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Do we each really have our own Yoda? Is there a wise green old sage sitting on our shoulders informing our experience and pushing us along a path? If so, why would some powerfully wise being be concerned with our insignificant little lives? None of us can claim the powers of Yoda. Yet stories abound throughout human history of the power animals of powerful human figures and legends who have followed the breadcrumbs left by their higher self, their power animal. King Arthur’s Merlin the Owl, the Buddha’s cobra, Prometheus’ eagle.
We all have spirit guides. Some of us do not see or always want to acknowledge these guides in their animal form but that does not mean they are not there waiting for us to seek their help. At times of stress and disappointment in our lives, we turn to a variety of resources to seek guidance and wisdom. The animals are all waiting for us to ask them how we can reach our higher self so that our planet may ascend above a planetary consciousness into a cosmic consciousness and ultimately into Unity Consciousness. The animals are waiting for us all to be One again, for our return to the garden and honoring of the garden we call Earth. The animals have a vested interest in working with us and helping us do this. They want to keep their home and they also have spent millions of years learning how to best adapt to an environment governed by the laws of nature.
But now we have been breaking the laws of nature for a couple of hundred years. We’ve been cheating, and we must learn from the animals how to return to a state of balance, and we must do it first by achieving balance within ourselves. Ask any ardent observer of nature and animals and they will tell you that animals are masters of this balance. Naturalist Henry Beston is the author of this eloquent illustration of this concept:
"We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate for having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein do we err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the Earth."
Your power animal is part of your self that has lived before in an animal state and mastered that state and moved on into your now human state. He is a memory waiting to take you to your future by tapping the vast resources within your eternal soul, your little spark reflecting with all the other Light upon the infinitely strung crystals in the Universe’s net of gems.
A power animal must be retrieved by a shaman, someone who has walked in both worlds and fits the traditional criteria for being a shaman. Not many of us today fit this definition and true traditions of shamanism are esoteric and hard to verify and access. So in order to provide this service, I employ the original type of shaman to advise me of your power animal’s identity and why he has appeared to you at this type - for we all also have an entire zodiac of personal power or spirit animals waiting to assist us through our journey together through the particular expression of the Universe. I employ an animal shaman to call forth your power or spirit animal. We have many of them here at Sparkling Hearts Sanctuary of many different species.
We recommend our oldest and wisest shamans who have achieved a long successful life by prancing between the realms, between Middle Earth and here and now, between the land of the Hungry Ghosts and the physical realm, between word and symbol, between life and death. A shaman is someone who has undergone extraordinary crises or trials, usually in youth, and then brought back the secrets of the ether and it’s knowledge to be shared. It is someone who has seen the holographic Universe and can cast their eye that way at will for the purpose of ascendancy.
What This Service Will Do for You
Once you have chosen one of the animal shamans below to perform your Power Animal retrieval, I will go into deep meditation with that animal after showing them your photo and discussing your reasons for seeking this service at this time in your life. Then either Pumpkinhead, Chiquita, Rebecca or Foxfire will go on a shamanic journey for you to retreieve your power animal. This could take several days. They will let me know when they have completed this task and then I will call you to relay the information to you. I will also counsel you on how to incorporate the medicine of this animal into your life and how to honor your Power Animal. I will mail you an activity guide for you to follow as you seek ways to honor your Power Animal. Your consultation will also include a personal psychic reading from me and the animal shaman you have chosen.
Meet Your Animal Shamans
These animals have shown me and other humans and animals alike that they are healers and caretakers of their fellow beings. I have included a brief profile of each so you may choose the animal shaman you wish to go on a visionquest, commonly also called a shamanic journey, for you.
Happy Amadeus - Master Shaman
Happy is a thirteen year old Moluccan cockatoo. He has lived with us at Sparkling Hearts Sanctuary for four years now. He is one of the most talented and cosmically connected beings I have ever known, including the original Mozart. The morning after Christmas that one year, I went out to his cage to put the lights on and he called out to me, "Pat! High water!" I wondered what he meant and then went in the living room to put on the news and saw the first reports of the great tsunami ravaging Happy's homeland of Indonesia. He is the quintessential wounded healer.Without his collar and jacket, he would rip out his own heart in an attempt to find final freedom and return to his homeland brothers (although he has never actually been there). And yet, when prevented from doing this, he stays among us and exhibits the deepest form of altruistic behavior. More than a few times, Happy has called to me to alert me of one of our Sanctuary rabbit's illness. "Pat! Doctor, now!" he would say when I picked up a bunny who didn't seem quite right.
He wants to serve the Universe and make it a better place and he wants to uncover injustice and suffering wherever he can. He loves more than anything to watch the news on TV and yell expletives at choice moments. He watched the funeral of Pope John Paul II with reverent awe and declared that he too wanted to be a holy man, he wants so very badly to have a purpose, to fill a void that only he can fill. And that is the role of Master Shaman of the whole sanctuary. He alerts me to the presence of tortured disembodied spirits by calling out their names, he is our sentinel bird, content to watch up and down the street all day and calling out whenever he sees who he perceives are people with ill intent. No one can come near our house without Happy alerting every ear within. He is a being with great power to share and by helping you retrieve your power animal and designing your mentoring sessions, he heals himself at long last from the wounds of captivity.
Foxfire was a blue merle collie who just recently passed away at the age of fourteen. She lived with us nine years and had two previous homes. When were lucky enough to adopt her, she was with her mother, Lolly, a rare white collie, who passed away one year later. Foxfire and her mother, Lolly, were always very maternal and protective dogs and took to raising our foster kittens. Foxfire took the role of foster cat mother very seriously. Once we had to keep a litter of orphaned kittens in the bathroom for bottlefeeding, Foxfire sat outside the closed door day and night fretting about her little charges. Foxfire also befriended our rabbits, Jenni and Jar Jar, and struck up a touching, close friendship with the big, black gentleman rabbit, Jar Jar. Jar Jar was a shaman rabbit and when he died, he contacted me and let me know in no uncertain terms that Foxfire was his successor in this capacity. Foxfire was dearly beloved of our many cats who swarm around her whenever they see her. As part of her regular duties, Foxfire always stays close to any sick animals and often puts out the first warning signal that one of her charges is ill. As an animal shaman, her powers are great indeed. Upon the death of my beloved rabbit, Jar Jar, Foxfire retrieved a power animal for me whose powers I have been working with ever since. The magnificence and clarity of the visionquest she portrayed to me is one of the most powerful I have ever received. Foxfire has asked to retain her position of Master Animal Shaman with us even though she is now living in Spirit.
Chiquita is a sixteen year old Norwegian Forest cat who lived mainly as an outdoor cat for ten years until we took her into our house one freezing January night after her owners had stopped taking care of her. She has lived with us now for six years and has demonstrated boundless love and compassion for all living creatures. Chiquita spent many years begging for food from neighborhood do gooders because she refuses to harm any living thing for her sustenance. 'Chiqui' brings healing energy to all who encounter her and is a shining example of everything good about cats. No one who has ever met her has escaped her charms. Her power is very deep and pure. She is a powerful shaman who prefers to heal humans and show them the possibilities that exist in the realm of light.
Rebecca or "Bleckie" is a legendary rabbit in these parts. When we moved to our new house, she was living in the backyard as a stray. She had escaped from our neighbors who live behind us and had been living as a stray for at least a year. We tried our best to catch her, and we have caught a few stray rabbits before, but she would not be caught. While she lived as a stray, we called her "Blackie" thinking she was a boy. We thought this because we would see her humping the neighborhood cottontails which are hares not rabbits!
So I thought I'd try to tempt "Blackie" with some unspayed female rabbits we had just taken in. I told "Blackie," "We're going to bring out some hot chick bunnies to tempt you to come inside with us!" and immediately there was a reply, "I AM a hot chick!" so we knew she was female! The humping of the cottontails is just something European rabbits do to claim territory and dominance. Female rabbits do it too and although the native hares aren't rabbits, they look enough like them so be cause for concern for our little hobo, "Blackie."
A year and a half went by with summer heat reaching 104 or more every day and three feet of snow during one storm in the winter but she survived it all. Then on November 9, 2003, she dragged herself into our front yard and lay down under a tree. I could see she was ill and we finally caught her and brought her inside and renamed her Rebecca. She recovered nicely and lived healthily and happily for a year. But about November 2004, she became stricken with a protozoan parasite and became paralyzed. For a month she had to wear diapers and have butt baths every day but her appetite was phenomenal. She has made a full recovery and hops on the bed for naps. Also her name has morphed into "Bleckie," a sort of combination of Rebecca and Blackie as we often reminisce about her days in the wild.
Bleckie is an incredible rabbit who will lick your face for half an hour if you can stand the tickling! She loves people, she loves movies, she loves life. She loves to help people and has great wisdom about how to make it in life with just what you've got and what help you might get by being sweet and nice and adorable. She is a true survivor and attributes her good fortune to a cheery disposition and appreciation for good clover.
Pumpkinhead is on administrative leave due to a labor dispute. You may keep posted on the negotatiations by reading The Rabbit Hole Blog (if you dare).
Pumpkinhead
Pumpkinhead is a seventeen year old orange wing amazon parrot. He was born October 10, 1989 and has lived with us, with Guff as his mate, since he was three months old. Yes he is named after the horror film, Pumpkinhead, which was a nickname the breeder gave him because of his October birth month, the fact that he is an orange wing parrot and he retained this for his name because he could actually pronounce his name at only three months of age. Ironically, he is scared of crows (which he calls 'black birds') although he is named after a scarecrow. Pumpkinhead, or Pum, for short, has always loved all animals but especially bunnies. As my business partner in my animal communication practice, he has helped me identify many different health problems for clients and for our own fellow animal companions here at our home. He is a very wise bird for his young years probably because he has been under the tutelage of the wild-caught Guff, a master shaman herself. Pum is very dedicated to his duties as my business partner and is also a talented and eclectic shamanic practitioner.
Power Animal Retrieval Consultation
Consultation charges: $35/30 minutes.
1. Scan or mail your photo: I require your photo and a brief description of yourself and your life right now. Also, please fill out my Power Animal Worksheet below.
2. Send us payment: If you are a new client, I need to receive payment before your consultation date. You may make secure payment via Paypal from this website using either e-check (please allow five business days to clear before your consultation date) or credit card. You may also send your photo by regular mail to Patti Henningsen, P.O. Box 570, Williamsport, MD 21795. You may also make payment by Paypal from this website using either e-check or credit card (please allow five business days for your e-check to clear). I also need you to fill out my Power Animal worksheet (below) after which you will be directed to PayPal to make payment. Please fill it out completely. Note: completing the entire process electronically will expedite scheduling of your consulation.
When it comes time for the actual consultation, I will counsel you about your Power Animal and how to incorporate this power into your life.
Cancellations are not accepted for this service due to it's time intensive nature so the fee is nonrefundable.
3. Schedule your consultation: Email us. I will set up your consultation and answer any questions you may have about the process.
4. Please allow at least three business days for your envelope to arrive. I need to your photo at least 4 days prior to your scheduled consulation. If we do not receive your payment, photo and worksheet in enough time, I may have to reschedule your appointment.
I also call you at the time of the consultation to save you the cost of a long-distance phone call.
Any questions about the process? If you have any questions about the consultation process, email us. Thank you!
Power Animal Retrieval Worksheet
