolism and PAJELANÇA, umbanda, quilombola and indigenous cults, etc. Do you believe that these practices are almost contemporary and timeless, especially indigenous ones? please answer that and especially if you are the basis or the first generation of animism? perhaps before animism itself since records before the iron age or even fire here do not exist or those that do exist have not been dated. what do you say? hugs
This was awesome. So many great points and it truly only scratches the surface. For me, I think mass production has destroyed the connection we once had to material objects; the importance of an object in regards to harboring the essence of its creator/maker. I'm not sure if that feeling falls under animism, but it feels like it fits. I personally do not worship a deity since walking away from Christianity. Why replace one master with another? For me, the Norse deities fulfill a communication need by personifying spiritual responsibilities or human nature. For example: My role in my family, my daily responsibilities are personified in Frigg. My hunger for knowledge is personified in Odin. My connection with the spiritual realm/world/plane is personified in Freyja. I do not worship them but rather acknowledge the personification of something that is rather difficult to sum up without their personified names. I apologize if this sounds like the ramblings of a crazed individual. It's quite hard to put into words what one feels spiritually. Thus the personification of these things through deities. They make it easier to discuss the spiritual aspects they represent. :)
Thank you for this video. It is helping me on my spiritual journey. I left Catholicism years ago, and at 23 I have never stopped searching, especially in the stories of my ancestors and my family. Even as a kid, I always hated church, and said that I only felt God in nature. Finding this interpretation of the myths, understanding animism and it's truths, is so profoundly fulfilling. I am slowly but surely learning, and sharing these principles with my family to help them follow with me into the woods 😁
Even in a scientific sense, we are, but also the universe itself. The same building blocks of matter that make up us can be traced with the early birth of the solar system and remnants of dying stars.
@God of the Eternal light. Yes connected in three ways. body, mind and spirit. Reality is AUM_ "A=outer aspect of physical, U= inner aspect of thoughts/ minds and M=undirected aspect of the witness spirit, pure awareness. Silence before and after is the fourth state, brahman" - upanishads. Reality could be divided into underworld, middleworld and upperworld also. These three meta states are always present and inherited in all life. So its dance of energy and information (Brahma, prakrit) and consciousness (shiva, purusha) . Mind is the "between state", the meeting point of living and nonliving, balacing and supporting "the dance," (vishnu, citta). So you could say brain produces the consciousness, but looking at unicellular organisms and bacteria they react, communicate, breath, reproduce, eat, attack and defend, learn and evolve. All this without brains. Consciousness is everywhere. Energy, space and information is everywhere. Tree, seed, life. Matter, laws, emptiness or chaos. Ice, water, water vapor. In the end all these states are h2o. This is why in good spiritual system all three realms should be covered. Kriya yoga has three actions for three realms. Ashtanga yoga has 8 limbs so, 3 methods for body, 3 for the mind and two for the "spirit". Jains, buddhist and even Jesus (quite similar to kriya yoga) Had practices for these three realms. So moral life, action, healthiness, learning and training. Controlling breathing, senses, focusing the mind and destroying obstructions of the mind. These two realms in balance make way for experiencing the third realm of spirit and true meditation and samadhi more likely. When you let spirit shine even little, it will destroy illusions and these cyclical patterns of the mind. When many individuals practice this and it will be collective effort, feeding itself and it will spread, then earth will be better place. This is why Jesus said put new wine in new vases. this is what happens when "seeds will land in fertile soil and produce harvest". This is what Jesus meant when he spoke about kingdom of heaven being amongst us or inside us. This is why jesus and the father are one and we are one with jesus. I hope this made some sense im still figuring out how all religions are connected and if some have insight into how shamans travelled between realms i would appreciate it. Didnt they get remedies and cures for the body from underworld ? Did they get divine inspiration from the upperworld ?
@@craftylemon2460I accept all that eye see, I don't believe anything except for thy shit, shit is all, all iz shit, right here, right meow...... ah man 😽
@@infinityiznow There are many things i don't know. When i don't know, i say i don't know. There is nothing i could come up with where i would use the sentence "i believe". Meow.
I gotta say man. You are so well spoken, educated, and passionate about everything you talk about on here and I am learning so much from you. I just want you to know that I truly appreciate you and what you are doing.
So thought provoking, and yet it's like remembering half forgotten dreams. The truth of it resonates so highly that it is calming and exciting all at the same time. Thank you
I've been delving into paganism on and off my entire life, but constantly find myself not able to align with deities--whether in literal form or archetypal. But I have a deep love and respect for nature. I've come across animism many times too if course, but again felt very turned off by the idea that everything has a spirit. This is the first time I felt like I began to understand animism and I'm in my 30s... But it's definitely a huge part of my personal belief system. Thank you, I love your content!
This is really what I've been looking for. While it seems like most pagans come from a deity-centric point of view, for me, I approach animism as the bedrock of my paganism. I have never believed in gods (whether I desire to or not), but I cannot deny the depth of wisdom contained within places rich with life, such as forests, rivers, and oceans.
I just stumbled onto this from literally nowhere, with no knowledge of or even foresight... Like it fell from across the universe, into my domain and in my lap, like a little grain sized meteorite... Hitting me directly dead-center in the head.... My mind is so friggin blown.... 🗿 I know a lot of sheeet, but this is a first... I've studied Sumerian, Egyptian, etc, etc... THANK YOU BROTHER!!! God Bless and Godspeed!!!🌻🙏🏽🙌🏽 Semper Fi
At the start of the video, I thought: "This had better be good!" At the end of the video, I thought: "That was very good." I think you explained it as well as it could be explained in words in that amount of time, and you tempered well the inevitable feelings that arise from knowing these comparisons. To be honest, more words over more time would not necessarily help much, either. You could describe examples, but it must go soon to direct experience to be really learned. Even to sit and watch the lifetime of a single campfire with one who knows its kind is some help. This is a bit of telling, perhaps: A while back, I was discussing functions and perspectives of the practitioner with a senior occultist/witch. I compared ceremonial/spellwork/high magic with what I do (approx): "When you do a spell, you start as yourself, you strive to maintain yourself, and you expect to remain yourself throughout, and still be yourself at the end. This power of self is the essence of the practice, and the magic you do is to help yourself or your will for others in the world in some way, guided by your own wisdom. This is how you wield power, and why you (must) always seek more of it. "When I go out, the first thing I do is essentially lose myself into the environment, and I don't expect to be the same self when I return -- I am not trying to remain 'me'! -- and what comes back may not be quite the same creature as what went out in the first place. I trust the power of Nature to make me what she wants me to be, to wield her will by her own wisdom. Then, as long as I am seeking after what she wants of me, it is her will and her power that must be reckoned with." Also, when talking to theists (including pagan priests & practitioners), I have sometimes described the relationship like this: "You give offerings and rituals to your gods, to ask for good luck or fate in the hunt, or to fish, and sometimes they can give it to you. I ask the Forest, and I ask the Lake, and they give me what they can spare of the bounty they have, and they direct my ways accordingly. I go without guarantee of what I will receive, only that it will suffice." These things are not a matter of humility or arrogance -- for either can lead one astray. It is a matter of how the magic flows. It is not a matter of holiness or profanity, nor even of knowing and remembering -- for such things are but whispers on the winds, subject to overturn. It is a matter of communion, of Becoming where we are. To some extent, and when done well, it is about finding the world where the possible has become the inevitable, the art of Navigation. Thank you for being you, and for your good work. You are a boon to the tribe :)
As the ancient Celts said "where there's water, there's life, where there's life, there's a spirit" So, many places were holy and respected. whether it was forests, lakes, rivers...
Once again a fantastic video from my favorites archaeologists and spiritualists. Give help me come a long way in my journey from converting from Christianity to paganism and understanding. I thank you so much for all your hard work.
Your youtube channel is a real TREASURE to me, Arith Harger. I am finding my own spiritual path and I want it to include honoring and working with the old gods of our noble ancestors. Thank you very much for everything that you do.
Such nice video 😊. I really enjoyed from the beginning till the end. The destroyed nozes of the shpinxs, has that to do with cutting the breathing?So interesting.💜💜💜
Interesting that you asked that. A friend just sent me something that confirms what I suspected: Egyptian-Arab historical accounts of the 15th century tell us that during the 14th century people still made offerings to the Great Sphinx (mostly peasants), hoping to control the flood cycles, for successful harvests. But a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr was outraged by this display of devotion that ended up destroying the nose of the Great Sphinx (I suspect for the reasons I've expressed in this video - to "kill" the spirit within and so it wouldn't be able to take action on the phsyical plane). He was executed for vandalism.
wow, what a video Arith, I even got emotional here with that little ending too, and you speak everything and the truth, in the beginning before joining Germanic paganism, I even had some difficulty still about animism and I thought it was only the Gods and that's it, then I learned and saw that they were there, and after we reconnect with nature and everything around us, that happiness really returns. and watching this video gave me a better view than I had before, and I know that the video is very old and you won't see it anymore I really appreciate it thanks arith.
incredible video ! I really think the worship of the earth and everything in it is the most important thing with heathenry. Every deity is just a representation of a nature element in most case. We must reconnect to the earth itself. Thanks again for your incredible work !
I myself was taught and am an Animist as an Old Crafter. Many in the Neo pagan culture have a hard time understanding this, or even the reconstructionist pagan cultures because they themselves are religious. That's for them, and that's fine by me, but as an Animist we don't worship but rather work with these entities. As a magical practitioner of the old kind we work to re-come to the foundations of our ancestral understandings of the universe. It's not easier, but it works more smoothly being a magical practitioner since we don't have religious taboos that we have to fight with, but rather understanding natural taboos and how they function and in some rare cases broken to get the effect necessary in our magical praxis. Keep up the good work explaining these older beliefs and customs, it seems to help people broaden their own understanding, and it gives someone like myself another mind to point to when people ask me if their are anyone else that explains this.
Hello! Talking about the Breath (Silla) the word BREATH in Arabic it means ''exhalation and inhalation" also it means "Spirit". another use for the word Breath in Arabic also when someone has her/his/hxs special way of cooking, so you could say "your breath (spirit) for cooking is nice" which means " you are a good cook". Regards and thanks for the videos that u r making
I've been a "pagan" for many years, and with much thanks to your videos, I am just now finding what really pulls at my heart. Finally! New youtube subscriber, and new patreon subscriber. Your work is important and I am grateful for it!
My husband and I were talking about this just the other day. We both agreed that the concept of monotheism sets its practitioners up with a sense of utter absolutism that can only ever lead to conflict, as each person is certain that their own belief is the only right way of believing. It leads to bitter splits in a society, not just between different religions but within the religions themselves. Thus we end up with Catholics and Lutherans and Baptists and Pentecostals, etc. who, despite all being Christians, are at odds with each other nearly as much as they are with Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. Polytheism, on the other hand, allows for a lot more "wiggle room" in how one interprets and interacts with spiritual matters. There is a lot more opportunity to try to find commonalities between the gods that different people worship. Obviously it doesn't always happen that way, but it's a lot easier to find common ground in a polytheistic mindset than there is in a monotheistic one.
You've hit the nail on the head again here Arith! I even have pagan 'friend's ' who don't understand this concept but you can't expect those who only follow something out of fashion rather than feeling to understand.
Beautifully put. Thank you once again for simultaneously being educational, straight-talking, and uplifting and motivational! My family and I love watching and discussing your videos.
This is very interesting. A lot of this is common with Pacific spiritualities But it's not only about appeasing spirits, but more about living in balance, and having positive relationships with family members that just happen to come in different form other than human. Kinda like living in a space, and in this space the people you are surrounded with are your family, or others family. The only difference is that to those of us who live in this way of being, our family are not just people. They are plants animals, and even certain objects, and others are respected because they are possessed of the divine light. So we make that effort to show care and protect our family members and maintain relationships. Many times there is a story as to why, and because of it, we respect the tradition and the relationship is mutually beneficial. A good example is Hawaiian people and Kalo, our brother or Uncle. We care for him and his children and they feed us. The relationship is mutually beneficial, but it's not just because of that its because Kalo and his family are our relatives.
Brilliant video arith varger!! It is time we discarded abrahamism as it truly does no benifit to us or the world around us. Nature is divine and the ultimate creator, the English worshiped nerthus / frigg specifically as she is the mother of all and the qualitys we wish to embody will be found in all the noble creatures of this world such as the boar, the bear, the eagle and the wolf.
Yes down with the 3 headed hound of Abraham. So vile those desert religions. Of those 3 I would have to say Christianity is the most sinister. Christianity was and is a slave driving, brain washing, culture destroying political movement
'It is time we discarded abrahamism'; I don't see this happening in the state anytime soon. Abrahamic religions live off of fear. It's breaks people's spirits and tells them they are nothing and need a god/savior to realize their full potential, and the US *thrives* off of fear, especially in politics.
Mate I think we discarded “abrahamism” a long time ago. Christianity, when it first came to the British isles, was actually a religion of the poor and downtrodden in society, as opposed to the elite priests of the old gods, but the pattern of history repeated and the elite priests became Christians. You know what’s god is worshipped by the elites today? The Market. I don’t think god holds as much sway as you seem to think. “spirituality” (including all these pagan revivals) is actually quite popular in the uk, but it’s all very artificial seen as we know fuck all about the gods we once worshipped.
@@phillipjordan3013 a lot of these old pagan cultures literally kept slaves. Christianity was,in the beginning, an emancipatory movement first adopted by the slaves and the poor, before it was taken up, out of necessity and fear of the masses, by the rulers of these pagan cultures.
Recently I’ve been feeling my mortality. That I will cease to exist and that everything I’ve summed up to the 37 years I’ve been living, a self actualization that I have felt alive now, more than ever.
If more people would take this spiritually to heart our world would be a better healthier place. Instead we are killing the planet over wealth. If there are no bees we die! There’s a spiritual realm where we go to and our ancestors reside. I know my father is with me and watches over me. I had to seek a shaman over a life threatening health condition. She told me my father was right next to me and that I would not die…although I was given 3-4months to live and told to get my affairs in order by the doctors. I followed her advice on cleansing my body and becoming grounded with the natural healing power of the earth. Well that was 11 years ago, there is definitely “something” to the old ways that we have ignored or were never taught. Thanks Arith for this video.
This is one of my favorite videos that you have made Arith. Thank you for sharing about Animism and how it fits within both history and the contemporary world. Your work and voice are much needed. Thank you!
'Animism' the way you have explained made me very happy because I have been searching for 'meaning' and 'purpose' of life and role of 'spirits' which are also called 'aliens' to give modern look. You have given a clearest picture of 'life' and 'spirits' which is my destination in my personal 'life'. I am thankful to you for this favour. Only today I happened to see your video in 'you tube'. So I am late to comment on your video. Now as on date, that is October 2023 and the date 17, we are seeing wars on two places between two on each side. So total 4 countries are involved. It is not that only two countries are involved, in fact many more countries are behind each country. Thus it means lot many countries are at war. War is other name for 'distruction'. Already lot many countries are at war. Where we are heading to? Earth, nature, animals, plants, forces of nature like water, air, soil, sky and ground all gets polluted and may loose their calming and soothing nature. I look towards to you to do something to stop these wars and destruction by explaining evils of war in your videos. Thanks.
WOW! I loved this immensely. You're speaking my language . I've had these same thoughts and realizations before... Then I forgot some of it. Thank you for the reminder. It was very refreshing.
Thank you , Arith! I felt you help me under the relationships between these spiritual and religious concepts, so thank you for taking the time and energy to paint/draw this perspective! 😊
Thank you so very much for this video. There was a missing piece for me how you explain and link religion to animism and about the gods being human to start with. Glad to have found your channel 🙏🏻💚🌱
As a life long mechanic, I have said for decades that "machines are alive and have personality". Detail your car yourself, and see if it doesn't run and ride a little better. But you must do it yourself.
Every video you put up, I think, "This one is my favorite one." Thank you for all the effort you put into the videos. There is so much I would not know without your gift of storytelling.
I've long been describing my beliefs as Animism rather than just Polytheism, since this is by far the most accurate identifier as to what I actually believe. I prefer the approach of Animism also, as it brings a sense traditions that are living, organic, continuously unfolding - ancient at the roots but having living buds, blossoms and leaves.
Thank you for this video i am very glad i stumbled upon it. Ive had my personal beliefs for a long time from personal experience's that have been the main reason i have made it as far as i have in life. Animisim really fits in with my experience's and larger view on life and has even made more sense of aspects in life that still remained unsettled on. Animisim is an area my spiritualism truly fits well in. thank you again for making these very interesting , informative and awareness opening spiritualism.
Simply LOVE this video!!! As someone rightly pointed out, the gods are our ancestors, not our descendants (still, one never knows...); when I'll have time, I'll try to create the Italian subtitles. Great job, thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge (by the way, lovely scenarios)
Oh yes, I said that in here and it was the slip of the tongue. I said most pagan deities were once humans who stood out, hence the cult of the ancestors, but right after that I said the gods are our direct descendants, and what I meant was that WE are their direct descendants, hehe. But then again... many gods came after us, human beings, so in that way they are the descendants of some one and will become ancestors :P but yeah... in this case it was really the slip of the tongue. What a shame :x
For a moment it looked like somewhere in center Europe, the vegetation was so different from your other outdoor videos and whatnot...really beautiful 💚 and please, there is no shame in some mistakes, we understood what you meant, and only those who never try never make mistakes 😊 please keep on your wonderful job, we need an acculturated voice in this superficial world
Your closing comments cut right to a place inside of me . I know I will listen to them a few more times . It strikes me as a deep truth and very healing to realize .
Excellent video! I know I'm a little late to the game here (I'm just finding your channel). I'm not sure if you are at all interested in post structuralism; but I thought give your interest in Animism I thought you might be interested in Jane Bennett's Book Vibrant Matter, which argues that it is more philosophically correct and adaptive to understand all things (including inanimate object) as processing agency. I'm personally really happy to see the ideas of animism slowly returning to the world through a verity of vectors. Thanks again for all of your thoughtful commentary I'm learning a lot and discovering deeper ways to think about my own practice.
I subscribed to your channel yesterday and watched a handful of videos. This is by far my favourite. So well told, so full of knowledge and humour and also sad truths. I finally understand why trying to get into the neo-pagan movement never felt quite right to me. Thank you for making these videos and sharing your wisdom!
This is a brilliant video! So valuable knowledge✨Yes animism is a way of thinking. We are part of the nature and we all should be thankful to it and showing respect . Thank you very much.
Ah yes! The rolling thunder coming my way. I was watching, right in front of me, the grey clouds gathering and thunder, above the tree line. Was a good spot and a good day ^^
Cara, já faz bastante tempo que penso dessa forma sobre a realidade do espírito estar neste mundo mesmo, e que a necessidade de reconexão com algo perdido inato ao ser humano se deve a este distanciamento que nossa cultura nos coloca da natureza. E de como as religiões usam isso para dizer que este sentimento é sobre um mundo espiritual fora deste. Recentemente maratonei 4 videos da série da varinha branca, e me identifico com vários exemplos que vc da sobre o início da caminhada no sentido dessa vivência com a terra e suas pessoas. Sou brasileiro e moro no Brasil, que não é a terra dos meus antepassados, mas esmo nesse contexto acho possível ter uma relação íntima com a terra. Comecei nessa caminhada sozinho mesmo, com rituais que eu crio "da minha cabeça" e depois descubro que alguém faz igual, inclusive me sinto assim sobre várias recomendações que vc faz na série da varinha branca. Muito bom saber que não é só viagem da minha cabeça, valeu!
Thanks for this, I found it really interesting & thought provoking. Humans do tend to think themselves above all other living things on this beautiful planet, which is why it's a mess. But maybe enough of us can do something to get back in touch with nature by saving animals, sea life, plant life as much as we can & teaching the young how to do a better job of looking after the Earth than we have done.
Mr. Arith, I forgot to tell you what I feel wen I see the lessons you made, I feel peace on my heart and a strong reason to live and love the nature, the 🐐 are lovely ! Thanks for all, see you on the next video!
Thank you Arith Harger. You give words to my beliefs and relight the candles of my understanding. I find as I listen, my soul is saying Yes, Yes, Yes. You speak a truth that lays hidden beneath all the detritus modern religion has piled on and tried to confuse my being. I truly feel powerful and reanimated listening to you. I don't need to be Born Again or need to be saved. I was born perfect.
Hello Arith, I have to thank You for covering this. Subject. It's been the most amazing/ life changing thing to happen to Me that I can see the world around Me, for the last few Years. Its. rough when You feel alone and no one else can. relate. I can see the Souls in the Trees and Plants, old family Pics, everything is written on. The soul on Your right is scratching His Head and looks like Shrek lol, but literally there are countless, thank You for being truthful and a great Teacher. John in Yucca Valley Ca.
Arith Härger, did you ever think about, or are you maybe already currently working on, writing books about these subjects. If so, I would deffinitly buy them.
So happy that ive found your channel, seems ive come full circle. Thankyou for eeking all of this out by the roots. It is Greatly needed and appreciated 👍 ( i paint bird portraits)
This is such a powerful truth, not just a message to be shared.and will resonate with people so easily ( for a very good reason I’d have to say) this was so perfectly explained by you that I don’t know how anyone wouldn’t know and deeply feel how we have all truly overlooked and been led astray from what is truly important , meaningful and purposeful in this life and where our power, praise , energy and respect should always be focused first and foremost 💙🌎💙
Thank you so much! This video is so helpful! I'm from a partly animism culture but I never thought about how animism can affect our wellbeings. Btw I really like the part about how to kill a statue.
Truly, i have been shedding tears due to a loss of faith and loved one's lately. The monotheistic religions seem to lack realism so to speak. Basically i just want to say thank you for this video.
Spirituality itself is a form of energy, thus all things have some form of energy on a spiritual spectrum. To deny this is to deny the fundamental thing that makes up existence itself. That all things are intertwined, and are all relative to each other linked in an undeniable symbiosis.
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me understand a lot about my own beliefs and the things that I was confused about. ❤ Looking forward to watch more of your videos. 😊 Very educational.
Your videos are very helpful! I am new to Paganism and trying to learn about all these new concepts and you explain them so well! Do you have any videos about Vörðr/warden spirits? (I saw you had regarding Fylgja and Hamingja, but the warden is different, right?) Thank you for your time and efforts!
May I say please camp in the forest as much as you can.If able live out there.Introduce yourself to the land and then listen ..Do not waste give back what you take.The land is alive and we must reestablish our connection. Greetings from Australia
Hello there! Glad to have you here on board hehe. Yes indeed the Vörðr/Varð is different and even though I've already mentioned it before, including in the Necromancy in Norse mythology video, I'm planning on doing a video solely for it. I've done a video called "The Parts of the Self" where I have exposed 10 concepts/terms of the parts of the self in Norse spirituality, and the Varð was one of them. Now I'm going to each of the 10 concepts and developing them and the Varð I shall eventually speak of it ^^ thank you!
@@ArithHärger Thank you! I will check those videos out ASAP. Really excited for your video(s) as they are helping me answer some life long questions. I've have been an atheist all my life, but there are some things/experiences I cannot explain. So yes, I am on board with an open mind :D
Plenty of excellent points, reviewing many things I have learned but that we all tend to lose track of in our perceived-necessary involvement with the modern world and its characteristic perspectives. Thank you for making the video and covering those points - useful new learning and/or helpful review, depending on how informed the viewer already was prior to taking it in. I want to come back and listen again from the beginning, feeling that I will get more out of it the second time and wanting to give attention with a fresh mind and without distractions.
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@The hero of UA-cam Well, that is a perfect example of not understanding a single thing Arith said in the video. That literally could not be more wrong.
@Morgaine the translation you made was of the description of the video. Just this "Was ist Animismus? Wie können wir ihn definieren? Was ist seine wirkliche Bedeutung in spiritueller Hinsicht?". If you have your UA-cam in German, you should be able to see that on the description of this video.
Is there a way you could send me the script? I'm currently learning German and this video has a lot of useful information.
Hi sir! I started to translate the video today into Arabic, I stopped at the fourth minute because I have some other work to do. I may finish it tomorrow.
@The hero of UA-cam Go hIfreann leat a shlíomadóir lofa! Imeacht gan teacht ort.
"We stopped caring about this world because what was more important was life after this world" That is a powerful line just on it's own.
"turn your back on mother nature, every body wants to rule the world" ~tears for fears
@@GregtheGrey6969 Exactly what came to my mind too when I heard that sentence!
Subjectivity won...
And force it on everything else . I know everything my ways right end of story. Let's roll on the offensive
That’s true. Blinded people are. But the one who gives sight explains the good life, in this way, ‘Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.’ ‘For everyone born of God overcomes the world’ and death is seen by many as a rebirth into a better world. Thus the way of the Jesus is just.
Thank you Arith Harger. My life makes sense to me again. As a young child I knew the woods were alive with spirits, visible and unseen. I imagined us living together on the giant head of yet another entity. Now as a woman of some years, I can return to the woods and never doubt myself again.
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This is beautiful.
It is nice when find out we are not crazy
You shared my story as well, thank you.
paganism is "a transformation to adapt the spiritual to the human reality, while animism is the human that adapts to the spiritual"... so beautifully put, and so true! thank you
This is the first time I heard someone say what I have felt my whole life, and I am 71, with a degree in anthropology and religious studies, amazing. I'm so thankful I have lived long enough to be glad of what I think, and believe.
This is fantastic explanation of Animism and explains perfectly why I turned to Paganism and spirituality after 28years of being an Atheist (or at least Agnostic).
For me, religion has taken a form of a complete appreciation of nature and the world and the ecosystem and my attempt to reinsert myself in it and very mindfully take actions that I know will cause a ripple effect in both my own life and the lives and spirits of everything around me. The idea of gods to me is a way to channel my appreciation but the core reason I have begun to follow the ancient traditions is the very act of appreciating and participating in the ecosystem that surrounds us. Where modern religions think towards the future at the expense of the present, I want to be present at all times.
Thank you for your video!
You and many of us, friend. You're not alone.
Oh god we truly do need another crusade
@@kingcotton659 that’s all wht colonizers know how to do best
I'm happy to say I'm an Animist! 🤍🍃
Thank you very much. You've made many great videos, this one is my favorite. This is where I feel I stand spiritually and you've done an excellent job at articulating what I've been thinking and explaining what our ancestors believed. I would love it if you could make more videos along these lines, maybe expanding on this one and delving into shamanism. Again thank you. You have no idea how much I appreciate this video you're very knowledgeable individual.
I am very happy to know this video and my words somehow reached you in a more personal way. Indeed I would like to start with shamanism as well, since it's a spiritual reality within Animism. I would like to expand the subjects in this channel and not just Scandinavian studies. Thank you :)
Yaaaas!
@@ArithHärger Yes, please do. This really hit home for me
@@ArithHärger Awesome lol
Arith, Greetings. First of all, congratulations always for the channel, careful in the words meticulously chosen to explain the contents and the extreme didactic principles for such. Here on the island of Marajó Pará Brazil there are the enchanted and the whirl... a lot of symbolism and PAJELANÇA, umbanda, quilombola and indigenous cults, etc. Do you believe that these practices are almost contemporary and timeless, especially indigenous ones? please answer that and especially if you are the basis or the first generation of animism? perhaps before animism itself since records before the iron age or even fire here do not exist or those that do exist have not been dated. what do you say? hugs
This was awesome. So many great points and it truly only scratches the surface. For me, I think mass production has destroyed the connection we once had to material objects; the importance of an object in regards to harboring the essence of its creator/maker. I'm not sure if that feeling falls under animism, but it feels like it fits.
I personally do not worship a deity since walking away from Christianity. Why replace one master with another? For me, the Norse deities fulfill a communication need by personifying spiritual responsibilities or human nature. For example: My role in my family, my daily responsibilities are personified in Frigg. My hunger for knowledge is personified in Odin. My connection with the spiritual realm/world/plane is personified in Freyja. I do not worship them but rather acknowledge the personification of something that is rather difficult to sum up without their personified names.
I apologize if this sounds like the ramblings of a crazed individual. It's quite hard to put into words what one feels spiritually. Thus the personification of these things through deities. They make it easier to discuss the spiritual aspects they represent. :)
If you don't worship the gods you're not pagan, period. You are living a new age religion which is your choice, but don't claim it's paganism.
Thank you for this video. It is helping me on my spiritual journey. I left Catholicism years ago, and at 23 I have never stopped searching, especially in the stories of my ancestors and my family. Even as a kid, I always hated church, and said that I only felt God in nature. Finding this interpretation of the myths, understanding animism and it's truths, is so profoundly fulfilling. I am slowly but surely learning, and sharing these principles with my family to help them follow with me into the woods 😁
I believe that everything in this world is connected somehow. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and opinions, regards.
Cool. I don't believe shit.
Even in a scientific sense, we are, but also the universe itself. The same building blocks of matter that make up us can be traced with the early birth of the solar system and remnants of dying stars.
@God of the Eternal light. Yes connected in three ways. body, mind and spirit. Reality is AUM_ "A=outer aspect of physical, U= inner aspect of thoughts/ minds and M=undirected aspect of the witness spirit, pure awareness. Silence before and after is the fourth state, brahman" - upanishads.
Reality could be divided into underworld, middleworld and upperworld also. These three meta states are always present and inherited in all life. So its dance of energy and information (Brahma, prakrit) and consciousness (shiva, purusha) . Mind is the "between state", the meeting point of living and nonliving, balacing and supporting "the dance," (vishnu, citta).
So you could say brain produces the consciousness, but looking at unicellular organisms and bacteria they react, communicate, breath, reproduce, eat, attack and defend, learn and evolve. All this without brains. Consciousness is everywhere. Energy, space and information is everywhere.
Tree, seed, life.
Matter, laws, emptiness or chaos.
Ice, water, water vapor. In the end all these states are h2o.
This is why in good spiritual system all three realms should be covered.
Kriya yoga has three actions for three realms.
Ashtanga yoga has 8 limbs so, 3 methods for body, 3 for the mind and two for the "spirit".
Jains, buddhist and even Jesus (quite similar to kriya yoga)
Had practices for these three realms.
So moral life, action, healthiness, learning and training.
Controlling breathing, senses, focusing the mind and destroying obstructions of the mind.
These two realms in balance make way for experiencing the third realm of spirit and true meditation and samadhi more likely. When you let spirit shine even little, it will destroy illusions and these cyclical patterns of the mind. When many individuals practice this and it will be collective effort, feeding itself and it will spread, then earth will be better place. This is why Jesus said put new wine in new vases. this is what happens when "seeds will land in fertile soil and produce harvest". This is what Jesus meant when he spoke about kingdom of heaven being amongst us or inside us. This is why jesus and the father are one and we are one with jesus.
I hope this made some sense im still figuring out how all religions are connected and if some have insight into how shamans travelled between realms i would appreciate it. Didnt they get remedies and cures for the body from underworld ? Did they get divine inspiration from the upperworld ?
@@craftylemon2460I accept all that eye see, I don't believe anything except for thy shit, shit is all, all iz shit, right here, right meow......
ah man 😽
@@infinityiznow There are many things i don't know. When i don't know, i say i don't know. There is nothing i could come up with where i would use the sentence "i believe". Meow.
I gotta say man. You are so well spoken, educated, and passionate about everything you talk about on here and I am learning so much from you. I just want you to know that I truly appreciate you and what you are doing.
So thought provoking, and yet it's like remembering half forgotten dreams. The truth of it resonates so highly that it is calming and exciting all at the same time. Thank you
I've been delving into paganism on and off my entire life, but constantly find myself not able to align with deities--whether in literal form or archetypal. But I have a deep love and respect for nature.
I've come across animism many times too if course, but again felt very turned off by the idea that everything has a spirit. This is the first time I felt like I began to understand animism and I'm in my 30s... But it's definitely a huge part of my personal belief system. Thank you, I love your content!
Fascinating and thought provoking, thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
and thank you for watching it :)
This is really what I've been looking for. While it seems like most pagans come from a deity-centric point of view, for me, I approach animism as the bedrock of my paganism. I have never believed in gods (whether I desire to or not), but I cannot deny the depth of wisdom contained within places rich with life, such as forests, rivers, and oceans.
I'm an archaeology student and I've just done an essay on animism and the concept of other than human person. Wish I had seen this video earlier!
I love content with enough academic depth to make it worth multiple viewings. Fascinating!
Standing ovation! That was GREAT! I am about to share this with every person I know who is of a similar mindset.
Very interesting! Your criticism of the impact of the Abrahamic faiths on the world we live in is spot on.
I just stumbled onto this from literally nowhere, with no knowledge of or even foresight... Like it fell from across the universe, into my domain and in my lap, like a little grain sized meteorite... Hitting me directly dead-center in the head....
My mind is so friggin blown.... 🗿
I know a lot of sheeet, but this is a first... I've studied Sumerian, Egyptian, etc, etc...
THANK YOU BROTHER!!!
God Bless and Godspeed!!!🌻🙏🏽🙌🏽
Semper Fi
This is like my 3rd time listening to this, each time I hear and take something new from it. Thank you Arith for what you do.
At the start of the video, I thought: "This had better be good!" At the end of the video, I thought: "That was very good."
I think you explained it as well as it could be explained in words in that amount of time, and you tempered well the inevitable feelings that arise from knowing these comparisons. To be honest, more words over more time would not necessarily help much, either. You could describe examples, but it must go soon to direct experience to be really learned. Even to sit and watch the lifetime of a single campfire with one who knows its kind is some help.
This is a bit of telling, perhaps: A while back, I was discussing functions and perspectives of the practitioner with a senior occultist/witch. I compared ceremonial/spellwork/high magic with what I do (approx):
"When you do a spell, you start as yourself, you strive to maintain yourself, and you expect to remain yourself throughout, and still be yourself at the end. This power of self is the essence of the practice, and the magic you do is to help yourself or your will for others in the world in some way, guided by your own wisdom. This is how you wield power, and why you (must) always seek more of it.
"When I go out, the first thing I do is essentially lose myself into the environment, and I don't expect to be the same self when I return -- I am not trying to remain 'me'! -- and what comes back may not be quite the same creature as what went out in the first place. I trust the power of Nature to make me what she wants me to be, to wield her will by her own wisdom. Then, as long as I am seeking after what she wants of me, it is her will and her power that must be reckoned with."
Also, when talking to theists (including pagan priests & practitioners), I have sometimes described the relationship like this: "You give offerings and rituals to your gods, to ask for good luck or fate in the hunt, or to fish, and sometimes they can give it to you. I ask the Forest, and I ask the Lake, and they give me what they can spare of the bounty they have, and they direct my ways accordingly. I go without guarantee of what I will receive, only that it will suffice."
These things are not a matter of humility or arrogance -- for either can lead one astray. It is a matter of how the magic flows. It is not a matter of holiness or profanity, nor even of knowing and remembering -- for such things are but whispers on the winds, subject to overturn. It is a matter of communion, of Becoming where we are. To some extent, and when done well, it is about finding the world where the possible has become the inevitable, the art of Navigation.
Thank you for being you, and for your good work. You are a boon to the tribe :)
As the ancient Celts said "where there's water, there's life, where there's life, there's a spirit" So, many places were holy and respected. whether it was forests, lakes, rivers...
Beautifully said, thank you for yet another great video, Arith!
Also, the adorable goats at the end! 😍
Thank you hehe, yeah... I just love goats :P
Once again a fantastic video from my favorites archaeologists and spiritualists. Give help me come a long way in my journey from converting from Christianity to paganism and understanding. I thank you so much for all your hard work.
Your youtube channel is a real TREASURE to me, Arith Harger. I am finding my own spiritual path and I want it to include honoring and working with the old gods of our noble ancestors. Thank you very much for everything that you do.
Thank you for this video! I often explain Animism to people but never as well as you just did.
Brilliant. Thanks for this. Perfect timing for me to watch this.
Thank you, mr Härger, this was a presentation much appreciated🙏 Greetings from the far North ( Finland)
Such nice video 😊. I really enjoyed from the beginning till the end. The destroyed nozes of the shpinxs, has that to do with cutting the breathing?So interesting.💜💜💜
Interesting that you asked that. A friend just sent me something that confirms what I suspected: Egyptian-Arab historical accounts of the 15th century tell us that during the 14th century people still made offerings to the Great Sphinx (mostly peasants), hoping to control the flood cycles, for successful harvests. But a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr was outraged by this display of devotion that ended up destroying the nose of the Great Sphinx (I suspect for the reasons I've expressed in this video - to "kill" the spirit within and so it wouldn't be able to take action on the phsyical plane). He was executed for vandalism.
@@ArithHärger Thank you 😊
@@ArithHärger Wow! That's an amazing explantation. Exceededly diligent research. Thanks.
I read over 30 years ago that the damage to the nose of the sphinx was caused by bored British soldiers shooting at it during WW2.
wow, what a video Arith, I even got emotional here with that little ending too, and you speak everything and the truth, in the beginning before joining Germanic paganism, I even had some difficulty still about animism and I thought it was only the Gods and that's it, then I learned and saw that they were there, and after we reconnect with nature and everything around us, that happiness really returns. and watching this video gave me a better view than I had before, and I know that the video is very old and you won't see it anymore I really appreciate it thanks arith.
incredible video ! I really think the worship of the earth and everything in it is the most important thing with heathenry. Every deity is just a representation of a nature element in most case. We must reconnect to the earth itself. Thanks again for your incredible work !
I have struggled with resolving this for a long time, thank you for this perception and insight! Makes much more sense.
I myself was taught and am an Animist as an Old Crafter. Many in the Neo pagan culture have a hard time understanding this, or even the reconstructionist pagan cultures because they themselves are religious. That's for them, and that's fine by me, but as an Animist we don't worship but rather work with these entities. As a magical practitioner of the old kind we work to re-come to the foundations of our ancestral understandings of the universe. It's not easier, but it works more smoothly being a magical practitioner since we don't have religious taboos that we have to fight with, but rather understanding natural taboos and how they function and in some rare cases broken to get the effect necessary in our magical praxis.
Keep up the good work explaining these older beliefs and customs, it seems to help people broaden their own understanding, and it gives someone like myself another mind to point to when people ask me if their are anyone else that explains this.
Hello! Talking about the Breath (Silla) the word BREATH in Arabic it means ''exhalation
and inhalation" also it means "Spirit". another use for the word Breath in Arabic also when someone has her/his/hxs special way of cooking, so you could say "your breath (spirit) for cooking is nice" which means " you are a good cook". Regards and thanks for the videos that u r making
I've been a "pagan" for many years, and with much thanks to your videos, I am just now finding what really pulls at my heart. Finally! New youtube subscriber, and new patreon subscriber. Your work is important and I am grateful for it!
We are indeed all connected, us, Spirit, animals, trees, Mother Earth! Thank you for this!
Great video once again dear arith!
the differences between monotheism and politheism are much deeper than merely the number of worshiped gods.
indeed it is. It's a whole other way of thinking :)
My husband and I were talking about this just the other day. We both agreed that the concept of monotheism sets its practitioners up with a sense of utter absolutism that can only ever lead to conflict, as each person is certain that their own belief is the only right way of believing. It leads to bitter splits in a society, not just between different religions but within the religions themselves. Thus we end up with Catholics and Lutherans and Baptists and Pentecostals, etc. who, despite all being Christians, are at odds with each other nearly as much as they are with Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc.
Polytheism, on the other hand, allows for a lot more "wiggle room" in how one interprets and interacts with spiritual matters. There is a lot more opportunity to try to find commonalities between the gods that different people worship. Obviously it doesn't always happen that way, but it's a lot easier to find common ground in a polytheistic mindset than there is in a monotheistic one.
You've hit the nail on the head again here Arith! I even have pagan 'friend's ' who don't understand this concept but you can't expect those who only follow something out of fashion rather than feeling to understand.
Thank you for this. The world needs this. I have been animist instinctually my entire life without knowing it. Great job thanks again man.
Beautifully put. Thank you once again for simultaneously being educational, straight-talking, and uplifting and motivational! My family and I love watching and discussing your videos.
Thank you! A big hug to you and your family! :D
This is very interesting. A lot of this is common with Pacific spiritualities But it's not only about appeasing spirits, but more about living in balance, and having positive relationships with family members that just happen to come in different form other than human. Kinda like living in a space, and in this space the people you are surrounded with are your family, or others family. The only difference is that to those of us who live in this way of being, our family are not just people. They are plants animals, and even certain objects, and others are respected because they are possessed of the divine light. So we make that effort to show care and protect our family members and maintain relationships. Many times there is a story as to why, and because of it, we respect the tradition and the relationship is mutually beneficial. A good example is Hawaiian people and Kalo, our brother or Uncle. We care for him and his children and they feed us. The relationship is mutually beneficial, but it's not just because of that its because Kalo and his family are our relatives.
Brilliant video arith varger!! It is time we discarded abrahamism as it truly does no benifit to us or the world around us.
Nature is divine and the ultimate creator, the English worshiped nerthus / frigg specifically as she is the mother of all and the qualitys we wish to embody will be found in all the noble creatures of this world such as the boar, the bear, the eagle and the wolf.
Yes down with the 3 headed hound of Abraham. So vile those desert religions. Of those 3 I would have to say Christianity is the most sinister. Christianity was and is a slave driving, brain washing, culture destroying political movement
'It is time we discarded abrahamism'; I don't see this happening in the state anytime soon. Abrahamic religions live off of fear. It's breaks people's spirits and tells them they are nothing and need a god/savior to realize their full potential, and the US *thrives* off of fear, especially in politics.
Mate I think we discarded “abrahamism” a long time ago. Christianity, when it first came to the British isles, was actually a religion of the poor and downtrodden in society, as opposed to the elite priests of the old gods, but the pattern of history repeated and the elite priests became Christians. You know what’s god is worshipped by the elites today? The Market. I don’t think god holds as much sway as you seem to think. “spirituality” (including all these pagan revivals) is actually quite popular in the uk, but it’s all very artificial seen as we know fuck all about the gods we once worshipped.
@@phillipjordan3013 a lot of these old pagan cultures literally kept slaves. Christianity was,in the beginning, an emancipatory movement first adopted by the slaves and the poor, before it was taken up, out of necessity and fear of the masses, by the rulers of these pagan cultures.
Recently I’ve been feeling my mortality. That I will cease to exist and that everything I’ve summed up to the 37 years I’ve been living, a self actualization that I have felt alive now, more than ever.
If more people would take this spiritually to heart our world would be a better healthier place. Instead we are killing the planet over wealth. If there are no bees we die! There’s a spiritual realm where we go to and our ancestors reside. I know my father is with me and watches over me. I had to seek a shaman over a life threatening health condition. She told me my father was right next to me and that I would not die…although I was given 3-4months to live and told to get my affairs in order by the doctors. I followed her advice on cleansing my body and becoming grounded with the natural healing power of the earth. Well that was 11 years ago, there is definitely “something” to the old ways that we have ignored or were never taught. Thanks Arith for this video.
Superb explanation of "Animism", going to share this one everywhere I can!!
I appreciate that, thank you very much hehe
This is one of my favorite videos that you have made Arith. Thank you for sharing about Animism and how it fits within both history and the contemporary world. Your work and voice are much needed. Thank you!
I must admit this one was one of the very few I really enjoyed making hehe. Thank you very much!
'Animism' the way you have explained made me very happy because I have been searching for 'meaning' and 'purpose' of life and role of 'spirits' which are also called 'aliens' to give modern look.
You have given a clearest picture of 'life' and 'spirits' which is my destination in my personal 'life'. I am thankful to you for this favour.
Only today I happened to see your video in 'you tube'. So I am late to comment on your video.
Now as on date, that is October 2023 and the date 17, we are seeing wars on two places between two on each side. So total 4 countries are involved. It is not that only two countries are involved, in fact many more countries are behind each country. Thus it means lot many countries are at war.
War is other name for 'distruction'. Already lot many countries are at war. Where we are heading to? Earth, nature, animals, plants, forces of nature like water, air, soil, sky and ground all gets polluted and may loose their calming and soothing nature.
I look towards to you to do something to stop these wars and destruction by explaining evils of war in your videos. Thanks.
I can't describe how greateful I'm to find your videos. Thank you so much !
WOW!
I loved this immensely. You're speaking my language . I've had these same thoughts and realizations before... Then I forgot some of it.
Thank you for the reminder. It was very refreshing.
Duke your alive
Thank you , Arith! I felt you help me under the relationships between these spiritual and religious concepts, so thank you for taking the time and energy to paint/draw this perspective! 😊
Thank you so very much for this video. There was a missing piece for me how you explain and link religion to animism and about the gods being human to start with. Glad to have found your channel 🙏🏻💚🌱
I’m so grateful for this video. You’re a blessing to your tribe- local and global. Thank you.
As a life long mechanic, I have said for decades that "machines are alive and have personality". Detail your car yourself, and see if it doesn't run and ride a little better. But you must do it yourself.
Every video you put up, I think, "This one is my favorite one." Thank you for all the effort you put into the videos. There is so much I would not know without your gift of storytelling.
Thank you Arith, for being such a wonderful, passionate, generous teacher - you are so appreciated!💗
I really like that your content has gotten longer :) keep up the great work!
You have no idea how long it is getting hehe. You will be surprised one of these days, in the near future :p
This explains what I've known in my soul to be true all my life. You explain it so beautifully.
I've long been describing my beliefs as Animism rather than just Polytheism, since this is by far the most accurate identifier as to what I actually believe. I prefer the approach of Animism also, as it brings a sense traditions that are living, organic, continuously unfolding - ancient at the roots but having living buds, blossoms and leaves.
Thank you for this video i am very glad i stumbled upon it. Ive had my personal beliefs for a long time from personal experience's that have been the main reason i have made it as far as i have in life. Animisim really fits in with my experience's and larger view on life and has even made more sense of aspects in life that still remained unsettled on. Animisim is an area my spiritualism truly fits well in. thank you again for making these very interesting , informative and awareness opening spiritualism.
Simply LOVE this video!!! As someone rightly pointed out, the gods are our ancestors, not our descendants (still, one never knows...); when I'll have time, I'll try to create the Italian subtitles. Great job, thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge (by the way, lovely scenarios)
Thank you very much indeed ^^ ... and yes it was a lovely spot my parents have shown me. Lovely view and the weather was just how I like it :p
Oh yes, I said that in here and it was the slip of the tongue. I said most pagan deities were once humans who stood out, hence the cult of the ancestors, but right after that I said the gods are our direct descendants, and what I meant was that WE are their direct descendants, hehe. But then again... many gods came after us, human beings, so in that way they are the descendants of some one and will become ancestors :P but yeah... in this case it was really the slip of the tongue. What a shame :x
For a moment it looked like somewhere in center Europe, the vegetation was so different from your other outdoor videos and whatnot...really beautiful 💚 and please, there is no shame in some mistakes, we understood what you meant, and only those who never try never make mistakes 😊 please keep on your wonderful job, we need an acculturated voice in this superficial world
Your closing comments cut right to a place inside of me . I know I will listen to them a few more times . It strikes me as a deep truth and very healing to realize .
Excellent video! I know I'm a little late to the game here (I'm just finding your channel). I'm not sure if you are at all interested in post structuralism; but I thought give your interest in Animism I thought you might be interested in Jane Bennett's Book Vibrant Matter, which argues that it is more philosophically correct and adaptive to understand all things (including inanimate object) as processing agency. I'm personally really happy to see the ideas of animism slowly returning to the world through a verity of vectors. Thanks again for all of your thoughtful commentary I'm learning a lot and discovering deeper ways to think about my own practice.
I subscribed to your channel yesterday and watched a handful of videos. This is by far my favourite. So well told, so full of knowledge and humour and also sad truths. I finally understand why trying to get into the neo-pagan movement never felt quite right to me. Thank you for making these videos and sharing your wisdom!
This is a brilliant video! So valuable knowledge✨Yes animism is a way of thinking. We are part of the nature and we all should be thankful to it and showing respect . Thank you very much.
Wonderful talk, and enchanting landscape. Somatic and verbal casting gains approval from the thunder gods at 09:00 😀
Ah yes! The rolling thunder coming my way. I was watching, right in front of me, the grey clouds gathering and thunder, above the tree line. Was a good spot and a good day ^^
Cara, já faz bastante tempo que penso dessa forma sobre a realidade do espírito estar neste mundo mesmo, e que a necessidade de reconexão com algo perdido inato ao ser humano se deve a este distanciamento que nossa cultura nos coloca da natureza. E de como as religiões usam isso para dizer que este sentimento é sobre um mundo espiritual fora deste. Recentemente maratonei 4 videos da série da varinha branca, e me identifico com vários exemplos que vc da sobre o início da caminhada no sentido dessa vivência com a terra e suas pessoas. Sou brasileiro e moro no Brasil, que não é a terra dos meus antepassados, mas esmo nesse contexto acho possível ter uma relação íntima com a terra. Comecei nessa caminhada sozinho mesmo, com rituais que eu crio "da minha cabeça" e depois descubro que alguém faz igual, inclusive me sinto assim sobre várias recomendações que vc faz na série da varinha branca. Muito bom saber que não é só viagem da minha cabeça, valeu!
I was researching something related to animism when I stumbled upon this video, and oh my gosh, it turned out that it was a rabbit hole.
Such a great, thorough explanation of Animism! Thank you!
Thank you Arith!! You helped me to understand animism more fully, and so much more 🖤
Perfectly put. Old way or no way. We must stop the abusive gods of Abraham.
Thanks for this, I found it really interesting & thought provoking. Humans do tend to think themselves above all other living things on this beautiful planet, which is why it's a mess. But maybe enough of us can do something to get back in touch with nature by saving animals, sea life, plant life as much as we can & teaching the young how to do a better job of looking after the Earth than we have done.
Mr. Arith, I forgot to tell you what I feel wen I see the lessons you made, I feel peace on my heart and a strong reason to live and love the nature, the 🐐 are lovely ! Thanks for all, see you on the next video!
It warms my heart to know that. Thank you!
Thank you Arith Harger. You give words to my beliefs and relight the candles of my understanding. I find as I listen, my soul is saying Yes, Yes, Yes. You speak a truth that lays hidden beneath all the detritus modern religion has piled on and tried to confuse my being. I truly feel powerful and reanimated listening to you. I don't need to be Born Again or need to be saved. I was born perfect.
Thank you truly for making of this video, this was truly information i needed to hear💚
I love your videos. Always insightful and inspiring!
good to know ^^ thank you :)
This is excellent. Thank you for taking the time to explain all of this. I love your informative videos on animism they are, by far, my favourite.
Hello Arith, I have to thank You for covering this. Subject. It's been the most amazing/ life changing thing to happen to Me that I can see the world around Me, for the last few Years. Its. rough when You feel alone and no one else can. relate. I can see the Souls in the Trees and Plants, old family Pics, everything is written on. The soul on Your right is scratching His Head and looks like Shrek lol, but literally there are countless, thank You for being truthful and a great Teacher. John in Yucca Valley Ca.
Those last 10 minutes ( the conclusion) was really nice!
Thank you for the presentation.
Arith Härger, did you ever think about, or are you maybe already currently working on, writing books about these subjects. If so, I would deffinitly buy them.
So happy that ive found your channel, seems ive come full circle.
Thankyou for eeking all of this out by the roots. It is Greatly needed and appreciated 👍
( i paint bird portraits)
This is such a powerful truth, not just a message to be shared.and will resonate with people so easily ( for a very good reason I’d have to say) this was so perfectly explained by you that I don’t know how anyone wouldn’t know and deeply feel how we have all truly overlooked and been led astray from what is truly important , meaningful and purposeful in this life and where our power, praise , energy and respect should always be focused first and foremost 💙🌎💙
I'm so sorry to have discovered you sooooo late..... :( Thanks thanks thanks to explain in words what I feel from years
Thank you so much! This video is so helpful! I'm from a partly animism culture but I never thought about how animism can affect our wellbeings. Btw I really like the part about how to kill a statue.
Truly, i have been shedding tears due to a loss of faith and loved one's lately. The monotheistic religions seem to lack realism so to speak. Basically i just want to say thank you for this video.
For once; I'm very happy with UA-cam's suggestions. Love your channel and subscribed to it.
Spirituality itself is a form of energy, thus all things have some form of energy on a spiritual spectrum.
To deny this is to deny the fundamental thing that makes up existence itself. That all things are intertwined, and are all relative to each other linked in an undeniable symbiosis.
Direct and to the point, I like that! Love your interpretations you express! Expanding Knowledge.
This was beautiful and deeply inspiring. Thank you for sharing this knowledge 🙏
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me understand a lot about my own beliefs and the things that I was confused about. ❤ Looking forward to watch more of your videos. 😊 Very educational.
I love youuuuuuu! Your a wonderful person and I’m grateful to have found your page!!!
I’m not in any way pagan (I’m actually Christian) but I love watching ur videos and learning about these types of things
Nevermind not Christian anymore
Just discovered your channel. It is wonderful. Thank you.
Your videos are very helpful! I am new to Paganism and trying to learn about all these new concepts and you explain them so well!
Do you have any videos about Vörðr/warden spirits? (I saw you had regarding Fylgja and Hamingja, but the warden is different, right?)
Thank you for your time and efforts!
May I say please camp in the forest as much as you can.If able live out there.Introduce yourself to the land and then listen ..Do not waste give back what you take.The land is alive and we must reestablish our connection. Greetings from Australia
Hello there! Glad to have you here on board hehe. Yes indeed the Vörðr/Varð is different and even though I've already mentioned it before, including in the Necromancy in Norse mythology video, I'm planning on doing a video solely for it. I've done a video called "The Parts of the Self" where I have exposed 10 concepts/terms of the parts of the self in Norse spirituality, and the Varð was one of them. Now I'm going to each of the 10 concepts and developing them and the Varð I shall eventually speak of it ^^ thank you!
@@redwolf7929 Yes, very well said! For it to help us we must also help it. Thanks for your response :D
@@ArithHärger Thank you! I will check those videos out ASAP. Really excited for your video(s) as they are helping me answer some life long questions. I've have been an atheist all my life, but there are some things/experiences I cannot explain. So yes, I am on board with an open mind :D
@@redwolf7929 I think this is excellent advice and foundational.
Plenty of excellent points, reviewing many things I have learned but that we all tend to lose track of in our perceived-necessary involvement with the modern world and its characteristic perspectives. Thank you for making the video and covering those points - useful new learning and/or helpful review, depending on how informed the viewer already was prior to taking it in. I want to come back and listen again from the beginning, feeling that I will get more out of it the second time and wanting to give attention with a fresh mind and without distractions.
Thank you my brother, very informative and easy to overstand. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Bravo, bravo! I'm one's again delighted with all you're knowledge! The way you put the subject, the view, your posture, congratulations your amazing!
thank you, thank you! :D I'm very happy that you liked it! :D
Such a wonderful explanation/introduction; I've used similar descriptions but never so well as this. Thank you once again Arith x