I own Steven Farmer’s Animal Spirit Guides book and was not really looking to own another book on spirit animals. Find Your Spirit Animals showed up from One Spirit Catalog one day which mystified me as I thought I had declined all the monthly selections. I initially was not interested in a book on finding animal guides as I can do that through my work with my angels and guides. I decided to look through the book, however, and was pleasantly surprised by it. The introduction to the book discusses shamanism and animal guides around the world in a very concise, clear way.
Chapter 1 is a discussion of how to find your totem animal as well as how to work with your totem animal, although in my experience you can have more than one spirit animal working with you. He leads you through topics such working with dreams, working with creative realization, healing with animal spirits, and overcoming obstacles.
The remainder of the book is set out differently from the Steven Farmer book. Rather than having the animal guides set out strictly alphabetically, David Carson has the animal totems divided by I suppose what you could call inner virtues. Chapter 2 is Inner Qualities, such as the Immortal Healer, Friend of the Night, Taming the Wilderness, and the Art of Giving to name a few. Chapter 3 has the animal spirits of Inner Wisdom, such as Guardian of the Law, Soulful Alchemy, Serenity in Change, and the like. Chapter 4 is Inner Beauty with qualities such as Power Songs, Out-of-the-box Thinking, the Sweetness of Life, and the like.
The remainder of the book is set out differently from the Steven Farmer book. Rather than having the animal guides set out strictly alphabetically, David Carson has the animal totems divided by I suppose what you could call inner virtues. Chapter 2 is Inner Qualities, such as the Immortal Healer, Friend of the Night, Taming the Wilderness, and the Art of Giving to name a few. Chapter 3 has the animal spirits of Inner Wisdom, such as Guardian of the Law, Soulful Alchemy, Serenity in Change, and the like. Chapter 4 is Inner Beauty with qualities such as Power Songs, Out-of-the-box Thinking, the Sweetness of Life, and the like.
One of the interesting features about this book is that there is a section at the end of the discussion of each animal totem that might be a meditation to use with that totem, that might something about a craft made with a part of the animal (such as eagle bone whistles), or that might be additional information about that animal totem from a particular culture.
Although the book is limited to 60 animal guides (Steven Farmers’ book has far more animal totems), I find this a nice addition to my library. I hope you do as well.
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Other Blog Posts by Kathryn Samuelson: As We Grow Through the Season, Simple Ways to Give, Turning Left Rather Than Right, Giving Thanks, Nurturing the Ego, Letting Things Go, Real Energy Book Review, Living with Doubt and Uncertainty, Bardo - The Things In Between, Musings On Mindfulness, You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps, The Choices We Make, Beyond: Buddhist and Christian Prayers CD Review, Riding Out Irene: A Practice in Maintaining Balance,
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Kathryn Samuelson is an intuitive who channels messages from your angels and guides through spiritual or automatic writing. She is also a life coach certified by the University of New Hampshire through its Professional Development department. Kathryn does workshops based on the set of meditation cards and book called Opening the Heart: Meditations on How to Be that she created with her friend, Linda Lewis. For more information: http://www.kathrynsamuelson.com/, klsamuelsonATyahoo.com, or 781-799-7332
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