Josh

Yeah. But if we're going to go back to ancient paganism, we can talk about some of the different elements of because, like you said, this is a lot of different things that are wrapped up under the term paganism. But animism is the first one. And that is the belief that every every object on the planet basically has a spirit. People do. My dog does. Your dog does that, which I totally believe.

Yeah. But if we're going to go back to ancient paganism, we can talk about some of the different elements of because, like you said, this is a lot of different things that are wrapped up under the term paganism. But animism is the first one. And that is the belief that every every object on the planet basically has a spirit. People do. My dog does. Your dog does that, which I totally believe.

The rivers, trees, everything in nature does animate or inanimate, which is why it's called animism. And they thought that nature can be like a great thing. It can help protect us or it can be a dangerous thing. It can cause us harm. And it's up to us to influence that through sacrifice and these rituals that we perform.

The rivers, trees, everything in nature does animate or inanimate, which is why it's called animism. And they thought that nature can be like a great thing. It can help protect us or it can be a dangerous thing. It can cause us harm. And it's up to us to influence that through sacrifice and these rituals that we perform.

The rivers, trees, everything in nature does animate or inanimate, which is why it's called animism. And they thought that nature can be like a great thing. It can help protect us or it can be a dangerous thing. It can cause us harm. And it's up to us to influence that through sacrifice and these rituals that we perform.

Yeah. We've got shamanism, which is sort of like animism plus animism with a mascot in that the shaman is the person who steps forward and says, all right, we've got all these objects that have spirits and I'm the person that can communicate with them. I will enter a trance, may take some drugs. Let me do a little singing and dancing to get there. Don't you worry about that.

Yeah. We've got shamanism, which is sort of like animism plus animism with a mascot in that the shaman is the person who steps forward and says, all right, we've got all these objects that have spirits and I'm the person that can communicate with them. I will enter a trance, may take some drugs. Let me do a little singing and dancing to get there. Don't you worry about that.

Yeah. We've got shamanism, which is sort of like animism plus animism with a mascot in that the shaman is the person who steps forward and says, all right, we've got all these objects that have spirits and I'm the person that can communicate with them. I will enter a trance, may take some drugs. Let me do a little singing and dancing to get there. Don't you worry about that.

But I'll get there in that trance state and I'll be able to communicate with the spirits like go through me.

But I'll get there in that trance state and I'll be able to communicate with the spirits like go through me.

But I'll get there in that trance state and I'll be able to communicate with the spirits like go through me.

Hey, I went to a rave or two in my day.

Hey, I went to a rave or two in my day.

Hey, I went to a rave or two in my day.

Right.

Right.

Right.

Yeah, for sure. Then we're going to get into this whole idea that and something I found that looking through a lot of these pagan rites and religions is that. They looked at women very differently than early Christian, and some might even argue late Christian religions do, in that women were worshipped and venerated.

Yeah, for sure. Then we're going to get into this whole idea that and something I found that looking through a lot of these pagan rites and religions is that. They looked at women very differently than early Christian, and some might even argue late Christian religions do, in that women were worshipped and venerated.

Yeah, for sure. Then we're going to get into this whole idea that and something I found that looking through a lot of these pagan rites and religions is that. They looked at women very differently than early Christian, and some might even argue late Christian religions do, in that women were worshipped and venerated.