ANIMISMS

Animism in cinema: the beauty & the complications. SOURCES Of Water & Spirit: ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African shaman - Malidoma Patrice Somé The Art Of Avatar The Way Of Water - Dorling Kindersley The return of James Cameron, box office king - GQ Magazine 2022 Avatar’: the Real-Life Indigenous and Asian Inspirations Behind the Films - Business Insider Frank Herbert’s m*gic and the p*ychedelic science behind Dune - The Telegraph IMAGES SOURCES p.1 IMDB p.2/3 Warner Bros p.4 X & Business Insider p.5 Avatar Fandom, 20th Century Studios p.7 Warner Bros & PST Art p.8 IMAGO p.9 New York Times p.10 Background - Emmanuelle Soffe / Medium p.11/12/13/14 Studio Ghibli & Walt Disney P.15/16 20th Century Studios & Walt Disney p.16 Warner Bros

Tackling Spiritual Misinformation and plagiarism: an unfortunate crisis. SOURCES Special thanks to: Jez Hughes, Sam MacLaren at Pretani Wisdoms and Marie Lloyd. @pretaniwisdomtraditions @jez.hughes.399 @marielloyd8 Jules Evans - ‘The invention of European bee shamanism’ 2024 IMAGE SOURCES Page 1 - Jakob Lilja-Ruiz Page 2&3 - @weird_walk (the best source of stone circle photography going!) Page 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 - Emmanuelle Soffe Page 5 - Paginainizio Page 8 - Historic UK Page 9 - World in Print

Understanding the differences in Animistic cultural lineages 🌾 Image credits: Page 1. Morten Oddvik Page 2. Yelena Yemchuk⁠ Page 4. Emmanuelle Soffe Page 5. Yawa Espirito Page 6. Emmanuelle Soffe Page 8. Sandy Raidy / Emmanuelle Soffe / Greek Reporter. Page 10. Yelena Yemchuk⁠

HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY: What are the early origins of modern Astrology? SOURCES: - Astrology in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Science of Omens and the Knowledge of the Heavens - Michael Baigent - Hellenistic Astrology: The study of fate and fortune - Chris Brennan - The Houses: Temples of the Sky - Deborah Houlding - Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy — Researched & written by Emmanuelle Soffe

Anglo Saxon & Viking gods in Britain: and the conversion to Christianity. Part 4. SOURCES: Pagan Britain, Ronald Hutton. ‘Anglo-Saxon Pagan gods in Britain’ Gresham College Lectures, Ronald Hutton. ‘Viking Pagan gods in Britain’ Gresham College Lectures, Ronald Hutton. The Final Pagan Generation: Rome’s Unexpected Path to Christianity, Edward J Watts. The Viking Way, Neil Price. An enormous thank you to British historian Ronald Hutton, whose work at gathering sources in this field is unparalleled. IMAGE SOURCES: p.1 Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse (c1370) by Francescuccio Ghissi. Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York p.2 Temple of Isis, Pompeii. Naples National Museum of Archaeology. p.3 Depiction of Cornelius the Centurion, a gentile who converted to Christianity as related in the Acts of the Apostles, allegedly causing an earthquake that brought down a pagan temple and its statues. / Photo courtesy Vatican Library. p.4 Franks Casket, British Museum. p.7 Woden, British Library. p.8 Flickr, Carmen Marchena p.9 Sutton Hoo treasures: History Hit / Archaeology Magazine / British Museum. p.10 1909 The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani, John Charles Dollman. p.13 Norse god Odin on a coin, the Netherland. Arnold Mikkelsen/AP via The Guardian. p.14 Homer Sykes, Once A Year 1977. Via Weird Walk. p.15 Norman Parkinson, British Vogue 1970. Via Weird Walk. @weird_walk

Roman Gods and Mystery Traditions in the U.K. Part 3. SOURCES: Mystery Cults in the Ancient World, Hugh Bowden. Psychiatry in Egypt, A. Okasha (Cambridge University Press) Finding Britain’s Lost Gods, Ronald Hutton. Gresham College Lecture series. Twilight of the Godlings, Francis Young (Cambridge University Press). IMAGE CREDITS: Slide 1 - The oracle, Camillo Miola, 1880. Slide 2- The Olympians receiving Psyche. Ceiling fresco by Raphael at the Villa Farnesina, Rome, 1518. Slide 3 - Mars, fresco at Pompeii, 1st Century CE. &. Digital Maps of the Ancient world. Slide 5 - The Vintage Festival, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1871. &. Bas-relief from the Arch of Marcus Aurelius, late second century CE. Slide 7 - Sassanian relief of Mithras. Photo by Patrick C. Slide 8 - Isis Mystery Tradition fresco, Herculaneum, 1st Century CE. Slide 9 - London Mithraum. &. TheCollector. Slide 10 - English Heritage.

What do we know about British Iron Age Gods ? Part 2. Sources: Pagan Britain, Ronald Hutton. Finding Britain’s Lost Gods, Gresham College Lecture series, Ronald Hutton. The Celts, Barry Cunliffe. Twilight of the godlings, Francis Young. Pretani Wisdom Traditions, online resources. Special thanks to @pretaniwisdomtraditions & Ronald Hutton for the immense amount of unearthing of our Pagan past. Image Credits: Slide 1: The oak and mistletoe ritual - Henri Paul Motte 1900 Slide 2: Da Loria Norman, The Passing of St. Brighid, late 19th century. Slide 4: Flickr @summoning_ifrit Slide 6: Wikipedia. Slide 8: The Roman Baths Blog & BBC News. Slide 10: Wyrd designs.

Who are the old gods of Britain ? 🌿 Part 1. Sources: Pagan Britain, Ronald Hutton. Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain, Russel Ash. Finding Britain’s Lost Gods, Gresham College Lecture Series, Ronald Hutton. The Celts, Barry Cunliffe. Image credits: Page 2- Sun Rising over the City, from Splendor Solis - Anonymous, ca. 16th century. Page 5- Sketch of red lady cave - John Murray (1824) + Dave Kay, The Ochre Horse. Page 7- Creswell Crags + The rib bone, British Museum. Page 9- Nicola Odemann. Page 10- Oil on canvas David Inshaw. With particular thanks to Ronald Hutton for all of the amazing work done to dig out the treasures of British pagan history & the challenging of hundreds of years of misinformation.

From an animistic perspective, an experience on plant medicine is just as much about meeting (and receiving healing from) the land as it is the plant itself 🌱 IMAGE CREDITS Page 1 - Artist unknown. Sourced: Rainforest Medicine Gatherings. Page 2 - Emmanuelle Soffe Page 3 & 5 - Pablo Amaringo Page 7- Rafael Cilau Valadez Page 9- Rene Alvarado Martinez Page 10 - Autumn Skye

🌞 A [very short] history of Offerings in the U.K - Part 2 Image Credits: Slide 1 - British Museum Slide 2 - National Museums Scotland Slide 3 - The British Museum Slide 4 - The History Blog. Slide 5 - National Museums Scotland / Richard Henry. Slide 6 - National Museum of Denmark Slide 8 - Places to Visit England/ Eyeshade Photography Slide 9 - Jeltx Flickr Slide 10 - Myth & Moor

What are offerings & why are they important ? Photo credits: Slide 1 - Daniel Stables Slide 2 & 5 -Emmanuelle Soffe Slide 7 - Daniel Lopez Pérez Slide 10- Munay-Ki Circle / Dr Diane Davies

What is Land Magic ? What is it used for ? Image credits: Slide 1,3 & 5 - Emmanuelle Soffe