There are significant attitudes which see spirit and soul in all beings, in fact the Earth Herself. The Earth Ecology has been called animism in the past but in recent years has taken on an even more expansive collection of beings.
The aliveness in all that inhabit the earth is said to extend to other races call the Sidhe, or Faeries
Elizabeth Fisher, creator of Rainbows at the Crossroads, is the author and editor of Rise Up & Call Her Name: A Woman-honoring Journey into Global Earth-based Spiritualities and co-author of Gender Justice: Women’s Rights Are Human Rights. She curates the Women & Religion website at http://lucilesrednotebook.org/ and writes a monthly column at www.patheos.com/blogs/naturespath/. Her writing appears in four Anthologies – “Goddess 2.0 — Advancing A New Path Forward”; “Voices of the Sacred Feminine — Conversations to Re-Shape Our World”; “Pagan & Earth-Centered Voices in Unitarian Universalism”; and “Voices of Change — Interviews with Activists and Organizers.” Liz was selected to be on the list of the Thirteen Most Influential People in Women’s Spirituality.
