Power Animals: How to Connect with Your Animal Spirit Guide

by Steven D. Farmer

Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D., guides you through a journey to discover and connect with your power animal. Once you’ve determined who your power animal is, you can learn what this says about you, find instructions on how to call upon the spirit animal, and read a channeled message for you from that animal spirit. You’ll also find out which animal spirit to call on for particular situations, and additional tracks in the audio download will help you consult your power animal as an oracle.Your power animal will not only help you develop a greater sense of personal and spiritual power, but will also help you heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually—as well as guide you through difficult life transitions.Your animal spirit guide can show up in its physical form; or you can contact it through meditations, journeys, or dreams and ask it for guidance, healing, or protection. Working with your power animal directly or through imagery and symbolism will put you in touch with your own instinctual nature, thereby increasing your intuitive awareness and enhancing every area of your life.

Genres: Spirituality, Nonfiction, New Age, Animals, Reference, Self Help, Metaphysics

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2004

About the author

Dr. Steven D. Farmer is the author of the best-selling Animal Spirit Guides, Power Animal Oracle Cards, Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides Oracle Cards, Power Animals, Sacred Ceremony, Messages from Your Animal Spirit Guides guided meditation CD, and the soon-to-be-released Earth Magic: Ancient Shamanic Wisdom for Healing Yourself, Others, and the Planet (Feb 2009). He’s also host of his own radio show, The Shamanic Hotline on HayHouseRadio.com. Dr. Farmer is a shamanic practitioner, ordained minister, and former psychotherapist, offering workshops on various shamanic topics and private consultations.

Picture of Dr. Farmer Having explored, studied, and taught shamanic practices, spiritual transformation, trauma recovery, and men's issues extensively, Dr. Farmer brings a wealth of skills and experience to his writing, teaching, and healing work. In addition to being a licensed psychotherapist, he is also an ordained minister in the Circle of Sacred Earth Church, and has conducted a number of ceremonies in his role as minister and shamanic practitioner.

Dr. Farmer's education includes a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Chapman University, and a Ph.D. from Madison University. He brings a unique blend of common sense and esoteric knowledge to his work, and by sharing his ideas and life experiences in a personal, down-to-earth, and humorous way, he inspires any audience to deeply appreciate the challenges, pleasures, and rewards of creating a fulfilling and spiritually directed life. He makes his home in Laguna Beach, California.

Reviews

[Asud · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book really got me interested in spirit animals and it was very helpful when you first walk into the world of helping spirits!

[Luminea · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an easy-to-read introduction to the concept of power animals, and provides descriptions on 40 different animals. Some, such as wolf, owl, and bear, are more well-known in North America, and other such as jaguar, giraffe, and elephant, were interesting to read about.

This book by Steven Farmer is a good starting place to introduce the concept of power animals and how one can begin to work with them. He provides suggestions of which animals to call upon for guidance and help when facing a particular problem or situation, and gives ideas on how to connect with the particular gifts and energy of the animal.

I am a big fan of Ted Andrews and his books Animal-Speak and Animal-Wise, which provide a lot of details about the habitats, sleep cycles, mating patterns, diet, and life cycle of the animal. I would recommend delving into those books for additional information and ideas for working with power animals, after reading this one.

[Jean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the presentation and the message.

I've been very impressed with the information in this book and with the way it's presented. It's clear, insightful, fully developed but not overly wordy, and all of it is helpful. There's no useless filler here and I appreciate that. It also offers just enough information to allow one to decide what parts of animal spirit experience you'd like more exposure to. You can then move on to study further.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who, like myself, has just an "idea" of what animal spirits are about but would like a better understanding. This is the book for you.

[Carla · Rating 1 out of 5]

I bought the digital version not knowing I wouldnt receive the "included" CD. Frankly incident even bother reading it then as I felt misled.right off the bay.

[Pretentia · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is some guided meditations, and then 3/4ths of the book is what the author thinks animals symbolize. I was hoping for more about different culture's use of animal totems, etc.

[Hollidaisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good, compressed reference book. I did prefer the more in-depth version, but this gets you the most common power animals. Very easy to find what you need.

[Firstpersonnarrator · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic. But not recommended for audiobook. You'll want to be able to flip through the pages. I do regret having bought it on audiobook, but highly recommend for either kindle or hardcover.

[Peg · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't bother

[Marcella Moorcroft · Rating 5 out of 5]

I refer to this handy little compendium when I'm feeling adrift. The enclosed CD is great for meditation too.

[Christina Pretis · Rating 3 out of 5]

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