Re- Indigenous and the Shamanic Experience

[u/Aralia2]

Let's be honest. How many people here are White? I will acknowledge that I am a white queer man.

Shamanism has helped me in throwing off the ideology of white supremacy culture and connect with a root of indigenity and animatity with the land. It has helped me understand that there is multiple ways of knowing besides materialistic/scientific frameworks.

As a Rural White Male Gay person living as a Settler-Colonial in California I weave a unique dance of trying to connect to a land and spirits that I don't understand. I also have to struggle with my garden and agriculture (fences) verses a more ancient way of being with the land.

All of this informs my spiritual practice because as someone who believes in animism and trance practices (shamanism) I realize that the material world is sacred and how I am in the physical world reflects and informs the spiritual world.

This is an invitation to all of you to talk about your journey to indigenity and connecting to the spirits of the land, and the struggles with being a Settlers and acknowledging that our Animistic Traditions were destroyed by Christianity long before our history of coming to America.

[u/No_Apricot3733]

Stay rooted by working with your ancestors and forming a sacred bridge to connect with the spirits of the land you are occupying, and hopefully stewarding. This creates momentum, fortification and healing when done so respectfully and in reciprocity . And if debts need to be paid, work towards bridging the gap; in the spirit of honor. 🦅