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The Raven: Trickery, Illusion & Complexity (Part 2)

June 28, 2011
Itachi and Sasuke from Naruto Shippuuden

Raven medicine – aloof, illusive, complex to the nth degree, a silent observer, and loyal to a cause. Highly intelligent, and deeply thoughtful the Rave is known for planning, strategy and cunning. He will test, analyze and plot every step of the way as a messenger.

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The Raven: An Introduction

June 26, 2011

The following series will focus on the magnificent Raven, which recently made itself known to me through my dreams. The Raven is a very complex character and, as a symbol, it is both revered and feared across various cultures. In my research, I have found that the Raven shares a symbiotic relationship with the Wolf and, in my opinion, shares common misconceptions (i.e. feared due to ‘dark’ conceptions).

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Giving Your Animal Guide A Name and Spirit Names

June 10, 2011
Spirit Animals

So you’ve spent a long time searching for your animal guide, and now you have found one on a totem. Where do you go from here? Well, you can spend time meditating and building your relationship with your guide, but how do you identify with it? The first step is usually to give it a name. Sounds relatively easy, but is it? Sometimes it can take a lot of effort to find that right name for your animal guide, almost as much as finding your guide in the first place.

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Can Our Animal Guides Manifest Themselves In The Animals Around Us?

May 1, 2011
Animal Guides

I have a cat and the first thing the cat did is arch it’s back and hiss at Max as to say “How dare you bring this animal into MY house!” My cat, named Brat, stared at Max, hissed a little more, and then headed for the bedroom.  After a few days Brat and Max seemed to tolerate each other. After that they would actually play with each other and chase each other through the house, and it wasn’t always Max doing the chasing. Brat was an instigator himself, he would initiate the chases too.

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Discovering Your Animal Totem

February 27, 2010
<p>Animal Speak</p>

The best-selling book, “Animal Speak – The Spiritual and Magical Powers of Creatures Great and Small” by Ted Andrews , helps you to open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world. Animal Speak shows you how to: identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals; discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles; call upon the protective powers of your animal totem; and create and use five magical animal rites, including shape-shifting and sacred dance.

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Light and Dark

July 27, 2009
Source: http://www.aradani.com/paul/yinorder.htm

In most religious teachings there is a heaven and hell, good and evil, light and dark. As a species we have male and female. We cannot propogate the species without a coming together of the two halves of the physical manifestation of our animal natures. The true nature of our soul is one that is divide between our intuitive (feminine) side and our rational (masculine) side.

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Wolf Spirit

June 8, 2009
source: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm65/cannon21391/GazeOfTheMoon.jpg

If you feel that you have an affinity for the wolf spirit, then you may be a person with a gift to teach. You may pass on your own spirit medicine with those willing to hear your message and learn. When you tune in to your intuitive nature on the wolf path you will divine a number of things, including an answer you may be seeking or a lesson you must learn at this time. When you discover your inner wolf spirit your drive to impart knowledge will increase and you may find yourself writing or lecturing about topics and providing information that will help others understand their own unique life path. In your spiritual development you must look for teachings from your wolf spirit guide. He is your brother and would not come to you without you making a request to the path-finder for his appearance in your life.

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Animals: Spirit, Power & Totem

May 20, 2009
Source: http://www.ninewellnesscentre.com/ivwc_animalspirittotems.html

Animals of Spirit, Power and Totem have been a part of every major religion for centuries. The Greeks spoke to spirits and gods through oracles. The Ancient Native Americans imitated animals in dance and ceremonial rituals to estalblish links to the spirit world. The earliest recorded traditions teach that each person comes into life existence [...]

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