I just had some newbie questions. Can you have more than one totem animal at a time? Are they any other beings besides like angels, spirit guides, totem animals, deities, or dragons? If they are and if you work with them how do you keep them all straight when you work with them?
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yes its possible to have more than one totem animal. some people have multiples and some they come and go. all the listed exist, if even simply that our minds can create them as at least a sort of thoughtform without our knowledge.
how to keep them straight? thats an easy one... make a book of shadows. dont only use it for a reference tool but use it as a sort of spiritual journal. ive found the easiest way to commit something to memory is to write it down. but remember everything you experience whether it be an event or a smell is kept on record in your subconscious.
a book of shadows can be a good tool in case that info doesnt feel like coming out of your subconscious that dayLast edited by Dufonce; 12 Feb 2011, 14:11."Sometimes bad things happen, and theres nothing you can do about it, so why worry?" ~ Timon
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I've never had a totem animal so can't speak much to that. I do believe that the spirit world is at least as varied as our own when it comes to beings and critters. I worship gods, honor ancestors and land spirits, and I've seen or sensed other things around my property, but I couldn't tell you exactly what they are. I generally refer to them as "the locals" and give them a wide berth out of respect, much as I do with the wildlife. As for keeping them straight? Well, it's sort of like going about my daily life- I have relationship of different degrees with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, etc. It's more like that than a challenge of juggling, but maybe that's just me?"Gardens are not made by singing "Oh, how beautiful," and sitting in the shade." - Rudyard Kipling
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Originally posted by TearDropStar View PostCan you have more than one totem animal at a time? Are they any other beings besides like angels, spirit guides, totem animals, deities, or dragons?
If they are and if you work with them how do you keep them all straight when you work with them?
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I agree with what has already been said...the spirit beings and deities I work with/honor are much like friends or family in the kind of relationships we have. As you get to know them, it's really not work to keep track of them. I do write down meditations and things in my Book of Shadows though, but that's more because I have trouble remembering conversations I've had in a meditative state of mind more than I do conversations in a conscious state of mind.
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lets see spiritual beings there are... angels, demons, coleitions, shadows, lesser deities, elementals, spirits of the dead, dragons, deities humans astral projecting, weird humans who have strange inhuman power, and many more. then those can be broken down into diferent kinds or levels which are sometimes very different from eachother like angels:heralds, virtures, seraphs, cheribs, thrones, ect. or coleitions:shadow crawlers, walkers, poltergheists, ect. the spirit world is extremely varied more so than our own. how to keep track? could anyone list off every creature that has ever lived on the planet earth extinct or not? there are many more creatures in the spirit world than have ever lived on earth. It is impossible to remember (or even know) them allCirce
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Originally posted by TearDropStar View PostIf they are and if you work with them how do you keep them all straight when you work with them?
To augment Corvus's list... take dragons for example... you have the type, then different species of dragons, classes, family groups, etc. and all individuals (with individual personalities) who can be niched into their sects. It creates a countless amount just within dragons let alone to name all beings across all planes. Liken it to trying to classify all humanoids across all planetary systems across all planes (there has to be more than just earth right?)... Then try to census the other species in the same respect.-=Ex Ignorantia Ad Sapientiam; E Luce Ad Tenebras=-
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How can spiritual beings come to you in dreams because I had a dream that had something happen about a gargoyle necklace turning into a glowing blue dragon and being asked in the dream if I knew what elements were and feeling something about water."Everyone and everything around you is your teacher." -- Ken Keyes Jr.
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Sometimes they can send you messages/visit you through dreams. For myself, when this happens I will wake with a very distinct, specific feeling. Frequently the dreams will share a similar feeling as well - for example, when Osiris visits in a dream I find the dreams are very vivid/colorful, always set at night, with a specific tone and feeling to them. I know when the dream is from him, and when I'm just dreaming about him. As you get to know the guides and Deities in your life, you'll get a better understanding of when a dream is a message/visit, and when a dream is just a dream (not that they are important, because they usually reflect your subconscious in some way). I find some Deities and guides are more prone to using dreams as a method of communication than others.
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another question can spirits take the form of something familiar in your life like an animal because I have had this thing happen to me were I will be sitting at my computer and I look over at my bed and I see what looks like one family pets but I look back and it's not there."Everyone and everything around you is your teacher." -- Ken Keyes Jr.
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I've had visitations from pets past, but the energy, message and form was all alike. I lean more to the pet itself coming back from beyond.-=Ex Ignorantia Ad Sapientiam; E Luce Ad Tenebras=-
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