Animism is the belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. Potentially, animism perceives all things "animals, plants, rocks, rivers, weather systems, human handiwork and perhaps even words”as animated and alive. When we expand this ancient understanding into our workaday world, how does it affect our live as citizens, activists, voters and representatives of a growing Pagan movement? When animism is applied to economic and class struggles, it informs both thought and action. This paper looks at the practical aspects of being animists in the clutch of capitalist systems.
