Shamanic
Pathways
Power
Objects - Shamanism
What is a power object
Power Objects are totems for the shaman
these totems are representative of link
between the shaman and the higher self
totems also facilitate a link between
nature and with spirit.
How do you find a power object
The Shaman is able to find Power Objects
in many ways these can be though thoughts,
mental pictures or images, dreams, during
a country walk as a gift. An aid to
help the shaman become aware of the
power objects that are available to
them is to meditate on it. During the
meditation power objects or totem gifts
can be found or given to us by our spirit
guides or animal totems. These power
objects can vary but what ever it is
the shaman finds be it a rock or a flower,
a strange feather or it may appear as
something that looks out of place, but
is generally an object from nature.
How do you know its your power object
Everything from nature holds significance
to the shaman. On looking for your power
object you will be attracted to it,
it will exude an energy that you will
recognise and you will be fascinated
to it.
WHat significance does a power object
have for you
What do you do with a power object
At times when meditating
or even when on a spiritual journey,
we are often given a gift of something
or we find something of interest to
us. What ever it is we find be it a
rock or a flower, a strange feather
or something that looks out of place,
or it may be none of these but it will
be something of some kind. This gift/object
is what the shaman calls a Power Object
it will have a certain energy or property
which we can utilise, this power maybe
stronger healing or a better protection
or a better awareness or what ever the
ability of the object it is between
you and it.
Above all else be aware
that the object has been gifted to you
to be used, so touch the object, smell
it, taste it, examine it with all your
senses, know the object and feel its
energy.
We find
these gifts in the spirit realm and they
manifest themselves in our world, we bring
them first to our sacred space where we
place them and besides the gift we should
place a token this can be beads, bread,
seeds or coins, of gratitude for the gift
and then left there so that they become
real to our subconscious mind.
By offering our own
gift in thanks we give the object energy
and this makes it even more real to
us.
In the shamanic way
of thinking, everything of a personal
nature that exists in our world, must
first be made real/created in the spirit
realm, the object will come to you in
this world and armed with this knowledge
be aware of what is around you, so you
will know when the object appears in
this world.
Dont be surprised when
the gift arrives that it isn't what
you expected. By this I mean it isn’t
anything like the spiritual object you
remember, you will KNOW that it is indeed
your Power Object by the energy you
feel from it. Your gift may be given
to you by a friend, a loved one, as
a gift or you may even receive it as
a promotional free gift from a magazine,
it does not matter how it arrives though
you will instinctively know it is your
power object.
You may well ask how
will we know what the power object is
to be used for and this may sound like
a copout, but, You will KNOW sit with
the object study it listen to it touch
it feel what it has to say, you can
making a list of possible uses as you
are studying the object, listen/feel
its pull to a certain word in the list
and that is what its use is be it empowering,
or protection, or healing, whatever
it pulls most strongly to.
Now that we have found
your power object in the physical world
what now? The next step is to find out
what it is to be used for, to do this
we need to feel, sense, touch, smell
even taste if need be, the object, we
need to examine it closely with all
our senses, listen, what is it saying
to you? What do you feel coming from
the object, what kind of power can you
sense, is it healing, protection, awareness,
these are just some of the purposes
that your power object can contain finding
out what the purpose is, is up to you.
Once
we have decided what the object is for,
we can then honour the gift by giving
it the respect it is worthy of. After
we have ascertained and honoured our gift
so we can start to use it. Please remember
that we must only use the gift for the
purpose it was given if we do use it for
any other purpose, it would be disrespectful
of us and also detrimental to the gift
it’s self.
As we
continue along our chosen pathway we will
be given or find more power objects, we
will gather a nice collection of Power
Objects which we will be able to use in
all aspects of our works. These objects
if possible are best kept together in
a bag of some sort, those who follow the
shaman ways should keep them in your medicine
bags.
If you would like to try a meditation
to find one of these power object click
here Power
Object Meditation
Shamanism
- Power Objects - Shamanic Pathway
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© Mystic Familiar January 2005
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