Spiritual Activism. Saving Mother Earth in Sápmi

• Published in: Religions
• Main Author: Siv Ellen Kraft
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Sápmi; Sámi shamanism; spiritual activism; indigenous religion(s); Aahkansnjurhtjie; Arctic; South Sámi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11070342

Arctic Shaman Circle was founded in Oslo in November 2018. This article discusses what the Circle’s founding document refers to as “spiritual activism”, and how this was translated into action over the year that followed. I will follow one case in particular, which concerns plans for a power plant a...