{"id":13731,"date":"2024-08-25T18:55:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13731"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:55:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T00:55:59","slug":"small-gods-is-a-zine-about-animism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13731","title":{"rendered":"‘Small Gods’ Is a Zine about Animism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Small Gods issue 1, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Edited by Dver, a.k.a. Sarah Kate Istra Winter<\/a>, Small Gods: An Anthology of Everyday Animism <\/em>is projected to be an annual zine “featuring art, poetry, and essays describing our relationship with, and giving praise to, the smallest of gods \u2014\u00a0those spiritual entities who are closely bound to distinct physical forms or locations (whether natural or constructed). thereby limiting their interaction with humans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have an essay in this first issue, “‘Don’t Get Cocky, Kid,’ A Little Lesson from the Locals in the Mushroom Woods.” Other contributors besides Dver include Nimue Brown<\/a>, P. Sufenas Virius Lupus<\/a>, Rebecca Scott, Sister Patience, Suzanne Thackston, Lannon<\/a>, and Elizabeth Starling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am especially grateful to Dver for creating Small Gods<\/em> and look forward to more issues. You can purchase this one at her Etsy shop, Goblinesquerie.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of her writings are available on Amazon too. I really liked The City is a Labyrinth: A Walking Guide for Urban Animists<\/a>, <\/em> and learned some things from it even though I don’t live in a city. It’s kind of like Randonauting without an internet connection — and more meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city is alive with spirits\u2014from those found in remaining natural areas to those who are unique to the realm of concrete and steel. But how can we connect with these spirits, and build a powerful, meaningful localized practice in an urban environment? Polytheist, animist, and spirit-worker Sarah Kate Istra Winter suggests a radically simple approach: walking. Inspired by the field of psychogeography and informed by her many years as a spiritually-minded pedestrian, she examines the ways in which walking can be a devotional and magical act.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edited by Dver, a.k.a. 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