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 SPIRIT ANIMALS/TOTEMS

 

 
What Is A Spirit Animal?

     A spirit animal or power animal is the manifestation of the spiritual energy of that animal on earth.  The spirit animal is greater than any one actual animal of that species.  It embodies the essence of all of those animals--all who have come before and all who are yet to be.  It is not an anthropomorphized form of an animal, or a human dressed as an animal, it is the animal spirit itself.  For example, a spirit bear is the voice of all the bears that have ever lived.  It is the bear that can see itself and speak to you.  A spirit animal appears to a shaman as a vision.  It is the voice of the wild, the voice of nature, the voice of earth.  This animal informs the shaman of the earth energy it tends, and lends the shaman its power and protection.  It is a helper that assists the shaman on the journey inward.  No shaman would attempt an inner journey without the help of a spirit animal because without one the shaman would be lost.  The spirit animal guides the shaman and conveys the energy needed to heal.  The spirit animal gives the shaman gifts of sight and teachings of knowledge.  The spirit animal gives the shaman protection and wisdom.
 
     Click on the picture above to read about the spiritual attributes and insights of some different animal spirits or to post your own thoughts on the subject.
 
Bibliography: The Path of the Feather
 
 
ANIMAL POWER DANCES
 
Come to us: Eagle, Wolf, Bear and Cougar. 
Dance we now The Power dances. 

Eagle soaring above the peaks, 
Share with us Freedom, Majesty and Fighting Skills. 
Teach us lessons we need to learn. 
Dance with us The Power dances. 

Wolf, cunning tracker, by day or night. 
Share with us Endurance, Courage and Adaptability. 
Teach us lessons we need to learn. 
Dance with us The Power dances. 

Bear, trampling along earthen paths, 
Share with us Mighty Strength and Sense of Smell. 
Teach us lessons we need to learn. 
Dance with us The Power dances. 

Cougar, lonely tracker of terrains, 
Share with us Agility, 
Stamina and Endless Curiosity. 
Teach us lessons we need to learn. 
Dance with us The Power dances. 

Movements slow,  Movements rapid. 
Frenzied swaying,  Upward, downward. 
Dipping, turning,  Round and round. 
Dance we now The Power dances. 

Dancing partners,  You and I. 
With me, in me.  I am you, you are me. 
Together as one,  Yet separate, too. 
Dance we now The Power dances. 

Awaken now All Spirit Beings, 
To dance the dances With your human kin. 
Dance the Cycles Of Life and Death, 
Hope and Fear,  Good and Evil. 

 
Dance the Cycles,  Now and Again.

 
Lowerworld,  Upperworld, 
Journeying now and forevermore. 
Of Time and Space All is Once, 
There is none.

Dance with us The Power dances. 

Dance the Cycles,  Now and Again.

Dance the dances again and again.  

from R.M.P.J. 8/86 by Alernon

 

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