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anotherbob

Lifer
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I know that red cardinals are often considered a spirit animal. My grandmother would say that angels are near when a cardinal appears. It’s a nice thought.
Yeah I almost got hit in the head by an angle the other day then. (it's a weird documented fact that birds fly into me and even more often graze me, I am not making that up there are three times people have seen it happen.
I draw inspiration from some long gone writers.
Quite helpful in troubled times.

Not quite the definition of spirit animals, but close enough.
It's not that uncommon for someone spirit guide to be an ancestor or even a group of ancestors. So if they help you get through life.
 

anotherbob

Lifer
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They find and guide you during a vision quest.

Mine

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Wow you mysterious oddball. I always thought you seemed too down to earth for one like that. Though you do have that etheric feel I would expect, like if I ran into you I do feel like it would seem less like you showed up and more like you temporarily manifested in a corporeal form (like luna moths do, and no can convince me otherwise).
 
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anotherbob

Lifer
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I might be opening myself up to ridicule here ?
Any of y’all ever have weird dreams about animals?
For about a month I had a recurring dream that I was tending to a wounded coyote. ?‍♂️
oh man I could write a book. So during that month I assume in your waking life you where doing something you haven't done in a while or had to use some skill or personal trait that had gotten very rusty. You can tell me how wrong I am if you want ;)
I am the spirit animal bears choose.
sure they choose you but in the spirit of disclosure I think you should tell people it's only because you threaten to wrestle with them if they don't!
 
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oh man I could write a book. So during that month I assume in your waking life you where doing something you haven't done in a while or had to use some skill or personal trait that had gotten very rusty. You can tell me how wrong I am if you want ;)
Honestly, I can’t remember what was going on in my life at the time. Could’ve been at the same time that I had a bunch of extra responsibilities dumped on me at work, but I can’t remember now if those coincided. I just remember the dreams because they were so unique compared to the usual stuff I dream about.
 
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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
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In the semi-rural NorthEastern USA
Honestly, I can’t remember what was going on in my life at the time. Could’ve been at the same time that I had a bunch of extra responsibilities dumped on me at work, but I can’t remember now if those coincided. I just remember the dreams because they were so unique compared to the usual stuff I dream about.
that would make sense. Those extra responsibilities came at the cost of your more wild and free side. Which means that probably took more energy and effort to tend to that and to maintain that part of your life. And the dream was trying to remind you of the importance of all that.
 

STP

Lifer
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Yeah I almost got hit in the head by an angle the other day then. (it's a weird documented fact that birds fly into me and even more often graze me, I am not making that up there are three times people have seen it happen.
Maybe you have a giant freak head… Ha. I heard that if a bird shits on you it’s good luck, but not sure of the significance of them flying into you ?

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weezell

Lifer
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I went from weezell to this for some reason...
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olkofri

Lifer
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The Arm of Orion
From dictionary.com...

WHAT DOES SPIRIT ANIMAL MEAN?

In certain spiritual traditions or cultures, spirit animal refers to a spirit which helps guide or protect a person on a journey and whose characteristics that person shares or embodies. It is also metaphor, often humorous, for someone or something a person relates to or admires.

Pretty much the same definition from wikipedia...
  • Power animal, a New Age, neoshamanic belief of a spirit that helps an individual
  • Spirit guide, a spiritual entity that acts as a guide or protector to a human being
  • Totem, in North American Indigenous cultures, a spirit or animal revered as sacred, that guides, helps, or protects individuals, lineages, and nations
I knew it! Paganism through and through.

Amazing that people prefer to get closer to some "spirit animal" (another way of saying 'familiar' if you ask me) than to their guardian angel. No wonder the world is spiraling down the drain.
 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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I knew it! Paganism through and through.

Amazing that people prefer to get closer to some "spirit animal" (another way of saying 'familiar' if you ask me) than to their guardian angel. No wonder the world is spiraling down the drain.
Well, the vision quest did aid me in my time of grief after my wife's suicide that the guardian angels failed to prevent.

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ksman75

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Yeah I almost got hit in the head by an angle the other day then. (it's a weird documented fact that birds fly into me and even more often graze me, I am not making that up there are three times people have seen it happen.

It's not that uncommon for someone spirit guide to be an ancestor or even a group of ancestors. So if they help you get through life.
I was sitting in my garage, about 10 feet in, a couple of years ago, just enjoying watching people come and go, having a quiet smoke, and out of nowhere, a hawk swooped in and almost brushed my face with its wings, and those talons almost got me in the shoulder. Don't know what it thought it was after, but it sure startled the crap out of me. Did you know, they can turn on a dime! This one sure did.
 
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