Wétiko is the parasitic, cannibalistic thought-form of Taker culture: it drives its host to consume, dominate and set itself above nature, and it infects all of us to some degree. The word comes from the Algonquian peoples of North America, and reached Therapeutic Shamanism through the writers Jack Forbes and Paul Levy.
Where does wétiko come up in the wiki? #
Wétiko is part of the wider story these answers tell, about how we became sick and how we recover:
- How does animism understand power and hierarchy?
- What are transformation practices and shapeshifting?
- What is soul retrieval?
- Can modern humans recover an animist way of seeing and undo domestication?
- How are Power-loss, soul loss and loss of personal power different?
- What is Power-loss?
- What is soul loss?
Where can I find the other terms? #
Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the glossary, A to Z. Wétiko sits closest to Taker culture and co-wétiko.
