Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path By Chris Lüttichau

For more than twenty years, healer and educator Chris Lüttichau has practiced shamanism. In Animal Spirit Guides (Cico; 2009) he brings his wisdom and experience to assist you in discovering your personal animal spirit guide. In essence, an animal spirit guide or power animal is a guardian spirit. Lüttichau tells us that all animals, from the wolf to the ant, carry a message of guidance and hope and by inviting the spirit of an animal into your life using the traditional rituals of the shaman, you can deepen your affinity with the natural world and learn from the wisdom of your animal guide. Descriptions of more than 60 different animals and their medicine are offered (for example, the bear is healing/dreaming/strength; the eagle, messenger/ spirit/vision; and the dog, service/love/guardian), along with the methods by which to identify and connect with your animal guide. This interesting book and its beautiful illustrations will prompt both soul searching and conversation. - Connie Wilson