{"id":18248,"date":"2019-05-01T01:10:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T06:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2019-04-23T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T15:36:19","slug":"book-review-the-shamans-guide-to-power-animals-by-lori-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/05\/01\/book-review-the-shamans-guide-to-power-animals-by-lori-morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review \u2013 The Shaman\u2019s Guide to Power Animals by Lori Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Book Review <\/strong>
The Shaman\u2019s Guide to Power Animals <\/strong>
by Lori Morrison<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lori Morrison\u2019s The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals<\/strong><\/a> is an encyclopedic guide to the lore and symbolism of nearly 200 animals, birds, reptiles, with a few mythological beings included. It is a visually lovely book – gorgeously illustrated with black and white drawings in an oversized format \u2013 a \u201ccoffee table\u201d volume that also works quite well as a reference book. I found myself dipping into the book at random to read the well-researched descriptions of animals in their natural environments as well the information and messages channeled by Ms. Morrison in her discussions with these animals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms.\nMorrison\u2019s perspectives on working with power animals have been\nfiltered by her own experiences living in El Salvador and traveling\nin wild places all over the world. She describes a life-changing\ninitiation in 2010 which opened her awareness and ability to work\nwith power animals for herself and for others. Her belief in the\nvalue of this work is well-evidenced in the research she did for the\nbook. The lore and traditions provided in the discussion of each\nanimal come from many cultures and traditions; the bibliography,\norganized by animal, is extensive and allows the reader to dig\nfurther. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nbook is organized into three sections. In the first, Ms. Morrison\ngives brief overviews of principles traditionally associated with\nshamanic practice: cosmology, which she sources in the Tree of Life\nand three worlds of \u201ccore\u201d shamanism; shamanic journeying; and\nworking with the elements and power animals, including shapeshifting,\ndreaming and tuning the resonance between yourself and a power animal\nby using a crystal or stone. Ms. Morrison, who has a practice\ndedicated to healing with vibrational medicine, states, \u201cEach Power\nAnimal embodies energy that is congruent with one of the seven\nprimary energy centers in the human body. The characteristics of the\nanimal mirror those of the center.\u201d She then describes the ways in\nwhich a stone resonant with a Power Animal\u2019s energy can be used. \nMs. Morrison also describes several types of power animals, including\nthe Shadow Power Animal. This being may represent an aspect of\nourselves that we are ignoring, so it is certainly one to pay\nattention to. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nsecond section, the largest and most informative, contains\nillustrated discussions of each power animal. The lore and history\nprovided is extensive and again, from many cultures. The channeled\nmessages and symbolism are helpful for working with Power Animals in\nnon-ordinary reality. In addition, Ms. Morrison places each animal\nin \u201cordinary reality,\u201d providing descriptions of real-world\nbehavior, habitat, prey and predators. We are better able to\nunderstand an animal sighting in our daily lives as a message\nnoteworthy of our attention if we understand its routine behaviors. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nfinal section consists several great resources: a list of endangered\nanimals; the research references and bibliography mentioned above; a\nsource for each of the illustrations in the book and a useful table\nof correspondences for animals, their qualities and related minerals.\n \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shaman\u2019s Guide to Power Animals is a resource for animal symbolism and lore. I consider it a great addition to my library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About\nthe Author:<\/strong>\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susan\nRossi<\/strong>\nis a Practitioner and Teacher of Shamanism. She is a long-time\nexplorer of The Mysteries \u2013 the connections between mind, body,\nspirit and how to live in right relationship to all of the energies\nstreaming through the cosmos. She works with clients as an\nastrologer, coach, ceremonialist and guide to the wisdom that each of\nus has the capacity to access. Her focus is on guiding clients\nto unblock and rediscover their inner wisdom. , exploration of the\nbirth chart, ceremony, legacy writing, hypnotherapy, energetic\nhealing practice and creation of sacred tools are integral pieces of\nher practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susan\ntrained in Soul Level Astrology with master astrologer Mark Borax.\nShe delights in exploring with individuals the planetary pattern\nunder which their soul choose to incarnate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flying\nto the Heart www.flyingtotheheart.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open\nChannel Astrology: openchannelastrology.com<\/a>\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Book Review The Shaman\u2019s Guide to Power Animals by Lori Morrison Lori Morrison\u2019s The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals is an encyclopedic guide to the lore and symbolism of nearly 200 animals, birds, reptiles, with a few mythological beings included. It is a visually lovely book – gorgeously illustrated with black and white drawings in an oversized format \u2013 a \u201ccoffee table\u201d volume that also works quite well as a reference book. I found myself dipping into the book at random to read the well-researched descriptions of animals in their natural environments as well the information and messages channeled by Ms. Morrison in her discussions with these animals. Ms. Morrison\u2019s perspectives on working with power animals have been filtered by her own experiences living in El Salvador and traveling in wild places all over the world. She describes a life-changing initiation in 2010 which opened her awareness and ability to work with power animals for herself and for others. Her belief in the value of this work is well-evidenced in the research she did for the book. The lore and traditions provided in the discussion of each animal come from many cultures and traditions; the bibliography, organized by animal, is extensive and allows the reader to dig further. The book is organized into three sections. In the first, Ms. Morrison gives brief overviews of principles traditionally associated with shamanic practice: cosmology, which she sources in the Tree of Life and three worlds of \u201ccore\u201d shamanism; shamanic journeying; and working with the elements and power animals, including shapeshifting, dreaming and tuning the resonance between yourself and a power animal by using a crystal or stone. Ms. Morrison, who has a practice dedicated to healing with vibrational medicine, states, \u201cEach Power Animal embodies energy that is congruent with one of the seven primary energy centers in the human body. The characteristics of the animal mirror those of the center.\u201d She then describes the ways in which a stone resonant with a Power Animal\u2019s energy can be used. Ms. Morrison also describes several types of power animals, including the Shadow Power Animal. This being may represent an aspect of ourselves that we are ignoring, so it is certainly one to pay attention to. The second section, the largest and most informative, contains illustrated discussions of each power animal. The lore and history provided is extensive and again, from many cultures. The channeled messages and symbolism are helpful for working with Power Animals in non-ordinary reality. In addition, Ms. Morrison places each animal in \u201cordinary reality,\u201d providing descriptions of real-world behavior, habitat, prey and predators. We are better able to understand an animal sighting in our daily lives as a message noteworthy of our attention if we understand its routine behaviors. The final section consists several great resources: a list of endangered animals; the research references and bibliography mentioned above; a source for each of the illustrations in the book and a useful table of correspondences for animals, their qualities and related minerals. The Shaman\u2019s Guide to Power Animals is a resource for animal symbolism and lore. I consider it a great addition to my library. The Shaman’s Guide to Power Animals on Amazon *** About the Author: Susan Rossi is a Practitioner and Teacher of Shamanism. She is a long-time explorer of The Mysteries \u2013 the connections between mind, body, spirit and how to live in right relationship to all of the energies streaming through the cosmos. She works with clients as an astrologer, coach, ceremonialist and guide to the wisdom that each of us has the capacity to access. Her focus is on guiding clients to unblock and rediscover their inner wisdom. , exploration of the birth chart, ceremony, legacy writing, hypnotherapy, energetic healing practice and creation of sacred tools are integral pieces of her practice. Susan trained in Soul Level Astrology with master astrologer Mark Borax. She delights in exploring with individuals the planetary pattern under which their soul choose to incarnate. Flying to the Heart www.flyingtotheheart.com Open Channel Astrology: openchannelastrology.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}