SHAMANISM

WORKING WITH ANIMAL SPIRITS

Shamanism, the world's oldest healing tradition, is found in all cultures on Earth.

Shamans work with their allies--the animal spirits.

Learn the wisdom of over three hundred of these spiritual teachers.

An Endangered Species Resplendent Quetzal's Wisdom Includes: Sacred bird of the ancient Mayas and Aztecs Sacred bird of the Cloud forest Freedom Symbol of wealth Invisibility Stillness Diversity Mayan legend describes how the bird got its crimson breast. When the Mayan chieftain Tecun Uman fell in battle, mortally wounded by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, a gold-and-green quetzal landed on his chest. As the chieftain died, the bird flew off, its breast forever stained with the blood of the Mayan.

Lungfish's Wisdom Includes: Ability to constantly touch and sense surroundings Connects air, water and land Ability to harden one’s skin to weather hard times Connection to the past (Living Fossil) Connection to Amphibians Understands the value of dormancy Ancestrally related to the four-footed land animals Connection to dreams (hibernation) Clam/Mussel's Wisdom Includes: Ability to siphon energy Living within the Earth Balance Symbiosis Connection to mud Going within