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Find Your Animal Totem
by Jamie Wood
Find Your Animal Totem
by Jamie Wood
You may already have a clue about your animal totem or spirit guide. There may be an animal you have always loved and to which you have felt a special connection. This could be a cat, a lion, a wolf, a dolphin, an eagle, a hummingbird, a pig or even a frog. It could also be a mythical beast, such as a dragon or unicorn. If you are already drawn to a specific animal, you may have already unconsciously chosen your animal guide, or it may have chosen you. Think about the qualities this creature possesses. How can this animal teach you? What gifts of the animal would you like to emulate?
If you don't feel a kinship with a certain animal, or you're just not sure, don't worry. Before you go to bed, take a notebook or a dream journal, and write this incantation:
Guardians of the dream world, I call you to my side.
Reveal my spirit animal, my protector and guide.
Show me the power, beauty and grace
In the radiants eyes of my guardian's face.
Reveal my spirit animal, my protector and guide.
Show me the power, beauty and grace
In the radiants eyes of my guardian's face.
Use this incantation or your own words to let the guardians of the dream world know you are ready to meet your spirit animal guide. Be patient: It might not happen the first night, so keep trying. Eventually, you will have a dream in which your animal totem appears -and you might be surprised which animal shows up! Most animals have strengths and lessons they can lend us, and most people will carry more than one medicine from the animal kingdom. Sometimes you will consistently run into or across a particular animal.
Once you find out which animal belongs to you, you might wish to get a picture of it for your room, or maybe some jewelry or a t-shirt with the animal's image, to remind you of your special magickal relationship. Your animal can be called on to help you in the dream world or give you strength in times of need. Just picture the animal in your mind.
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This should help some people who aren't aware of what their animal totem is. I've given this simple spell to some friends of mine, and all have had success with it. Remember, if the incantation here doesn't feel or sound right to you, it's completely okay to change it to suit you.
People can also have more than one animal totem, or their animal totem may change over time, so keep that in mind as well.
