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Animism

Edgar Jibran Molina AmadoForeign LanguageSlide2
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What

is it?

Animism

is

the worldview that non-human

entities, such

as animals, plants, and inanimate

objects, possess

a spiritual

essence.

Animism is used in the anthropology of religion as a term for the belief system of some indigenous tribal peoples

, especially

prior to the development of organized religion

. Although

each culture has its own different mythologies and rituals, "animism" is said to describe the most common, foundational thread of indigenous peoples' "spiritual" or "supernatural" perspectives. The Animistic perspective is so fundamental, mundane, everyday and taken-for-granted that most animistic indigenous people do not even have a word in their languages that corresponds to "animism"

,the

term is an

modern science

construct.Slide4

What are the basic teachings of the religion?

Animism encompasses the belief that there is no separation between the spiritual and physical (or material) world, and souls or spirits exist, not only in humans, but also in some other animals, plants, rocks, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the natural environment, including thunder, wind, and

shadows, all of that features, have been revered as gods by many centuries before the organized religion appear.Slide5

Kinds of

teachings:Holistic world—the group is more important than the individual.

Spiritual world—every effect has some spiritual cause. The living and dead are linked. They believe their ancestors play an active role in their day-to-day lives.

Mythical world—it preserves unity and validates their people group's unique identity.

Ritualistic world—all rites of passage are memorized and passed down; this includes things like traditional dances.

Rhythmic world—governed by the cycles of planting and harvest, wet and dry season, winter and summer.

Harmonious world—the group reigns over the individual and the highest value is harmony. No one should bring shame upon his house, village or people. This will disrupt the harmony.Slide6

A short story

…..The Navajo people have a very strong emotional bond with the Earth and the plant and animal kingdoms that are so much a part of their everyday

lives. Certain

animals are more sacred to some individuals, families and tribes. They believe these animals bless, heal or guide the people and become totem animals.

Totem

animals are honored with their likeness in the dress, dance, music and artwork of the people. The traits and characteristics of the totem animals were thought to be gifted to the people who developed a deep friendship with the spirits of these helpful creatures. Some individuals believed they developed such a deep connection with nature and her "magic" that they could talk with the plants and animals and bring knowledge of medicine and other healing arts to their tribes. These few adepts became medicine

men

, healers, or wise ones

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The hunter and

the WolfA hunter

went

one

day

to

the

forest

to pick up his traps, he found a female Wolf trapped and a to put out of her misery he shot her.When he took the way home he Heard a Little cup crying, and he leave it anyway. Oddly, he get lost and find and old woman in a creek, she was a Lakota witch and talk to him. For what he do to the mother and their child, he must endure the pain of being an animal and to be hunted without doing nothing wrong.The hunter became a Wolf for a full moon, and then return to the witch. She free him for that punish. And the hunter never take his rifle again. He begun to love the nature and to be one with it. “Navajo Legend”

This story tries to show us, that being one with the nature and respect it can have the results that people want to

. We are not to destroy this planet.Slide8

Who are the most important figures in the religion?

Like the

name

itself

explains

,

they

are

not

even

a formal

religion, so there is not figures outside, the mother nature, the animals, the mountains, the rivers and if they have figures they may be the witch-doctors or the holymen that interpret the teachings of the wild.Slide9

Religion

Demographics

Just

in

the

US:600,000

to

800,000

practice

Wiccan

or

animistic religions.But is it through that as many as 232,000,000 people follow amimistic ways of religion even if they have as example christianity as first religion.Slide10

• Where do members of the religion generally worship? What is this place like?

Many people following primal religions live in isolated rural areas. Their lives are built around the forces of nature. Birth, death, illness and disaster are not hidden or sanitized as they are in many developed societies.Outside forces such as foreigners or neighboring peoples may be feared. Some tribal groups are nomadic. It is easier to be aware of a spiritual dimension to life and when human strengths and frailties are exposed by such environments, there is a need for spiritual support.Slide11

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What are some important symbols found in the religion? What is their significance?

1. Fear and power are twin axes on which the world of the traditional religionist turns. He lives his life in fear because life and death always walk hand in hand.2.Totems: a

belief in which each human is thought to have a spiritual connection or a kinship with another physical being, such as an animal or plant, often called a "spirit-being" or "totem." The totem is thought to interact with a given kin group or an individual and to serve as their emblem or

symbol.

3. The representation of animals as evil or good beings, that try to punish or teach a lesson.(Ex:

Wendigo

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Distribution in timeSlide15
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Thanks

for you attentionSlide19
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from

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