There is no transcendent creator in animism, no god who set the clocks ticking and decides which ones to fix when they falter; nothing exists outside…

- Emma Restall Orr

Animism is a monist metaphysical stance, based upon the idea that mind and matter are not distinct and separate substances but an integrated reality,…

- Emma Restall Orr

There are no facts, only stories.

- Emma Restall Orr

The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is oth…

- Emma Restall Orr

All that is obvious detracts completely from all that is not.

- Emma Restall Orr

The important element is the way in which all things are connected. Every thought and action sends shivers of energy into the world around us, which …

- Emma Restall Orr

If you submit to the ocean, you drown. If you try to control the ocean, then you're deluded. You learn how to live with the ocean. You learn how to f…

- Emma Restall Orr