Sociologist Émile Durkheim tells us communities don’t honor their dead because they’re nostalgic. They do it to reinforce who they are and the obligations that
Animism is Relational Animism is simply an approach to life that emphasizes relationships. While the term can have historical baggage from white, Western academics who
Translation and author reflection in Mandarin. In early January 2009, I guided a dozen or so practitioners of diverse earth-honoring paths in a year of
“Climate change is profoundly related to the troubled dead and the growing number of troubled ghosts now on Earth.” When Oya, a Yoruba goddess of
