Why is Animism so Great for a Loving World?

Animism is the belief and cultural practice that everything in existence is inspirited. Everything that exists has Soul &/or is part of the Anam Mór (the great soul) of all things.

There is no great distinction between things spiritually. There is no thing that is without Spirit. For a thing to Be, it must have Spirit. Spirit is the foundation of existence. Beingness is Spirit.

There is no hierarchy of importance in animism. The Great Soul is fite fuaite - interwoven and sewn together.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonDecember 20, 2023animism, animist, anamComment

We are all the blood that flowed away; Celtic Immigration to the Americas

Our Ancestral healing continues with those that have passed over. They are healed when we feel the pain and trauma that has been passed down unacknowledged generation after generation. The Celtic Diaspora is a wound in our trees that can be healed through ancestral witness. I didn’t know how much they hurt when we left. I was cut off from the source. The joining again is bittersweet. Our ancestors love us and want us to thrive.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonApril 24, 2023Scotland, Ireland, Celtic Diaspora, immigration, Celtic CultureComment

Celtic Presence

Celtic re-connection has given me the greatest sense of belonging, in the physical world, in this body. All the ways that I have felt alienated from modern Western culture have been healed in the connection to my Celtic roots.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonJanuary 25, 2023feelings, WASP, Fite Fuaite, intermingled, SpiritComment

Believe

The body is sacred. Religion has thrown suspicion on the body and judged it as inferior and an obstacle to enlightenment. Bodies are spirit made visible.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonDecember 28, 2022bodies are sacred, whiteness, white supremacy, reconnecting, Earth worshipComment

Grian-stad a' Gheamhraidh Beannaichte - Blessed Winter Solstice

Grian-stad a’ Gheamraidh Beannaichte. Blessed Winter Solstice.

This is the time of reflecting deeply into self and facing the darkness within. The sun will stop for 3 days to allow us this time of grace and reflection. This time of “sun-stop” is to realize and embrace intention towards what will be re-birthed for ourselves, our community and the world with the return of the light.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonDecember 21, 2022winter solstice, Grianstad a' Gheamhraidh, resurrection, rebirth, dark watersComment

Claiming My Ancestors and Believing Anyway

Claiming ancestors and believing without absolute proof. Sharing our loving visions with the world and standing for them in the face of rejection and dismissal is the call. We have the examples of belief in separation and fear and violence. Now the call if for those with visions of love and equity and transformation. It’s time. If you’ve been waiting - now is the time. If you need permission. You have it.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonDecember 14, 2022ancestors, Silent Supper, Irish, beliefsComment

Have we all been colonized?

Apparently, I have to reckon with the Christian colonization of my Celtic ancestors before I can walk with them into the future. This is the first of a series on Christianity and the the harm and gifts it’s given to my ancestors.

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Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonOctober 12, 2022Christianity, decolonization, personal sovereignty, spiritual truths, spiritualComment

Holy Bibles Holy Words

Until we’re united mind to mind, we’re forced to communicate through the symbol of words. These are my chosen words to represent my reality. Every book can be a Bible and all our words can be holy. (Wholly). Also Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Prophet and I love her.

The High Priestess of Holy Sh*t in The Church of Beloved Presence

The Church of Beloved Presence is the Earth. My home and my first love and first experience of divinity.

Anam + AncestorsLezley DavidsonFebruary 14, 2020Comment