Living Intelligence: A Traditional Weltanschauung to Promote Appreciation of a Meaningful Universe
Keywords:
Shamanism, Disenchantment, Jung, Magical Consciousness, Collective Consciousness, Trickster ArchetypeAbstract
A materialistic and objective view of the world has predominated in science for centuries; and a strict scientific view renders the cosmos as random and personally meaningless. However, traditional medicine views nature and the cosmos as intimately related to our personal experience and growth. While the traditional view has been termed "animistic" and considered primitive by modern science, this paper will propose that the traditional view may be a more
useful and productive view of reality. Looking at examples from Native American and personal experience, this paper proposes that a traditional perspective helps foster a view of the universe that promotes psychological wellness and better fits emergent science and psychology.
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