Category: Animal Energies
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Universality – The Brotherhood of Life
Looking through the creation myths of the world, we find a common thread. Humans and animals used to be brothers, sometimes even cut from the same cloth. Sometimes the decisions that humans made created an entire species of animal, sometimes we were able to change our forms at will and some of us decided to…
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Today’s Animal Medicine – Bear
Bears have a very interesting history and relationship with humans and are a fascinating animal to study. There are only 8 species of bear, but they are spread all over the world and live in every climate from the coldest of tundras to the warmest of tropical jungles, often times sharing space with humans, which,…
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Book Review: Spirit and Dream Animals by Richard Webster
Richard Webster’s Spirit and Dream Animals is a multidisciplinary view of modern, mythical, and shamanic practices regarding animal spirit guides (totems), power animals, and shape-shifting. For those who have studied shamanism and mysticism for awhile, this reading may be a tad on the light side, but it does discuss interesting topics such as using the…
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What Can We Learn From Wolf?
Wolves are amazing animals, but they have a reputation that paints them in a grossly vicious fashion. Wolves are not vicious and instead are cautious, take care of their pack, and primarily prey on the old, sick, or young. They rarely face down a healthy adult prey animal and even more rarely attack human beings.…
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The Cherokee Legend of Two Wolves
I love this story. I have tried to verify the origin and everything says it’s Cherokee, but it is the internet so you never know. Anyways, this is an amazing story and I thought it was a good time to share it. This version is taken from http://www.firstpeople.us. An old Grandfather said to his grandson,…
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A Little Rambling + Review of Children’s Spirit Animal Cards
Today has been one of those days, which is weird because it’s Sunday and most the time ‘those days’ are Mondays with the occasional Friday. I had a financial goal to meet and didn’t make it. The big monster in my life is finances – we butt heads and face off time and time again,…
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You Don’t Have to be a Shaman to Practice Shamanism
So, I’ve finally published my free eBook, Foundations of Shamanism: An Introduction to Earth Magick! I’m so excited! I’ve been working hard on it and, after many formatting issues, finally have something lovely and informative to share with you. To get your copy, all you have to do is sign up for my mailing list…
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Spirit Animal Cards by Satiama
Okay, just a quick post here. I saw in a wholesale magazine these beautiful cards for kids! They feature an interesting new angle on traditional animal wisdom that is easy to understand, simple, and straightforward. I haven’t seen the whole deck, but I imagine every card is positive and uplifting. And I don’t see any…
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Today’s Animal Medicine – Lynx, Keeper of Secrets
I’ve been getting a lot of exposure for people searching about Lynx medicine. Lynx is, indeed, considered the keeping of secrets – primarily, keeping them and seeing when they’re in the background. Lynx medicine does not tell secrets. But this vision is not limited to secrets, but all things that are hidden – mistakes, misconceptions,…
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Today’s Animal Totem – Snail
It’s probably surprising to see Snail here. When we think of Animal Spirit Guides, we don’t usually think of bug and creepy-crawlies. And when we do, we’re more likely to think of Butterfly, Spider, Ant, or Bee. But any living creature, plant, animal, insect, mollusk, fish, or gastropod can teach us in the ways of…
