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Animism is Normative Consciousness (Re-mixed, Re-musicked, and Re-released)

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The Origins of the Anime Vision

If you're a human being, and I take it by the fact that you probably are, then at least 99.9% of your ancestors were animist. We'll explore what this animate vision specifically means a little further on. But as we'll see, the animate does not go quietly. It thrives across the Indian subcontinent. It houses itself in backyard spirit houses across Southeast Asia. It lives in sub-Saharan African groves and favelas of Brazil. Wait for a tingle to travel to spine in woods as we hear strange noise. Name me another culture that doesn't inhabit this tiny sliver of one tenth of one percent of human history. You can't

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