Spirit Animals - Communication

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• Two possible ways to communicate with animal spirits, astral projection and visualization. Both take practice to achieve and master.

• A good place to start is by introducing yourself. The purpose is to open a line of communication with the animal from whom you are seeking assistance.

• Should you find yourself in need of help or guidance, ask for it. Your question will only be answered after you ask it.

• Finding the right spirit animal or your spirit guide is tricky. There are many websites and books that spell out qualities associated with specific animals. Ex. butterfly- metamorphosis, owl - wisdom

I have found the Smithsonian Natural History book really helpful. It's a beautiful book. It contains thousands of flora and fauna images. I found it at the library and took it out as a drawing reference. It weighs about 10 pounds. So after borrowing it two or three times, I realized the logical decision (to save my back) was to buy it. It was worth every penny (and more...since I bought it on sale).

The book opened my eyes to the full extent of diversity in the animal world. Lists of symbolic animals are a good place to start but not the only possible spirit guides.

Identifying your spirit guide takes effort. In television shows, it's a ritual with some burning herbs that includes a vision where the animal walks up to the character in a beautiful forest. It's not that easy. As you work with spirit animals, in time you will be guided to your spirit animal or spirit guide.