Zeno
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Post by Zeno on Aug 27, 2007 16:35:46 GMT -5
Well I'm trying to help revive this board so I figure I may as well post something.
So what are your totems? I know that at least one of mine is the Orca but I'm not sure about the rest though.
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Post by Thylae on Aug 30, 2007 16:09:28 GMT -5
For me my totems ar the wolf, the coyote, the dog, the bear, the stag, and the lion.
-Cicada
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Post by asazieagle on Sept 3, 2007 15:50:56 GMT -5
I'm not really sure what my totems are now. At one time I had it all figured out. I had a totem for each of the 4 elements and one for self, which was my theriotype. I feel things have shifted a bit now though. my totems used to be as follows;
Earth-horse
Water-dolphin
Wind-eagle
Fire-dragon
Self-Utahraptor
Since I came up with that I've started to feel more deer energy and less horse energy and eagle has shifted to being my theriotype. I may have to rethink my totems again.
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Post by RedFeather on Sept 3, 2007 18:09:19 GMT -5
Well, that's a hard question to answer, since people tend to have both permanent and temporary totems. I can say I've had a few temporary ones lately... but I really am not sure about long-term totems - I think eagle (not sure which species, bald or golden) may be one, crow or raven another, and perhaps osprey. But I don't really know for sure what they all are.
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Post by littlewolf on Sept 4, 2007 8:36:37 GMT -5
my main totem is the deer. and that confused me for a while, because i thought it was my theriotype. doncha hate it when that happens?  |
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Post by Thylae on Sept 4, 2007 16:09:23 GMT -5
Yes. I thought the wolf was my theriotype for a while, but as it turns out, I am a cicada.
From what I hear, confusing totems for theriotypes is fairly common.
-Sekkada
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Post by Equinuus-Felinity on Sept 4, 2007 19:08:21 GMT -5
I know that for long term totem, horse has been with me for quite some time. (actually wondering if I'm confusing him for my second therio-type...not sure yet, though. Doing some studying)
and I've done some off and on work with bat
other than that, I don't have any other totems I'm aware of
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glimmer
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Post by glimmer on Sept 4, 2007 23:11:44 GMT -5
I suppose I have two spirit guides, an eagle and a winged house cat of some sort. Not sure if they are totems though.
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Post by RedFeather on Sept 5, 2007 10:05:10 GMT -5
Yeah. I know my spirit guides, but they are something more personal than totems - I can actually have conversations with them, and they are here to help and protect me, as opposed to just giving me some kind of message at certain points in my life. The ones I mentioned in an above post, though, are totems, and not guides. But that's another reason why it's kind of hard to differentiate, and tell if it's your totem, your guide, or a mixture of both. It's that last one that gets confusing.
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Zeno
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Post by Zeno on Sept 6, 2007 0:57:12 GMT -5
I appear to only have totems and no spirit guides. I can't say I've ever heard of a mixture of the two before. Do you have one of these, Min?
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Post by Thylae on Sept 6, 2007 7:33:28 GMT -5
From what I know, you cannnot only have totems and no spirit guides. More likely you just don't know who/what your spirit guides are.
-Sekkada
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Post by Thylae on Sept 6, 2007 16:11:42 GMT -5
Honestly, it is just what I have heard. No, I do not "KNOW" this. It's from what I have read and believe.
-Sekkada
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Post by RedFeather on Sept 6, 2007 17:33:27 GMT -5
Zeno... again, I'm not totally sure on this topic, but I think so. First of all, for me personally, a totem tends to be more impersonal, and is something that's there to tell me something I need to know at that point in my life - they tend to be temporary. They speak through their actions, and their main job is showing me what they need to show me. The ones I considers spirit guides, are closer to me. They stay with me, regardless of the circumstance, actually speak to me, through words/mind/emotion rather than just physically, and are more long-term. That's just how I differentiate between the two - not that I'm right or wrong, that's just how I see things.
So yeah... considering that's how I define the two for myself, I'd say yes. Eagles (though I'm not sure on species, so I'm using both bald and golden here)... I've had them speak to me as totems, yet I have a spirit guide who is a golden eagle.
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Post by asazieagle on Sept 9, 2007 13:32:15 GMT -5
I don't know if I'm right or wrong on this, but totems seem to not be specific beings, but an animal or other being type that has a certain kind of energy and comes to you when you need them most or when their energy would be most helpful. Spirit Guides on the other hand are specific beings that often times you eventually know by name and that are almost always around to give you support and guidance in whatever you do.
Those are just my thoughts though.
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Post by RedFeather on Sept 9, 2007 15:36:11 GMT -5
Yeah, that's pretty much my thoughts on it.
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