What is Shamanism?
What is Animism?
Shamanism is a set of practices and techniques.
Animism is the understanding that everything is alive, is our relation.
What is Shamanism?
Animism is a way of understanding the world around us.
Shamanism is a visionary practice that gives you access to your own direct revelation, shamanism is one of the oldest-known forms of spiritual practice, practiced by ordinary people, and dating back tens of thousands of years.
People who practice shamanism are people from all over the world, indigenous and non-indigenous people like you and like me. The practitioner travels to spiritual realms, to the Otherworld, to discover the spiritual and energetic causes of illness and imbalance. The practitioner thus acts as an intermediary between you, the ordinary world, and the world of Spirit.
What is Animism?
Animism is the deep understanding that everything is alive.
Animism has no dogma and operates from a few basic tenets:
Everything is Alive
Everything is Aware and Conscious
Everything is Dynamic and Changing
Everything is Connected
Everything Responds
I don't claim to be a shaman.
For one, the word "shaman" comes from a specific culture that I am not a part of.
For two, the title "shaman" is conferred on a person by their community.
I DO claim to be an animist, an animistic healing practitioner who practices healing techniques predicated on the belief that everything is alive, worthy of conversation, and worthy of compassion.