Shamanic practitioners fortunate enough to enjoy a fox spirit guide have a wise and crafty companion, well able to offer protection on the most challenging of shamanic journeys.
In some societies, the fox spirit is viewed with suspicion, or even fear. In rural Japanese tradition possession by a fox-spirit was believed to bring all kinds of disaster including ill health and even death. However the appearance of a fox spirit guide is not to be feared as he can nurture and protect his shaman companion as well as sharing his great cunning!
Characteristics of the Fox Shamanic Power Animal
The fox power animal has many subtly powerful characteristics:
- The totem fox spirit guide is a master of camouflage. He is at home under cover of darkness, and is naturally invisible in the wild wood. From this masked position he can observe without being seen, hence his reputation for wisdom and cunning. To be a fox shaman is to be still and to watch, listen and learn.
- Many shamans become aware of remarkably heightened senses when in a trance accompanied by a fox power animal. This exhilarating, though often disorientating, experience may at first seem to be simply a very sensitive sense of smell or hearing. But as he or she grows accustomed to this new ability, it becomes clear that the enhanced sense is also detecting spiritual opportunities and dangers. Trust to instinct and seek the guidance of the fox spirit while mastering any heightened sensory skills.
- The fox animal familiar offers doorways to the spiritual realms. He naturally drifts between our material world and the subtler planes, seeing no distinct boundary between them.
When Fox Shamans should call on their Spirit Guide
A fox power animal is of particular service to his Shamanic companion when:
- Too much logical thought and reasoning has led to a sense of stagnation in life.
- When in need of creative inspiration or magical transformation.
- To seek better understanding of a situation, particularly those involving high emotions or complicated human dynamics. Benefit from the powers of observation of the fox power animal.
- The shaman needs to become more alert, more deeply involved in life and fully awake.
Fox Animal Familiar Unlocks Deep Spiritual Intuition
The company of a fox spirit guide is a strange and wonderful gift on shamanic journeys. Enjoy the heightened sense of awareness, the profound instinctive inner guidance and a unique perspective of the spiritual world.
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Readers may also enjoy How to Find an Animal Spirit Guide along with Working with and Animal Spirit Guide.
Sources:
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Practical Magic, by Susan Greenwood and Raje Airey.
The Illustrated Guide to World Religions by Michael D. Coogan.
