In order to restore a Power Animal to a person, it is not necessary that the person be lacking one at the time. A person can have up to two Guardian Spirits at a time. A third Power Animal, however, cannot enter the body with two already present. It will simply drift away to be made available at a later time.

Power Animals usually come and go unexpectedly from a person, especially after a few years. If a person shows power loss, through depression or illness, such work should be immediately undertaken, in addition to whatever medical treatment is being applied. Read the rest of this entry »

When a Power Animal is restored, one usually begins to feel better immediately, and then begins to feel a power flowing through the body, gradually over the next few days. When this happens to you, it is important no to become complacent. Your Guardian Spirit has entered your body, not only to help you, but also to help itself, by experiencing the material form. Therefore, you should dance your animal at least once a week, even just for a few minutes, using the aid of rattles. This helps keep the power with you.

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There are different names for this exercise in different cultures. It is a way for a person to get in touch with their animal aspects through dance. Keep in mind that a Guardian spirit can appear in animal or human form.

Undertake this exercise in a quite, half darkened room, which is free from furniture that can hamper your movements. It is helpful if you have the use of one or two rattles, but these are not necessary.

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This games is known by Western North American Indians, as the ‘Stick Game’, the ‘hand game’ or the Bone Game. Shamanistic power and seeing are utilized in this game. It may be played by only two individuals, but most commonly, there are two opposing teams of at least sic members each. In the game, the teams take turns attempting to ’see’ the location of a bone or bones hidden by the opposing team.

A person designated as the ’see-er’ or ‘pointer’ tries to locate the marked bone within the hands of the opposing team, while the opposing team tries to prevent the person from seeing the hidden bone.

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Every Shaman has at least one power song, which is used to “wake-up” the guardian and other helpers to assist in healing and other shamanistic work.

To get a power song, plan to spend a day alone in a wild, natural area. Choose a location which is free of people, and unaltered by people.

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DRUMMING UP VISIONS - Modern Shamanic Initiation.

“The drums incessant beat became lost amidst a seemingly resonant symphony of voices… an enchantingly mysterious tone lead me through into another reality, a dreamtime landscape of the shamanic underworld. Perched on a cliff, my `being’ perceived the luminous valley expanding out before me. Suddenly aware of a presence to my right, I turned and confronted the eyes and beak of an eagle… so close its warmth was tangible in comparison to the windy updraft. As we both alighted with graceful swiftness from the cliff I realised a magical transformation had occurred… my eagle wings were strong… my sight so keen… my thoughts so strange. We soared towards an unknown destination, surveying all below us with a god-like perspective… feeling my journey had begun aeons before this present reality.”

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The use of Peyote has long been referred to as a cult “…which we found springing into existence when old ways of life (of the American Indian) are being destroyed by a powerful and technologically more advanced culture …” thus also classifying it as a revitalization movement.

Today, peyote use has become the most popular, and one of the most durable of all the religious movements created by American Indians as a result of the suffering as the effects of domination by American society. Peyote use (in the United States) has thus evolved into what is more accurately described as a religion: a system of symbols which produces powerful, pervasive and long-lasting moods and motivations by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence. Read the rest of this entry »