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Tell me your Scientific Animist reading list! (now with more collaboration!)
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Release the Rancid Reservoir and Dig a Brand New Well
on using the master's tools, like Christianity & religion
 • Chad O
The Sophie Strand Interview: "Give me the magic beans. Spit in my eyes. Lay hands on me."
Listen now | "An animism that isn't rule-based, never systematized, that's patchy and heterogeneous, that shifts according to needs. Without ritual…
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Slow Hedonism
Gentle fascination, soft vigilance, and the politics of feeling good
 • Chad O
sunrising
if the sun rises in the east and no one's around to attend it, does it still shine?
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The Pearl: on techniques for Scientific Animism
lunar meditations by guest author Meredith
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manifesting, prayer, possibility, chaos
what I suspect is actually happening, when we “manifest” a desire or when prayers are answered
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faith vs doubt vs reverence
finding a better dichotomy
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Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part III: Pray like no one's listening
cultivating spiritual practice that withstands inevitable doubt
Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part II: Nihilism via comics
Middle Schoolers can handle it. They got that darkness in them.
Teaching Nihilism in Sunday School, Part I: Why am I teaching Sunday School?
not just "why chill with," but "why interested enough to go"
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on ghosts
uncertainty & its unsatisfying stopgaps
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