Power animals

The conversation overheard concerned spirit animals.
“My spirit animal – the wolf – has been helping me make sense of a couple of things I’ve got going on.”
My first thought was, “Where can I get a spirit animal?”
And my second was “How come everyone seems to get assigned a cool spirit animal?”
(It’s like reincarnation; everyone seems to have been a Gladiator, or a princess or a Carthaginian general – never the poor sap who has to milk goats or cook or clean or whatever.)
There are a lot of animal species out there; they can all be guides, right?

OK, top 10 spirit animals (who apparently get all the work from central Shamanism): Eagle, wolf, bear, tiger, falcon, jaguar, bison, dolphin, owl and anaconda.

Middle-tier spirit animals: Salmon, fox, raccoon, rattlesnake, elk, hummingbird, coyote, lynx, horse and frog.

Bottom of the barrel spirit animals: chicken, platypus, muskrat, meerkat, sloth, gerbil, opossum, armadillo, cow and barn cat.

So say you really want a spirit, or power, animal – how does one go about it?
Google the problem, of course.
Man, getting a power animal is kind of a bitch.
Lots of steps, meditation and the like.
Or, if you’re spiritually challenged (or just really, really lazy), just take an online test.

My power animal?
The wolf.

Comments

svojoh said…
I'm a hawk. Not on your list. Your a big bad wolf. Ha
Anonymous said…
I'm a wolverine... cool. Snickety snick.
Anonymous said…
According to the test, I'm a wolf, but close behind in a tie are bear and swan. Interesting.

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