Steps to Help You Find Your Power Animal
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 11:52 am
Greetings all! Friendly neighborhood student of shamanism, Azure Lily, here! And I'd like to tell you a bit about Spirit Guides(or power animals, depending on your belief, they can be interchangeable.).
Many people believe that you have a choice in your spirit guide. For instance "I like cats, so my spirit guide must be cat." But, i dont believe that. Your spirit guide is your protector and adviser. Not your friend. It can be your friend, but i feel that its your guardian first. My spirit guide is a snake! And I am absolutely terrified of snakes. But he keeps me safe. And his instincts on poisonous versus non-poisonous things is on point. Many people live their lives without even discovering their spirit guides. But we all have one and wouldn't live very long without it! It is located either in your head or your chest. Your heart or your brain.
Want to discover your spirit animal? This is what i do:
1)Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. (it helps me to have some sort of hole i could crawl into, or slide down.)
2)Consecrate, bless, etc. the area.
3) Sit down and enter a trance. This can be helped by different kinds of teas, sounds, and scents. I have yet to try any teas. But a binaural 432 hz drum beat and sandalwood incense work fine for me.
4) Once in the trance, it's time for the astral travel. Leave your physical body and make the journey into the lowerworld.
5)When you've come out of the tunnel and into the lowerworld, call out "Spirit of my mind and heart, come to my beckoning."
6) When the first spirit arrives, watch for the direction it comes from. If it comes from left or behind, ignore it and walk away. If it comes from the front or right, say "By the ancestors, you cannot lie."
7) Call out the chant from step 5 after each spirit leaves or you walk away from it. If the spirit stays, ask it three questions.
7a) Will you guide me?
7b) Will you protect me?
7c) Can I trust you?
8) If it answers no to any of these questions, walk away and return to step 5. If it answers yes to any of these questions, say "Tell me your name."
9)If it walks away, go back to step five. If it stays and tells you its name. Say "I name thee spirit, [Insert Name Here]!"
10) The final step is asking it "Do you want to leave with me?" If it says "I am already and always have been with you." (or something like that), thank it and leave the lowerworld. If it says anything other than that, return to step 5. Repeat this process until you find your spirit guide or give up. If you found your spirit guide, make an offering to it and your ancestors when you awaken from your trance.
I wish you luck on finding your spirit guide! And remember to wipe your mind clean of preconceptions about what your spirit guide is before you enter the lowerworld. Else you'll taint the outcome. I hope you've learned something from reading this! And if you have any comments, questions, concerns, or information to add, please do! It would be much appreciated and I'm trying to revive the Shamanism topic. Thanks for readings! Hugs and kisses, Azure out!
Disclaimer: This is purely how i practice and your methods or views are just that. This is not an exact method and you should alter it to what you believe. I am not an expert, nor is anyone, truly.
Many people believe that you have a choice in your spirit guide. For instance "I like cats, so my spirit guide must be cat." But, i dont believe that. Your spirit guide is your protector and adviser. Not your friend. It can be your friend, but i feel that its your guardian first. My spirit guide is a snake! And I am absolutely terrified of snakes. But he keeps me safe. And his instincts on poisonous versus non-poisonous things is on point. Many people live their lives without even discovering their spirit guides. But we all have one and wouldn't live very long without it! It is located either in your head or your chest. Your heart or your brain.
Want to discover your spirit animal? This is what i do:
1)Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. (it helps me to have some sort of hole i could crawl into, or slide down.)
2)Consecrate, bless, etc. the area.
3) Sit down and enter a trance. This can be helped by different kinds of teas, sounds, and scents. I have yet to try any teas. But a binaural 432 hz drum beat and sandalwood incense work fine for me.
4) Once in the trance, it's time for the astral travel. Leave your physical body and make the journey into the lowerworld.
5)When you've come out of the tunnel and into the lowerworld, call out "Spirit of my mind and heart, come to my beckoning."
6) When the first spirit arrives, watch for the direction it comes from. If it comes from left or behind, ignore it and walk away. If it comes from the front or right, say "By the ancestors, you cannot lie."
7) Call out the chant from step 5 after each spirit leaves or you walk away from it. If the spirit stays, ask it three questions.
7a) Will you guide me?
7b) Will you protect me?
7c) Can I trust you?
8) If it answers no to any of these questions, walk away and return to step 5. If it answers yes to any of these questions, say "Tell me your name."
9)If it walks away, go back to step five. If it stays and tells you its name. Say "I name thee spirit, [Insert Name Here]!"
10) The final step is asking it "Do you want to leave with me?" If it says "I am already and always have been with you." (or something like that), thank it and leave the lowerworld. If it says anything other than that, return to step 5. Repeat this process until you find your spirit guide or give up. If you found your spirit guide, make an offering to it and your ancestors when you awaken from your trance.
I wish you luck on finding your spirit guide! And remember to wipe your mind clean of preconceptions about what your spirit guide is before you enter the lowerworld. Else you'll taint the outcome. I hope you've learned something from reading this! And if you have any comments, questions, concerns, or information to add, please do! It would be much appreciated and I'm trying to revive the Shamanism topic. Thanks for readings! Hugs and kisses, Azure out!
Disclaimer: This is purely how i practice and your methods or views are just that. This is not an exact method and you should alter it to what you believe. I am not an expert, nor is anyone, truly.