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essential component of Shamanic experience, many sorts of animals are

         apt to appear.  Very  far  from  being subject to humankind, they serve

         rather  as  helpers  and  spiritual  guides.  In the Shamanic Otherworld

         animals can talk. move about like humans. jest. warn, and shapeshift.  In

         that  world.  animals  frequently  function  as  teachers.  while  we  are  the
         learners.  Since the human  “spirit guides” are recognisable  people who

         actually  lived  on  Earth  earlier  in  history,  it  in  possible  that  the  animal

         spirit guides are even older and come from a period- in history prior to


                                             The Oldest Deity (1999)



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