Spirit Bear Totems

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Spirit Bear Totem

Bear Medicine

When it comes to Native American Spirituality, the respect for everything in nature is great! Native American Spirituality see's medicine in all forms of life, the tree people, plant kingdom and animal kingdom; just to name a few. The Great Bear holds strong healing medicine. Although bear has not came to me in a journey to announce it is part of my animal clan, I have always known it is with me because of the path I walk. If you have read my page: http://amplify.com/u/a17orv

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Life Changes

Parts of Self that Die

Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman. Shamanism encompasses the belief that shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Shamans are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul/spirit restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness. The shaman also enters supernatural realms or dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Shamans may visit other worlds/dimensions to bring guidance to misguided souls, to separate evil spirits from human souls, or to ameliorate illnesses of the soul caused by foreign elements. The shaman operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.

Changes in life happen all of the time. We go through experiences that often will leave a residue attached to us. Often the things that cause this is deep heartache, abuse, and many other dysfunctional situations that has caused harm to our psychic, spirit and soul. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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