Week 4 - Nature and Spirituality
Week 4
Rhegille Baltazar
ASA 189B
The article "We Are Not Alone" introduces shamanism through the idea of different consciousnesses. More specifically, the part of the article discussing nature spoke out to me the most. "They also stood in awe rich diversity of life forms, and believed there is mutual interdependency between these forms, humans included, given that everything that exists is alive and conscious." Shamans are able to see past pure organic human life forms and look deeper into the connections between all life forms on Earth including animals, insects, plants, and all living beings. The article notes, "Subjects have reported that they witnessed botanical processes on the sub-cellular or molecular level and had experiences of plant consciousness."
I connect this back to indigenous beliefs in the connection of nature. In my Anthropology of Latin America class, we discussed much about commodification of natural resources and how it affects indigenous communities, not just the actual people, but also the environment and surrounding life forms. The interference of global companies in the process of extraction then disrupts the overall environment of communities, physically, personally, and spiritually.
Rhegille Baltazar
ASA 189B
The article "We Are Not Alone" introduces shamanism through the idea of different consciousnesses. More specifically, the part of the article discussing nature spoke out to me the most. "They also stood in awe rich diversity of life forms, and believed there is mutual interdependency between these forms, humans included, given that everything that exists is alive and conscious." Shamans are able to see past pure organic human life forms and look deeper into the connections between all life forms on Earth including animals, insects, plants, and all living beings. The article notes, "Subjects have reported that they witnessed botanical processes on the sub-cellular or molecular level and had experiences of plant consciousness."
I connect this back to indigenous beliefs in the connection of nature. In my Anthropology of Latin America class, we discussed much about commodification of natural resources and how it affects indigenous communities, not just the actual people, but also the environment and surrounding life forms. The interference of global companies in the process of extraction then disrupts the overall environment of communities, physically, personally, and spiritually.
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