We teach many things at our Victorian Tarot Parlor in Longmont, Arcanus. Folk magick and shamanism are a couple of favorites. Below we look at the spirits of nature that can help us on our journey.
Animal spirits can be called
upon to empower or teach the practitioner. The thousands of years of shamanic practice
have proven the efficacy of this tradition. By getting in tune with the spirit
of say the Crocodile, the practitioner can develop new wisdom among many other things
attributed to the Crocodile teacher. The familiar is part of this secret
teaching wisdom. They can use their animal powers to enhance spells and help to
secure knowledge for the practitioner.
This is
a body of knowledge that can take years or even a lifetime to study. For our purposes,
knowing the ways of the animal and how to call can be enough. Journeying with a
totem can open up whole new vistas of information. For a list of animal symbolism, do a Google search, or check out one of the many books on the subject at your local bookstore.
Following is a technique
that the practitioner can use to facilitate this communication -
Exercise – In a quiet and safe location, perform the sphere
exercise found in other articles of this blog to focus and empower you.
Once ready, smudge your person and the area with sage. This will cleanse the
area and your own energies of confusing remnants of impressions left over from
your day or previous workings. Settle yourself into a comfortable position.
Close your eyes and take a deep breath to prepare for the journey. As is
typical of this sort of journeying, you will visualize a natural hole in the
ground or tree and allow yourself to follow it down into the other realms.
I
generally find a cave to be the most efficacious for me, but what pleases you
will be of your own choosing. Once you find yourself descended into the other
realm, put the desire into the ether that you wish to meet your personal totem.
After a short while, you should encounter the animal that is most prevalent to
you. Allow impressions to materialize and make note of any communication that
you receive. When you are ready to return, take a deep breath and visualize
yourself traveling back up through the tunnel until you reach your level of
awareness. Take another deep breath to focus and end the session.
You may want
to eat something to help ground yourself in this plane.
I hope you find this article of some assistance on your own journey into nature and the powers that reside there.
Until next time............
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