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The word 'Gridshaman' is one of those used for the easiest-to-find spiritual tradition in [[Downwarp]]. Outsiders usually see Gridshamans as a faction, but few on Downwarp seem to see it that way, nor even use the word; the more spiritual folks in warp call themselves 'Gridwalkers' or 'Gridworkers' instead. That being said, the tradition does involve an animist worldview, and work with the spirits and altered states, and even a sort of initiatory death, so the 'shamanism' label is an understandable and reasonable one to use.
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''Gridwalkers'' are [[Puzzlebox]] inhabitants, usually of [[Downwarp]], that hold to a particular set of holistic animist beliefs. Puzzlebox faction catalogs sometimes refer to active and visible Gridwalkers as a faction called the "Gridshamans," but it's hard to find actual evidence of large-scale faction-like organization, or the use of that term by Gridwalkers themselves, though their belief system does have many features in common with shamanism (including work with spirits, altered states, and sometimes even an initiatory 'death'). Instead, Gridwalkers simply say that they have a particular way of looking at and interacting with the world.
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== Worldview ==
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To the Gridwalkers, all of creation, whether it be material, conceptual, or somehow something else entirely, is part of an infinitely complex living system called the Grid.
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Revision as of 01:31, 22 May 2015

Gridwalkers are Puzzlebox inhabitants, usually of Downwarp, that hold to a particular set of holistic animist beliefs. Puzzlebox faction catalogs sometimes refer to active and visible Gridwalkers as a faction called the "Gridshamans," but it's hard to find actual evidence of large-scale faction-like organization, or the use of that term by Gridwalkers themselves, though their belief system does have many features in common with shamanism (including work with spirits, altered states, and sometimes even an initiatory 'death'). Instead, Gridwalkers simply say that they have a particular way of looking at and interacting with the world.

Worldview

To the Gridwalkers, all of creation, whether it be material, conceptual, or somehow something else entirely, is part of an infinitely complex living system called the Grid.