Power Animal Attributes

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Whether you realize it or not, you have always had helping spirits. Helping spirits are like family and friends, and each has a unique personality. Basically, a spirit helper is a coherent energy pattern that may take form as an animal, plant, ancestor, deity or element. All helping spirits are extensions of the “one spirit” that pervades all existence, whom we could call God, the Tao, or Great Mystery. Spirits are a natural manifestation of human consciousness. The majority of helping spirits take animal forms called power animals. Power animals are also called guardian spirits, spirit allies, totem animals, and tutelary animals. A power animal is the archetypal oversoul that represents the entire species of that animal. Below you will find a brief dictionary of power animal symbolism. Power animal traits reflect human characteristics. By learning the nature of an animal, you can also look at what part of your nature is most like that of the animal.