Dawn Baumann Brunke
A5, 320 pages
Animals we fear help us heal, transform and awaken
We often project onto animals qualities that we do not want to see in ourselves. So snakes are evil, spiders are scary, rats are dirty, and so on. However, animals that we fear or do not like can help us to (re)cognize our shadow: the hated, neglected, condemned and denied aspects of ourselves. As teachers and guides, shadow animals can help us to reclaim our inner strengths, skills and wisdoms that we have forgotten or denied.
Animal interpreter Dawn Baumann Brunke explores the lessons of many shadow animals. She explores animals that many people see as shadowy, such as snakes and bats, as well as animals that only a small group sees as shadowy, such as dogs, cats, birds and horses. Although shadow animals may initially seem frightening, they offer deep healing and expert guidance and support. Brunke explains how shadow animals represent unexamined elements of our psyche, from secret fears and suppressed emotions to unacknowledged prejudices and buried traumas. Inspired by animals, she has developed thirteen exercises to help us find and better understand the lost and wounded parts of our psyche.
Brunke presents an animal-based manual for shadow work, showing how shadow animals play a protective, advisory, challenging, encouraging, inspiring, and supportive role during the spiritual adventure of enlightenment, as we awaken and discover who we really are.
Ideal as inspiration for making SoulCollage® cards.
ISBN 978 94 91557 73 6
