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Modern Animism, A Very Convoluted Guide

Modern Animism, A Very Convoluted Guide

By: Sarah-Jayne Black
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Modern Animism (the podcast) investigates the rise of Animism as a folk religion.

it is estimated that folk religions are the fastest growing religion in the world with a 58% growth in the Uk and a 158% growth in America, (not to mention its growth and prominence in Asia, Africa and South America).

so, why should this be?

In this series we'll be exploring folklore, fairy tales, quantum theory, Nationalism, alternate realities, Art and Gaia theory.

Along with philosophy, sociology and Anthropology musings, we will introduce a few real techniques from indigenous societies and the hosts own experiences, until we understand what has occurred to put the modern into modern Animism.


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Episodes
  • magic circle building

    magic circle building
    Nov 9 2025

    IN this episode we look at worldwide magic circle building traditions, and, how the animist traditions relate to the cosmic egg, the axis mundi and the world tree.


    (with instructions on what all the component parts of a circle mean).
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    18 mins
  • Animism, from China to America

    Animism, from China to America
    Nov 2 2025

    Dualism, Social Conviviality, libation, narcotics!

    How American Animisms came into being and how they differ from other models.
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    19 mins
  • Southern Asian Animism

    Southern Asian Animism
    Oct 26 2025

    In the last few episodes, we have been looking at Western Animism, Analogism, daughter culture, duality and triadic animisms.

    This is our opportunity to compare this to Animisms that are occurring in Asia, specifically, dharmic animism, community animisms (people who live with leopards, take tigers as their grandfathers),

    We compare antagonistic dualisms to homogenous animisms, the creation of cosmic order, and how this order flows through the landscape to create personhood (rather than relying on analogisms sense of otherness).
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    22 mins
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I am on my fifth episode (in a row) and each one has been richly inter woven , diverse , well researched and delivered with a relaxed conversational tone. The nerd in me would appreciate some references but I have hunch Sarah-Jayne is a reliable source on European animism. A great listen.

Engaging and informative

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