But few people actually tell you how to discover your own animal totem. The process can actually be a lot simpler than you think. Step 1: Book Research The first and most important step to discovering your animal totem is to do some research.
Animal totems act as guides and sources of inspiration in our lives, and they can also help us manifest certain qualities or characteristics in our lives such as patience, love, joy, or persistence. There are two basic aspects to researching your animal totem: book research and field research. Reading about animals and their characteristics gives you a good idea of what kinds of energies those animal totems might bring into your life. For instance, hummingbirds bring joy, enthusiasm, and lots of energies, while ravens bring mystery and a deep sense of humor.
Step 2: Field Research The other part of researching your animal totem is going out and observing animals in your local area. Choosing an animal native to your local area as a totem is useful in a lot of ways. First, they are already adapted to your local environment, and can teach you a lot about survival and enjoyment of your outdoor area. To do this kind of field research, just walk through any park or wildlife area and observe the animals. See how they move, how they interact with you and each other, how they rest.
Do they move fast? Do they react strongly to your presence or barely notice it at all? How do they express themselves? What qualities are most dominant in their behavior? For instance, if you were to observe a colony of ants, you would notice that they persist in what they are doing, no matter how much interference they encounter.
If you scoop up an ant on a piece of paper, carry it 10 feet away and set it back down again, it will continue in the same direction it was headed, as if it had never been scooped up. It will persist in completing its task regardless. If this dogged persistence is what you need in your life, then the ant might be an excellent totem for you. If you want to be more outgoing and gregarious, consider the raven or the magpie. Or what about the spider for sheer creativity and art?
Step 3: Choosing a Totem Animals are all around us and we have so much to learn from them! Choosing a specific animal to be your totem personalizes your relationship with that animal species, and brings their particular personalities and energies into your life. Doing this kind of research is the first step to developing that kind of personal relationship. Your email address will not be published. Notify me of new posts by email.
Christopher Rankin Goodreads Author. Rebecca R. Lujan Matus Goodreads Author. Sean Michael Hayes Goodreads Author. Gonzalo W Benard Goodreads Author. Stephen Muires Goodreads Author. Rebekah Gamble Goodreads Author.
Thomas Dale Cowan. Ai Gvhdi Waya. Anthea Durand Goodreads Author. Naomi McDonald. Ruth-Inge Heinze. Bertrand Hell. Gonzalo W Benard. Gavriil Ksenofontov. Nan Moss. Jean Malaurie.
Flagging a list will send it to the Goodreads Customer Care team for review. We take abuse seriously in our book lists. Only flag lists that clearly need our attention. As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg.
We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or for being critical of a book. Tags: cultural-anthropology , ethnography , ethnology , shaman , shamanism , shamans , sociology. Remo books 19 friends. Marcia books friends.
Yvonne books 49 friends. Christopher books 11 friends. The Hay House Basics series features world-class experts sharing their knowledge on the topics that matter most for improving your life. Shop Now. Home Shamanism.
Christa Mackinnon. Write a review.
0コメント