My friend and I have been exploring animism together for months, connecting with the spirits of places and objects, but now she's becoming obsessed with communicating with her deceased grandmother through household items and I'm worried she's losing herself in it. I don't know how to honor both the validity of animistic practice and my genuine concern that she's using it to avoid grief.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are navigating the tension between supporting each other's spiritual exploration and addressing concerns about unhealthy spiritual bypassing.
“Where Are You with Animism — the oldest spirituality across cultures?”
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