For millennia, people have found courage, wisdom, personal direction, and emotional healing by channeling the spirits of nature. Here are dozens of ways to access that power as it manifests itself in different animals. Each lavishly illustrated entry explores a different creature's spiritual energies: the courage of the lion, the cunning of the fox, the tranquility of the tortoise… The evocative text helps readers discover their own spirit animals, and provides meditatations and visualizations that will lead them on a rewarding inner journey.

A spirit animal is believed to represent certain traits and skills that an individual is supposed to have. These traits and skills may already be present in you, or you maybe supposed to learn these in your life. Basically, your spirit animal can help you guide in your life purpose and make the right life decisions. So, what is your spirit animal? You may just want your spirit animal to be a lion. But this is not how it works. You don't choose your spirit animal. Your spirit animal chooses you. Your spirit animal is your spiritual guide and it has already chosen you. What you now need to do is find out what your spirit animal is and then follow its path or acquire its traits. Basically, the spirit animal maybe telling you what traits you need to acquire in your life currently. It may also be telling you about how you can solve your current life problems and move ahead in your spiritual journey. It may be telling you what steps or what roles you need to take to move ahead in your physical as well as spiritual life. In short, it may be telling you what qualities you possess or what characteristics you need to develop within you. Don't go wasting your time choosing your animal. You will only be frustrated and lose your spiritual path in life. Just find out which one it is and follow its guidance. You surely won't be disappointed. So, how can you find which one is your spirit animal? Quite simple; take the quiz on the next page and find out your spirit animal and its primary meaning. But there is one thing that you will need to realize. Once you do know your spirit guide, your job is not done. You need to take steps to get in touch with your spirit animal. This could involve meditating on your spirit animal or learning more about its traits or honoring it by wearing a piece of jewelry or clothing associated with your spirit animal. So, let's get started and find out your spirit animal!

AN EASY-TO-USE HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDINGYOUR POWER ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SPIRIT HELPERS After the publication of his best-selling book Power Animals, many people inquired about the meaning of spirit animals that were not contained in that work. In Animal Spirit Guides, Dr. Farmer provides concise, relevant details about the significance of more than 200 animals that may come to you in physical or symbolic form as guides and teachers. With each animal listed, you’ll find general meanings of the visitation; practical ways that they can help you as spirit guides; and how, as your power animal, they reflect characteristics that you possess. You’ll also find a "whom-to-call-on" section that will tell you which animal spirit guide to call on for any specific purpose.

In Discovering Your Spirit Animal, shamanic healer Lucy Harmer presents a practical approach to understanding spirit animals and applying their power to specific situations in daily life. Written in clear, simple language and featuring compelling stories and anecdotes, the book explains what a spirit animal is, describes its purpose, and shows that understanding the “medicine” of one’s spirit animal—assimilating its qualities and characteristics—allows one to apply the lessons and messages they convey and use them for personal transformation. Lucy Harmer notes that particular animals that cross one’s path or appear repeatedly nearby probably want us to share in their medicine, their teaching, their energy, and their spirit. Discovering Your Spirit Animal provides guidance for meeting and getting to know one’s spirit animal through easy exercises and shamanic techniques. Lucy Harmer explains how to discover the strengths, qualities, and skills one shares with one’s personal spirit animal, enabling one to learn how to reinforce this connection and access innate wisdom and inner power, overcome fears, increase natural healing capacity, and improve relationships.

Following the publication of the popular and best-selling Animal Spirit Guides, several people commented that they would like to see a smaller pocket-sized version—one they could carry in their purse, handbag, or car. Those requests have now resulted in this condensed edition, where you’ll find all the spirit animals from the original edition plus some new ones in a format that makes it even more user-friendly. Just as our ancestors and indigenous peoples knew, when an animal comes to you in an unusual way or repeatedly, whether in physical or symbolic form, they are serving as spirit guides attempting to get a message to you. This convenient pocket guide will help you understand and discern these messages whenever this occurs by offering several possible interpretations for the animal you encounter. This is a book that you will enjoy and find useful for many years to come.

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Have you ever dreamt about a bird, wolf, lion, or some other creature and wondered what it meant? From the cheerful bluebird to the courageous tiger, the animals in our dreams often have specific messages that can guide us on our life paths. Once you know your totem animal, you can call upon it for healing, protection, strength, wisdom, and spiritual guidance. In Spirit & Dream Animals, bestselling author Richard Webster will teach you simple and fun techniques to identify and connect with your spirit animal. Lucid Dreaming Astrology Numerology Pendulum Divination Meditation Dancing You'll also learn about animal symbolism in various cultures, the shamanic tradition, and how to recall your dreams more easily and vividly. This handy book also features an alphabetical dream-animal dictionary. With it, you can quickly look up the symbolic meanings of more than 150 creatures—including pets and domestic, wild, and legendary animals.