Totemic Animals

What are Totemic Animals?

When we were born, it is believed that the spirit of a single animal was trapped inside of us to help us and guide us. These are called Totemic Animals, or Spirit Animals. Your Totemic Animal reflects what your natural element is. (E.G. Your a turtle, so your natural element is Water) Rarely, this isn’t the case and their animal does not reflect their natural element. These people are believed to be extra special and may have hidden powers or gifts. My spirit is a Leopard. My natural element is earth. The spirit animal is also your name. Therefore i am “Leopard” It may be re-named to associate with the element or other things. For instance, i sometimes call my spirit “Land Stalker” If you do not know how to uncover what your Totemic Animal is, now is your chance to find out. There is a short guide below detailing how you can go about discovering your Totemic Animal.

How to I find what my Totemic Animal is?

You can find your animal through meditation. By letting your mind roam in a situation, you will accidentally stumble upon the animal within you. Lets Start.

Find a comfortable, quiet spot. Some people sit on the end of a pillow. Get into the Lotus position, if you cannot just cross your legs.

Cup your hands in your lap, or let them rest there. Make sure you keep your back straight! Close your eyes. Let the distractions of the outside world fade away and concentrate on the comforting black behind your eyelids. Now, Inhale and exhale deeply and slowly and keep the rhythm going for a while. While you breath, imagine all the energy of the planetary elements soaking into you. Lets all muscles in your body relax working up from the feet. (Thats not an excuse to bend you back, i can keep mine straight, even when relaxed)

When you are totally relaxed (that may take a while) Keep the breathing rhythm going. As you are breathing, picture a flash in the sky and a long thin length of white light shoot down your back and into the ground. See it shoot past all the rock and mud under you into the volcanic core of the earth and return to you as a large orange ball. Inhale this ball of nature’s energy and let it flood you. See it change colour and you glow according to it. Let it radiate through you. Watch it change colour and feel its changes. As the colours swirl around you, a certain scene will start forming round you. Normally, this is the element of you. Nothing man-made should be in this place. It is all natural. (im going to describe my place here) See the gushing waterfall on your right and hear the water splash. Feel it spray at you. Smell the fresh oak trees and hear the bird chirping. The woodland is scattered with new life. Birds, saplings. Take it in slowly and let all your senses re-create the scene so you are really there.

The sun is warm on your neck and you begin to wander. Along a thin winding path. It take you on and on. You feel safe and protected here. You enter an older part of the forest now. The old oak trees are further apart. A river winds between them and ferns cover the ground. You move up the path once more. You start to ascend. As you atop a small mountain, a circle of upright rocks and tablets stand tall. The sun has turned dark crimson now. You heard a rustling behind you. A bright glowing creature approaches you. You sense its warmth and comfort, and you go and embrace it. This is and will ever be Totem Animal. Walk with your inner animal around the glade, stroke it. Interact with it. Treat it as human. Talk for a while, and when you feel its time to go. Proceed away from the ring of stones. Now you know the route, you can reconnect with you Totem any time (and vice versa)

Follow the path back towards the loud waterfall. Before you leave, thank the trees that kept you safe, and leave.

see the glade fade and swirl into a bright white ball, and let it sink into your being. You may feel excited, happy, energetic. When you are ready, open your eyes. Take a few deep breaths and relax.

If this doesn’t work, you may find your own way work. I know a friend who’s Animal was a fire creature was at the top of a volcano when he found it. Just keep working.