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Power Animals & Shamanism
Power Animals & Shamanism
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Regaining a lost soul

In this book, the millennia-old healing techniques of shamanism are presented clearly and appealingly.  The book is meant to give readers an overview of the complex and manifold facets of shamanism and to encourage them to reach out to their respective power animal.

Power animals – spiritual companions and leaders

Power animals are spiritual companions and soulmates, and each has a personal relationship with its human counterpart, who is thereby empowered, energized, deepened and motivated. The person is enabled to find his or her true purpose, to develop more fully and to avoid pitfalls, is protected, kept healthy and even healed, and can turn to the animal for help at any time. The more he or she does so, the more intense their partnership becomes. Some partnerships last a lifetime.

How do you find your power animal?

This book explains how to find, honor and bond with your power animal and thereby be strengthened and healed. It explains how the animal may be lost and how the loss may be averted.

The main power animals

The most important power animals and their meaning and message for humans are discussed in detail, revealing what positive qualities may be transferred from one to you.

The worldview of shamanism

This book offers all key information about shamanism and how to use it. The division of the shamanic cosmos into the upper, middle and lower worlds is explained, as are details of shamanic journeys. The role of the master of animals in particular is examined, as is the difference between spirit helpers and totem animals. The basic features of neo-shamanism are shown too.

The shaman’s career

Shamans are mediators between worlds. They have a special spiritual power, can change their state of consciousness at will and are sent into trance mostly by drumbeats.

Power animals in ancient Egypt

This book is exceptional in explaining power animals not only within the framework of shamanism but also within the framework of ancient Egyptian mythology shown in detail.

Please join me on this thrilling journey into the world of shamanism and power animals.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBadPress
Release dateMar 1, 2020
ISBN9781071508442
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    Power Animals & Shamanism - Dr. Angela Fetzner

    Power Animals & Shamanism

    Dr. Angela Fetzner

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    Translated by Phil Stanway 

    Power Animals & Shamanism

    Written By Dr. Angela Fetzner

    Copyright © 2020 Dr. Angela Fetzner

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    Contents

    Prologue

    The shamanic worldview

    The lord of animals

    A shaman’s apprenticeship

    Spirit helpers, spirit guardians, totem animals, alter ego

    In search of the power animal – neo-shamanism

    The democratization of shamanism

    The neo-shamanic notion of the power animal

    Totems and soul animals

    The soul bird

    The kinship of humans and animals

    The jackal as a psychopomp

    Cautionary note

    Finding and honoring the power animal

    Strengthening your bond with the power animal

    Healing with power animals

    Loss of the power animal

    Gateway and elemental spirits

    The main power animals

    Antelope

    Ants

    Ape

    Armadillo

    Ass (Donkey)

    Badger

    Bat

    Bear

    Beaver

    Bees

    Bison

    Boar

    Buffalo

    Bumblebee

    Butterfly

    Buzzard

    Camel

    Cat

    Chaffinch

    Chameleon

    Chamois

    Cheetah

    Condor

    Cow

    Coyote

    Crane

    Cricket

    Crocodile

    Crow

    Deer

    Dog

    Dolphin

    Dragon

    Duck

    Eagle

    Eel

    Elephant

    Falcon

    Flamingo

    Fly

    Fox

    Frog

    Giraffe

    Glowworms

    Goose

    Groundhog

    Guinea pig

    Gull

    Hawk

    Hippopotamus

    Hornet

    Horse

    Jaguar

    Jay

    Kangaroo

    Kingfisher

    Leopard

    Lion

    Lizard

    Magpie

    Moose

    Mouse

    Nightingale

    Orca

    Otter

    Owl

    Panda

    Panther

    Parrot

    Peacock

    Pheasant

    Puma

    Reindeer

    Rhinoceros

    Salamander

    Salmon

    Shark

    Sheep

    Snake

    Squirrel

    Stag

    Stork

    Swan

    Turtle

    Unicorn

    Wolf

    Zebra

    Epilogue

    Literature (selected)

    About the publisher

    A big thank you

    Books published by Dr. Angela Raab

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    Listen! Shamanism is no religion, as there are no dogmas or hierarchies. It is purely a personal experience, a path for you to follow. Through the drum’s journey you can visit the world below our feet, where people and animals live as spirits. (Ailo Gaup, a shaman of the Sami people.)

    Prologue

    The shaman is not only the oldest figure in the history of mankind but also the one with the greatest continuity. Shamanism – to name it after a book by the philosopher and scholar of religion Mircea Eliade – is an ‘archaic technique of ecstasy’, which has given rise to both religion and magic. The roots of this spiritual practice go back into the stone age. Remarkably, its various philosophical or ecstatic elements are much the same in all the various cultures and epochs of human history.

    The local color of the shamanic cultures of Siberia may differ from those of the Inuit and Aborigines, which in turn may differ from those of the highly developed cult on Hawaii and the historical shamanism of the Celts, but the basic structure of spirituality is the same all round the world. For thousands of years, shamanism has relied on on the same principles, which call for a certain schooling of the spirit. In adapting flexibly to conditions, shamanism has a durable symbiosis with regional cults and religious systems. Most shamans are active as healers, since healing is compatible with all religions and world views.

    Shamans had a leading role in societies of hunters and gatherers, but some of their duties were later taken over by other specialists such as actors, for not only music and dancing but also drama is rooted in shamanism. Even today, there are traces of shamanism in the traditions of various peoples, be they in folklore, festivals, fairy tales or myths. Shamanism is sometimes viewed as a kind of proto-religion, which is slightly misleading. It should rather be called a way of viewing the world.

    In modern western societies there is a longing for magic or spirituality, as some needs cannot be satisfied by religions, mostly monotheistic, with their strict but simple division into good and evil. Many seekers turn to shamanism, to gain a view of the world and life which is coherent and in harmony with the cosmos, though not with industrialized societies. Till recently, only ethnologists, anthropologists and a few scholars of religion took an interest in the ritual practices of indigenous peoples. Sometimes the interest was interdisciplinary, as shown by the works of the psychologist Carl Gustav Jung.

    Since then, a revival of popular interest in the esoteric has brought shamanism back into focus. Even top managers are spending their weekends in purification ceremonies in sweat lodges or are walking over glowing coals for hour after hour. Efforts are being made to get in touch with medicine men and sages from indigenous tribes, and package tours to healers by the Amazon, in Peru or in Mongolia are offered to holidaymakers. Authors such as Carlos Castaneda or Michael Harner have brought shamanism back into everyone’s lives and discussions.

    Mircea Eliade (1907-1986): a Romanian scholar of religion, a philosopher and writer

    Inuit: an indigenous people in the Arctic circle in central and northeast Canada and Greenland

    Ethnology: research into the cultures of ethnic groups, especially those of natives

    Anthropology: research into the content and development of ethnic teachings

    Carl Gustav Jung: alias C. G. Jung (1875-1961), the Swiss founder of analytical psychology

    Carlos Castaneda: a US ethnologist (1925-1998) with Brazilian and Peruvian roots

    Michael Harner: a US anthropologist and neo-shaman (1929-2018)

    The shamanic worldview

    The term ‘shaman’ is thought to come from the word ‘saman’ in the language of the Siberian Tunguses. It mostly means a male practitioner, as the female form of the word is ‘shamanka’. There are differences in outlook between certain regions and cultures but also points in common. A line is mostly drawn between the profane and the sacred, between the world of mankind and the world of spirits and forebears.  A further point in common is that everything, organic or inorganic, is thought to be fundamentally animate. Even stones and trees have souls.

    Death is viewed as not an end but a transition to another world. The soul is deemed to be immortal, so the worship of ancestors plays a big role in shamanic cultures. There are non-physical beings able to travel to and fro between levels, profane and sacred, and to exercise power accordingly. The whole cosmos is thought to have been created by a supreme being or beings, now in control. For all levels to work well throughout, there is a basic need for harmony. A violation of any cosmic rule may lead to hunger, illness, storms or catastrophe, so then the original order has to be restored through healing.

    The shamanic cosmos has three worlds altogether – the upper, middle, and lower worlds – all equal in worth, unlike heaven, earth and hell in Christianity. The upper world is the home of the gods and higher beings, the middle of mankind, animals and plants, and the lower of the dead, shades and evil spirits. As with human society, the boundaries between the levels remain permeable. According to native Siberians, people in general would travel between these worlds but found the journey tiring and the communication hard, so the task was then assigned to specially trained shamans. In other cultures, the boundaries between the worlds are said to be permeable only on certain dates, when there is access to spiritual beings.

    Among the Celts, this date was Samhain, the last night of the old year, celebrated on the 31st of October and reinterpreted nowadays under the name of Halloween. Often, the notion of the world-tree likewise appears in shamanic cosmology. Stylized as an arrow, it is found on shamanic drums for conjuring spirits up and for traveling to parallel worlds. Many peoples with shamanic beliefs are traditionally nomadic shepherds,

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