However, if it is the only tenet of belief held by a particular person, then animism takes on much greater influence and can function as a belief system in its own right. This is most noticeable with atheists who do not acknowledge a personified sacred force but do acknowledge the awareness in natural objects, or who are interested in various discorporeal but non-divine entities. So a simple tenet of belief can serve as much more under some circumstances. United States copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting, republishing, or repurposing of any copyright-protected material without the owner's permission. All written material on this website is copyright the author or BotteroNet Internet Services, unless otherwise noted.
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American Indian Prophecies Conversations With Chasing Deer. The juxtaposition of the life led by Native Americans before the European conquest with the immense problems we face in our societies, our industries, our building ecological disaster is the fabric of many Native American prophecies which fortell a time of decision or a descent into complete destruction of humankind and much of the rest of the planet. The conversations with Chasing Deer do reveal a clear way to avoid the dire predictions as revealed in many Native American tribal legends, but that way requires us to acknowledge that we are in desperate straits and to embrace change in the direction of the life led by the first Americans, characterized by respect for all our relations on the planet, both animate and inanimate. The Sabbats Copyright 2001 by BotteroNet Internet Services.