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  • He is a scholar with a phd in history and religion. The point is that are in a time where we need to reconnect with nature. A bit like we are trying to do with solar punk. And you can’t do that with Christianity. You could even argue that the Abrahamic religions are an indirect cause of the climate crisis, because it makes human the most important species with the right to rule over nature.

    A lot of native people have an animist religion with a deep connection to nature and the western world need to rediscover that. At least that’s what a lot of modern animist believe. I think it’s worth exploring.


  • This specific guy does a lot of work to explore animism and think that it’s a way for us to reconnect to nature. He is danish so his approach is through Scandinavian animism. It doesn’t have to be correct, because animism is not a dogmatic religion, it’s alive and traditions evolve over time. Of cause he does take a lot of inspiration from traditional Nordic mythology and religion and we do know a decent amount, because we have texts and runes. And he advocate that it’s a way to deal with climate crisis. I suggest you read Evergreen Ash - Ecology and Catastrophe in Old Norse Myth and Literature, if you find it interesting.