Rituals of Reconciliation: Enacting Kinship with a Living World Among Belgian Pagans

At a pivotal moment in the planet’s future, many individuals are turning to nature-based spiritualities to seek for tools for reconnecting with a living nature, elaborate meaningful experiences with others and one-self, and transforming the way they inhabit the world. Considered as nature-based and fond of environmental ethics, Modern Paganism has been largely understood as “intrinsically” eco-spiritual and non-anthropocentric. In this paper, I use ethnographic and survey data to explore how Pagan practices are used by Belgian Pagans to enact kinship with a “living” world, repair their relationships with nature, expand their idea of community, and collectively cultivate a sense of belonging beyond humanity.