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(en) Spaine, Catalunya, FAC: ANIMISM (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:41:00 +0300
We all know that almost all anarchists are atheists. Neither God nor
Masters. They do not want to be religious, nor followers of any Guru.
But I think they could be spiritual. For example, one can be a Zen
Buddhist, or a Sufi. But a spirituality for everyone could be Animist or
Gaian. ---- Animism is the worship of Nature, respecting the Carena or
Caverna sisters, the Wolf or Rabbit brothers, the spirits of the Oak or
the Basil or also the spirits of the Amanita, or the Psilocybes. ----
More than a century ago, anarchists joined the Spiritualists, and also
the Naturists. Not all Anarchists were Orsini bomb nihilists; they were
also hygienists and ecologists. Those who knew how to read helped those
who did not, or followed the authors who defended what we now call human
rights.
So, anarchists were also spiritual. Surely if they had grown up in that
time, they would be Earth First activists! Or they would donate a few
cents to an animal sanctuary like Santuari Gaia.
It is not easy to find bibliography on Animism in Catalan or Spanish.
There is a very nice book describing "the spiritual path of the
Territory" written by "Solitude of Alanna" pseudonym of Natalia Saldaña,
published by Bruguera, from Penguin RandomHouse: The aforementioned
"Hacia lo Salvaje" (2021).
Also an article by the Welsh Mhara Starling in the LLEWELLYN 2025
Witches' Agenda where she writes "As an animist, I do not use plants or
herbs in my ways of working. Rather I work with the spirit of these
plants and herbs. Growing a relationship with them and recognizing their
personality".
Being Gaian means loving and reverent to Mother Earth: from the way the
scientist Lovelock investigated, we know that Gaia is a form of life in
itself.
Believe me, taking care of living beings, humans, or including entire
landscapes, is something very anarchistic and spiritual at the same time.
Cheers!
Rebel Fairy.
https://federacioanarquista.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/animismes/
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