Do forms of spiritual beings exist around us and watch us? what is there nature? do they exist on another dimension or plane that us 3rd dimensional beings cannot comprehend yet?

I wonder about this and spiritual influence in my life. Do you think spirits can influence your thoughts and actions in negative and positive ways? I think so because there are some things in life that seem to be too coincidental sometimes like meeting your future wife or getting a job where you will make lots of money and be happy. I think spirits can influence events in our lives ...but in the end we always make the decisions !

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I dont think so.

No such thing as spirits. You're delusional. etc

No such thing as spirits. You're delusional. etc

And YOU, sir or madam, are in thrall to the superstition of materialism, methinks. But I digress--back to topic.

The answer to OPs questions depends on who you ask. The 11:11 bunch, a group of Urantia book readers, posits that there is a group of spirits known as midwayers who perform much like a combination of trickster god and guardian angel.

As a shaman, I have two power animals--sopirits that function much as the Xian guardian angel, but more as advisors. Maybe like a Wiccan has a familiar, only these would be like invisible familiars.

(BTW, a power animal is NOTHING like a toem--totem is a word that gets thrown around loossely these days. Strictly speaking, a totem is the symbol of your clan--if you belong to the Bear Clan, for instance, bear is your totem and may or may not also be your power animal.)

And YOU, sir or madam, are in thrall to the superstition of materialism, methinks. But I digress--back to topic.

The answer to OPs questions depends on who you ask. The 11:11 bunch, a group of Urantia book readers, posits that there is a group of spirits known as midwayers who perform much like a combination of trickster god and guardian angel.

As a shaman, I have two power animals--sopirits that function much as the Xian guardian angel, but more as advisors. Maybe like a Wiccan has a familiar, only these would be like invisible familiars.

(BTW, a power animal is NOTHING like a toem--totem is a word that gets thrown around loossely these days. Strictly speaking, a totem is the symbol of your clan--if you belong to the Bear Clan, for instance, bear is your totem and may or may not also be your power animal.)

how do you find it?

how do you find it?

First, you go on a shamanic journey to the Underworld with the intent of locating a power animal.

According to Michael Harner, the greatest living authority on shamanism, if you see an animal three times or in three aspects, that is your power animal, but reptiles and arthropods don't count.

I find it easier to simply approach them and ask--"Yo, dude--are you my power animal?"

Probably yes, kinda scary idea huh?
Ceiling Cat is watching you masturbate gets a whole other meaning with this.

First, you go on a shamanic journey to the Underworld with the intent of locating a power animal.

According to Michael Harner, the greatest living authority on shamanism, if you see an animal three times or in three aspects, that is your power animal, but reptiles and arthropods don't count.

I find it easier to simply approach them and ask--"Yo, dude--are you my power animal?"

intregueing so you are a shaman. that is quite interesting, so how exactly do you take a shamanic journey to the underworld. is there drugs involved, fasting, do you have to wonder out into the wilderness. this might be off topic but i am really fascinated

First, you go on a shamanic journey to the Underworld with the intent of locating a power animal.

According to Michael Harner, the greatest living authority on shamanism, if you see an animal three times or in three aspects, that is your power animal, but reptiles and arthropods don't count.

I find it easier to simply approach them and ask--"Yo, dude--are you my power animal?"

I'm not really keen on talking about this in forums, but in the past few months where I have been at the lowest point of mental stability in my life, I kept seeing a male cardinal outside my window. I would see him out by my horses, and when I was back in the woods. Something about him just made me stop and stare at him, and a feeling which my mind transcribed into words (which it does well if you remember my articles I posted) "Protect, it's ok".

Where do I go from here?

intregueing so you are a shaman. that is quite interesting, so how exactly do you take a shamanic journey to the underworld. is there drugs involved, fasting, do you have to wonder out into the wilderness. this might be off topic but i am really fascinated

Ayahuasca

I read a book on shamans a long time ago, it talked about how these creatures (us? disguised as us?) came to earth to hide from another hostel entity (reptilian like creatures).

And also the underworld is like a spiritual dimension created by imagining a tunnel like passageway into the ground.

Spirit animals are protectors and sources of energy in the spiritual world. They can have physical substance in the our world that are represented by talisman like objects which can be used in healing rituals.

http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/odin/odin-6.htm

That's an interesting look at the mythological concepts of spirits in Germanic cultures, such as dwarves, elves, trolls. It kind of puts everything in a whole new light.

see an animal three times or in three aspects??? that could be thousands of animals for the average person. please clarify...

I have not read this thread but judging from the topic. Google: "your brain on god helmet magnetic" And you will see some really cool exparaments were people sense things/people around them when they were the helmet because of the magnetic field aimed at there frontal lobes or something.

I have not read this thread but judging from the topic. Google: "your brain on god helmet magnetic" And you will see some really cool exparaments were people sense things/people around them when they were the helmet because of the magnetic field aimed at there frontal lobes or something.

Make your own thread...

And YOU, sir or madam, are in thrall to the superstition of materialism, methinks. But I digress--back to topic.

The answer to OPs questions depends on who you ask. The 11:11 bunch, a group of Urantia book readers, posits that there is a group of spirits known as midwayers who perform much like a combination of trickster god and guardian angel.

As a shaman, I have two power animals--sopirits that function much as the Xian guardian angel, but more as advisors. Maybe like a Wiccan has a familiar, only these would be like invisible familiars.

(BTW, a power animal is NOTHING like a toem--totem is a word that gets thrown around loossely these days. Strictly speaking, a totem is the symbol of your clan--if you belong to the Bear Clan, for instance, bear is your totem and may or may not also be your power animal.)

Methinks you are in thralled with shamanism. Power animals, to me, seem much like anthropomorphized creatures who take on these 'adviser' roles. I.E. Fox tells me to be sneaky and smart. Bear tells me to be powerful and strong. Etc. Much like how children internalize the voices and ideas of their parents, being able to consult them when they aren't around. In the same way, people take up animal guides as a form of mental protection. It's like children who have imaginary friends. ;)