Message from Siv, November 2025:
I’m in the process of updating/designing everything on this page. I thought I’d be sneaky and swift enough to do it before anyone noticed bits of it were missing, which was a silly thing to think. Anyway, I’m hopeful that by the end of the year I will have updated Thinking Like a Plague, Microbiological Dark Matter and And So, Ad Infinitum - those are the three flagship Microanimism courses. The brand spanking new ones, Biology for the Otherworlds and 1000 Hurts, and everything else, will come after. In the meantime, you can sign up and join our monthly meetings/workshops, or schedule a private conversation with me, using the links below. Please also take a look at the Microanimism Substack and join our community Discord server. Cheers!

Next group meeting: Saturday November 22nd, 10am (Mountain Time)


Videos and Self-Directed Research


MICROANIMISM I: FOUNDATIONS
Thinking Like a Plague

MICROANIMISM II: APPROXIMATION
Microbiological Dark Matter

MICROANIMISM III: REALIZATION
And So, Ad Infinitum


Publications and Prints



Online Teaching and Webinars


Private students: enquire

Monthly group meet: register


Biology for the Otherworlds

Occult biology and getting life from non-life

1000 Hurts

How the ruling classes manipulate the microbial world against the rest of us

The King of Sunset

Humans and SARS-CoV-2

10 cells


"I loved this course. It gave me a totally new way of thinking about everything. It had an unexpected and profound impact. The course material is rich. I have not even skimmed the surface. Siv is generous, engaging, clear, compelling."

— Previous course participant, Thinking Like a Plague

"I unabashedly loved this course. The course really delivered on content - we covered the kinds of science topics I’d thought we’d get into, in more detail than I’d imagined. In terms of the practical animism, it was a gentle but solid introduction that left a lot of room for personal exploration. As a dedicated Buddhist, I was expecting it to be more of an odd fit, but it turned out to offer a lot of enrichment for my existing practice. The moderate, considered pacing allowed me the space to figure out how to best navigate that. Also, Siv is fucking cool."

— Previous course participant, Thinking Like a Plague

"Dr. Watkins is a person of high integrity, genuine humility, depth of knowledge, and a cultivated sense of sarcasm. Her wisdom and embodied understanding of the smalls as they relate to human culture and life on Earth are highly recommended."

— Dr. Daniel Foor, Ancestral Medicine