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I don't think animism requires knowing the (scientific) name, but does encourage learning enough to understand relational ecological connections between you & local life. Names can definitely be a part of that!

I am a syncretist and I do value science and I'm glad to have it as a tool for my practice, but forcing myself to put that aside and try relying mostly or purely on indigenous knowledge/animistic speculation not only taught me a lot about decolonizing my perception of plants, but also about how I can have valuable relationships with them that are not consumptive, transactional, or through a colonial lens.

sometimes reverence for land starts very simply:

learning the names of local plants. noticing where water gathers. thanking a tree before taking from it. picking up trash. leaving a place better than you found it. sitting quietly long enough to feel the mood of the land.

animism is not always spectacle.

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This post is going to be an introduction post about my conpan god, Takyjei, f.k.a. Tirijeiscoci. By the way, yes I am @/awolfwandering42 on Amino.

(Disclaimers: There is no historical records of a deity ever going by this name so therefore take everything I say with a grain of salt. These thoughts may not even be divinely inspired though I would like them to be. Also you can contact Takyjei at any time, I am not the end all be all authority on him, he is. You are also free to offer to him at any time, just keep in mind he just likes offerings and is very opposed to being worshipped, though if he indicates with you that he wants worship I am not going to stop you.)

So Takyjei actually usually takes on two distinct forms for me, one being the crowned hunter and the other being the nurturing bear. In crowned hunter form he is a humanoid figure with a crown of golden antlers. His main color in this form is green. This form has slightly tanned pale skin with long wavy black hair, a green cloak, lots of leather accessories, a white or cream button up shirt, brown pants, and armored shoes. He is always absolutely adorned in jewels in this form, calling back to original title I had for him which is the ‘hunter god’. His other form, the nurturing bear, is a brown colored bear arms that are like growing young trees.

For he exists as a god of cycles he presides over life and death. He also exists as a god who is very kind and nurturing but can and will destroy if needed. He’s a god of necessity, kind but also fair. A god of forests, both the living and the dead. He is one of eight gods born from the shards of a jealous god, though he does not maintain contact with the other seven. Of those he is a god of the created/physical earth, for all the other ones are gods that pertain to the other elements, half of the physical as Takyjei is, the other half of the void.

He was recommended to me by my Agathos Daimon/guardian spirit, Alexios/Alexei. It has been a thing since the beginning of my practice that I wanted to contact unknown gods. Takyjei was the perfect candidate for such a thing so that’s how my relationship with him started. He made it clear from the beginning of our relationship that he does not enjoy being worshipped, by me at least. Though he enjoys the company and the gifts. There is also this little language thing he made that goes along with a whole magic system but I have not taken the time to learn most of it yet but I’ll update the blog as it happens. He’s very peaceful and my familiars like him so that’s a good sign. Next post will hopefully be about his myths !!

Until next time,