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Some spirit guides live as energy, in the cosmic realm, or as light beings, which are very high level spirit guides. Some spirit guides are persons who have lived many former lifetimes, paid their karmic debts, and advanced beyond a need to reincarnate. Many devotees believe that spirit guides are chosen on "the other side" by those who are ...
The Neolithic Manunggul burial jar from the Tabon Caves, Palawan, depicts a soul and a psychopomp journeying to the spirit world in a boat (c. 890–710 BCE). The ninunò (lit. "ancestor") can be the spirits of actual ancestors, cultural heroes, or generalized guardian spirits of a family.
Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it
The Spanish missionaries exploited this misconception in their successful conversion and occupation of most of the islands with minimal military support. Spanish friars were seen as "shamans" whose souls and spirit guides were apparently more powerful than the native ones. They desecrated religious objects, sacred trees, and sacred areas with ...
A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. [1]
How 'spirit guide' Usha Vance supported JD Vance's meteoric rise. Ana Faguy - BBC News, Washington. January 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM.
In Hawaiian mythology, an ʻaumakua (/ ʔ aʊ m ɑː ˈ k u ə /; often spelled aumakua, plural, ' aumākua) is a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as spirit vehicles.
Bisimbi are also believed to be spiritual guides, using storytelling and oral tradition to connect the living to the ancestors and their history. [19] Spiritual leaders called banganga (sing. nganga ) underwent an extensive initiation process to learn the position of the sun as it rotated around the earth to seek guidance from the ancestors and ...