materialism

My return to animism is visceral, not intellectual. I can’t think my way back into a materialist conception of the universe any more than I can think my way back into sexism or racism. Of course, the insiduous nature of cultural indoctrination means they all still affect me at different times and this is why practices to strenghten the lived experience of animism are so important. As the state of animistic grace dips in and out, the practices provide a ritual based structure to help me maintain faith in what I know to be true. In the state of grace, its easy, sensorial. When it dips out, it takes work. And this is all part of a mechanism that makes sense. It must cycle. For so many reasons. Our work is just to make the most of each cycle.

Materialism, what Ive heard descibed as ‘dead matter thinking’ offers a comforting, lazy alternative. But also so unrewarding.