There are many ways to identify animal totems. In fact, there are as many ways to discover animal totems as there are beliefs surrounding them.
Due to the variety of methods and beliefs, determining your animal symbol can be
confusing and sometimes a discouraging process.
These pages will give you tips to identify animal totems, characteristics
associated with your animal, and working with your animal totems.
Native American animal totems are identified in dreams, meditation, or through purposeful
observation to surroundings. Other cultures use similar methods to determining an
animal symbol.
First, a word of advice about how to identify animal totems:
Relax.
The practice of animal totem identification is a personal one. There's no right or
wrong answer.
Identifying your totem is a personal process, and occurs when you open your inner self to
the natural and spiritual realms. This can only be achieved by relaxing, and being patient
with yourself.
Also, understanding the qualities of an animal, and how these qualities relate to you is
and your reality is key.
With that said, understand that the following guidelines to determining your kindred
animal spirit are just suggestions. Ultimately, YOU will be the one to determine your
animal symbol.
Below, are some links to assist you in animal totem identification:
Working With Animal Totems: Thoughts about dreaming and meditation for enhancing totemic work. Includes an eight-step technique to assist in connecting with your animal counterparts.
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Thoughts on Identifying Animal Totems: Thoughts on identifying your animal counterparts by observation and thoughtfulness. Also addresses how our native forefathers and mothers connected with their animal affiliates.
Animal Totem Meanings: A summary, breaking up snap-shot meanings of animals according to a simple categorization system. Provide links to individual animal totem meanings.
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Tips to Knowing Your Totem Animals: One of my favorite pages, includes thoughtful insight on how to let our animal affiliates into our awareness easily.
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Chakra Animal Symbols: Chakra animal symbols combine two amazingly effective symbolic languages to help us in growth and higher understanding.
