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Animal Spirits: The Bumble Bee
Lately I’ve come across many more bumble bees than usual, indoors and outdoors. The most exciting encounter was late last week, when I saw a queen bumble bee mating in the garden. I had never seen a bumble queen before … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, Apis family, bees, bumble bee, community, fairies, insects, Mother Earth, nature, nature spirits, shamanism, spirit guides, symbolism
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Animal Spirits: The Horse
Since my visit to the Sundog Drift Ranch, where I met a couple of powerful horses (click here to see Jo’s amazing horse photography) I have come across pictures, articles, etc. of horses regularly. The horse’s main symbolism is freedom, endurance, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, chinese zodiac, Gayatri Mantra, horse, horse art, Odin, Pegasus, San Francisco animal healing, Shaman, Sleipnir, symbolism, Uffington horse, wood horse
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Animal Spirits: The Chicken
I know, I know. We like to think of animal spirit guides, totem animals, and the avian messengers of Spirit to always be the majestic, ephemeral, and powerful creatures such as wolves or dolphins or butterflies or hawks. But, sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, chickens, green eggs, hens, nature, rooster, shamanism, Simba, spirit, symbolism, Time, totem animals, urban farming
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Animal Spirits: The Lion
My last post about Simba (Swahili for “lion”), my wise and patient lion king, has inspired this next Animal Spirits post. Simba was a close soul mate, someone who has walked with me in other lifetimes. The day I had brought … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, astrology, courage, intuition, Leo, lions, Love, meditation, Simba, Strength, sun, symbolism, Tarot, unconscious
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Butterfly Journal: Patience (Entry #3)
This month’s journal prompt on patience, has gotten me to not only think about or review the things that help me to practice patience, but it has also reminded me of someone who was a teacher of patience for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Butterfly Journal
Tagged animal guides, animal rescue, animal spirits, Buddhism, healing, journaling, joy, lion king, Love, patience, Shantideva, Simba, zen
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Animal Spirits: The Sea Gull
I admire animals’ ability and ease in picking up on very subtle energies and vibrations, not just the energies and vibrations of humans and other animals, but those of all of Nature and the spirit realm. One of my Alaskan … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, animal messengers, Archangels, ascension, birds, feathers, intuition, nature, sea gulls, shamanism, spirit, Spirituality, symbolism
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Animal Spirits: The Snake/Serpent
In the last post, The Ninth Nakshstra: Ashlesha, I briefly touched on Ashlesha’s symbol, the snake, so I thought this would be a great time to go into the snake symbolism some more. The snake has many dualistic qualities. Across cultures they … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, Asclepius, caduceus, consciousness, death, divine feminine, divine masculine, healing, Hermes, kundalini, ouroboros, sacred wisdom, shamanism, snakes, spirit
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Animal Spirits: The Hawk and the Falcon
Early last week as I was working on one of … Continue reading
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Tagged animal guides, animal messengers, birds, falcons, hawks, Horus, number three, Ra, shamanism, spirit, symbolism, Valhalla, Valkyries
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