Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path [Hardcover]

Chris Luttichau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2009

All animals, from the wolf to the ant, the mongoose to the fox, carry messages of guidance and hope. Learn how to discover your animal guide, or 'power animal', and invite it into your life to help heal past issues and inspire you forward into the future. Using the traditional rituals of the shaman, such as drumming, visualization and dreaming, discover more than 50 power animals and the special gifts they offer. Beautifully illustrated by Melissa Launay, this insightful guide will introduce you to natural, shamanic ways of living, and inspire you to work with the amazing energies of your power animal.

Editorial Reviews

Review

May 14, 2009

We've all heard of guardian spirits and perhaps you've even wondered if you have one yourself (or perhaps you know you do!). If you're interested in learning more about them you might enjoy reading Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path - by Chris Luttichau. In essence, an animal spirit guide or power animal is a guardian spirit and in this book Luttichau tells us that all animals, from the wolf to the ant carry a message of guidance and hope. He tells you how you can find your own power animal and by inviting the spirit of that 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. With descriptions of more than 60 different animals and the "medicine" they offer along with lovely illustrations, it's a book well worth looking at.

After reading the book I was giving some thought to which animal would be my power animal (or guide) which I assumed to be the dog, working with a dog magazine and all, but I was shown otherwise. While on a quiet pre-dusk walk along a woodland pool at Jericho  Beach Park I saw the surface of the water suddenly ripple. I assumed it was a fish or perhaps a Muskrat, but as the ripple came closer to me I could see that it was a Beaver. Normally very shy animals, this Beaver came within 10 feet of me, dove down, pulled up a reed and then surfaced again to chomp away at the sweet root. I stood there, amazed at how close I was and then came to realize that perhaps I was being shown that this, indeed, was my Spirit Animal. Upon returning home, I took the book out to read again the attributes/medicine of the Beaver and reflect on what I learned.

(Modern Dog )

About the Author

Chris Luttichau has traveled worldwide learning from healers, elders, and shamans living close to the earth. In 1998 he founded the international teaching organization Northern Drum Shamanic Center (www.northerndrum.com) and has conducted workshops in Mexico, the USA, and Europe.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Cico (March 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906525544
• ISBN-13: 978-1906525545
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #604,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!!, March 29, 2009

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spottedwalker1 (Ky) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path (Hardcover)

I absolutely love this book. The pictures arent the best in the world, but the information is awsome. Tells how to contact your animal spirit guide and how to work with them. Easy to read, easy to understand and step by step instructions on how to do many things in multiple ways with your spirit guide. I highly recommend this book. By mistake I purchased 2 books and I dont regret it for a minute. Im going to give the other to a person new to spirit animals.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Animal Spirit Guides is great, January 9, 2010

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B. Grant (Coeur d'Alene, ID) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path (Hardcover)

Since I am part Sioux I have been trying to find a book that would help me learn more about my own spirit guides and this has been so interesting and I have learned so much. I am enjoying it very much.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was hoping, August 20, 2010

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This review is from: Animal Spirit Guides: Discover Your Power Animal and the Shamanic Path (Hardcover)

Basically, I feel this book did not have enough animals in it to be complete. I felt it was totally lacking depth. I gave it to a friend and bought a different book to replace it.