Suzanne Ruthven Shaman Pathways - Aubry's Dog: Power Animals In Traditional Witchcraft

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The term power animal was introduced into contemporary language in 1980 by anthropologist Michael Harner in his classic work The Way Of The Shaman, and refers to a broad-based animistic and shamanic concept that has entered the English language from the fields of anthropology, ethnography and sociology. The animal is conceived as a tutelary spirit that helps or protects individuals, lineages, and nations. Dogs and man became companions a long time ago, and the dog adopted as a power animal represents speed, agility, courage, protection, justice, nobility and loyalty. Aubrys Dog: Power Animals Within Traditional Witchcraft guides your footsteps on this most ancient of paths ...