Animal Spirit Guides

Animal Spirit Guides or Totems

Invoke animal spirit guides for protection and healing. You can do this by meditation, casting spells, using physical objects or through card-reading.

Working with the energies of different animals can be powerful and enlightening. It can be a comfort to connect with an animal spirit. When we don't live near parks or bodies of water, or rarely get a chance to spend time outside, we can lose touch with nature. By connecting on a spiritual level with the natural world, we can restore a sense of calm, balance and harmony inside. There are many ways you can work with these energies, and many reasons for doing so.

Reasons for Invoking Animal Spirits

1. Upcoming Situations: There may be an event coming up in your life that you feel you could use some encouragement and support with. Connecting with a courageous or powerful animal can help bring these attributes to you and your situation.

2. Healing: Many animals posess healing qualities. Depending on your situation, invoking an animal or animals will help guide the healing process.

3. Protection: There may be a situation where you've given away your power to someone or something. Invoking certain animal spirits can help you connect with inner power, boundaries and assertiveness.

How to Connect with Animal Spirits

1. Meditation: Going into a quiet, meditative space within and asking to invoke an animal spirit guide is a simple and easy thing to do. Find a quiet spot; somewhere you can be alone and without interruption. Calm your mind, relax your body and focus on your breath. When you feel calm and connected, envision the particular animal. You may find that you are walking a path together, or sitting together. Perhaps you are holding the animal or the animal is holding you. Communicate with the animal using words, thoughts, feelings and be open to receive any messages. Be sure to thank the animal spirit before returning your conscious mind back to the physical world. You may find that you received a message from the animal or not - but connecting is in itself very healing and empowering.

2. Casting Spells: Before casting a spell, be sure you are doing it for the right reasons. Casting evil spells is karmic suicide and putting negative energy out into the world is the last thing we need more of. First, find out how to cast a spell, before proceeding. Now, if you are going to cast a spell and wish to use the energy of animal spirit guides, choose your animal for the characteristics it brings. So if you're doing a love spell, choose an animal that symbolizes love, such as a swan or dove. If you are doing a healing spell, choose an animal that has healing qualities such as a frog or turtle.

3. Physical Manifestations: Use small figurines, pictures or jewelry that has pictures (etc.) of the animal spirit you are wishing to invoke. Physical objects make it easy for your subconscious and conscious mind to interact. Every time you see the object, a message is sent to your subconscious, reminding it to be connected to the particular energy of the animal. You can slip these objects into a pocket, or wear them, or have them as ornaments in your home or office, or wherever.

4. Card Reading: This one is a lot of fun. You can buy all kinds of awesome decks for card reading. You can either do it yourself, or have a professional card reader do it for you. This type of communication between you and the spirit world can be very exciting and powerful. You are almost guaranteed to learn something new by using this method.

Animal Spirit Helpers

Invoke Animal Guides for Protection, Healing and Spirituality

 

Animal guides can help with healing and protection - Trish Hoskin

Animal spirit guides bring certain characteristics with them. You can invoke their energy when you need a boost for protection, healing and spirituality.

Animal Spirit Guides can be a big help when we are looking for hidden answers. As a start, find out more about about animal spirit guides in general and how to connect with these spirits.

Certain animals have certain characteristics. When you invoke the spirits of these animals, you can invoke various energies.

Protection:

1. Armadillo: Think of the armour an armadillo wears. When under attack, armadillo simply rolls up into a ball, completely protected and safe. She then just waits for the attack to be over and off she goes. She doesn't take any abuse, doesn't suffer from the attack, and is completely protected. Invoke armadillo when you need to establish boundaries in a situation or with a person.

2. Badger: Badger is actually quite aggressive energy. Use badger energy sparingly, because too much can create and maintain a high degree of anger. Badger energy is powerful and can be used when you need to make a point, when you don't want to dice words or add to any confusion. But again, just be careful with this one - if you use too much badger energy, you may come across as abusive.

3. Skunk: Don't laugh! It's true! Skunk is very gentle but powerful. Anyone who has ever got a whiff of skunk knows her power. Skunk is interesting because she is not aggressive and yet is able to keep enemies far away. Skunk also represents "reputation", because everyone knows to stay away from her. Skunk doesn't go out looking for fights. If under attack, the tail is lifted, and away she goes. Like armadillo, skunk's method of protection is non-aggressive. She's sort of like the Ghandi of animal protectors. Invoking skunk means you are putting the energy out there of "Don't mess with me. I'm not going to physically hurt you, but you'll be sorry if you get too close."

Healing

1. Turtle: Turtle energy symbolizes Mother Earth. This is a very physical energy, as we are made of earth and then returned to earth upon physical death. Invoke turtle when you are needing to be grounded. This energy is calm, solid and stable and can provide you with feelings of security and the loving acceptance and warmth of Mother Earth.

2. Frog: Frog energy symbolizes cleansing. People who are fasting or doing a dietary cleanse often invoke frog energy. Frog lives both in the water and on land and thus symbolizes a balance or harmony of being able to "go with the flow".

Spirituality

1. Eagle: Eagle represents the Great Spirit. Eagle energy is very powerful and masculine. Eagle can soar high and get a view of everything below. This demonstrates Eagle's connection to the Spirit world and to earth. Call on Eagle when you are in need of guidance, protection and love.

2. Whale: It is said that Whale has been around since the beginning of time and has seen everything that has taken place. Whale is known as the keeper of stories. She's like the living library. Whale energy will bring you inner knowledge, deep understanding and clarity of perspective.

3. Salmon: Salmon energy is known as Inner Wisdom. The salmon spawns upstream, knowing intuitively that the hard work of jumping rocks and fighting white water pays off. Salmon's energy is one of integrity and doing what is right. Don't be confused - it doesn't mean struggling and fighting - it means doing what you know is right, no matter how difficult it may be. Invoke Salmon when you need spiritual strength to do something you are afraid to do.