Let’s Talk Witch – Linking up with animals

Let’s Talk Witch – Linking up with animals

In the most ancient days,
When animals and humans too
were on the earth,
A man could become an animal
if he wanted
And an animal could become a man.
Sometimes they were humans
And sometimes animals
And there was no difference
They all spoke the same language.
(from a Native American poem)

Wicca is closely linked to the animal world – our relatives that live on Mother Earth – on her land, in her waters, in her air, and deep within her earth. Wicca helps us link up to our animal of strength, and we have to learn from them what they transmit to us.

We can learn a great deal from animals, whether by observing them – the physical animal – or by using them as a “pipeline” to transmit messages. The totem animal, which we will try to get to know in the next exercise, helps us with our spiritual development. Animals that we encounter by chance may also be a sign or teach us something. More than once, I have asked the universe a question and an animal that is rarely found in the region where I live enters my house. By channeling with an animal, or by recognizing the message or insight represented by the animal, I received an answer to my question. People who are very in touch with nature and Mother Earth are inclined to receive many messages in this manner, as are people who work to preserve the environment. It would seem that nature “rewards” them with signs and symbols in the form of the animals that cross their paths. Incidentally, the animal does not have to appear physically in front of you: for instance, you might pass a store window or billboard upon which a picture of an animal appears; the insight that it represents will help you at that moment; or you turn on the TV and see the animal whose insight you are waiting for). Channeling with animals is easy and natural; you just have to open your mind to the idea that animals can channel with us in exactly the same way that we, human beings, channel with one another, and channel well telepathically.

Day-by-Day Wicca: A complete guide to Wicca from Beliefs and Rituals to Magic and Witchcraft (Astrolog Complete Guides)
Tabatha Jennings