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Peisistratus hung the figure of a kind of grasshopper before the Acropolis of Athens for protection. [10] Another way for protection from enchantment used by the ancient Greeks was by spitting into the folds of the clothes. [10] Ancient Greeks also had an old custom of dressing boys as girls in order to avert the evil eye. [11]
A person born on "Dog Day" would have both strong and weak 'dog' aspects. In Nahuatl the word tonalli is used to refer both to a day and to the animal associated with that day. The nagual is considered different; where the tonal is the day spirit itself, the nagual is the familiar spirit of the day.
The shaman retrieves it and returns the soul to its rightful place, healing the patient. Without the presence of animal spirits, the shaman could not have accomplished such a feat. [78] In the Inner Eurasian religion, the transformation of a shaman's essence into an animal spirit is referred to as "becoming an animal". [80]
It is a belief found in many indigenous Mesoamerican cultures that a person upon being born acquires a close spiritual link to an animal, a link that lasts throughout the lives of both creatures. The person shows signs of whatever the animal's situation, to include scratches and bruises if the animal gets in fights, or illness if the animal is ill.
An ancient symbol of a unicursal five-pointed star circumscribed by a circle with many meanings, including but not limited to, the five wounds of Christ and the five elements (earth, fire, water, air, and soul). In Satanism, it is flipped upside-down. See also: Sigil of Baphomet. Rose Cross: Rosicrucianism / Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
A familiar spirit – (alter ego, doppelgänger, personal demon, personal totem, spirit companion) is the double, the alter ego, of an individual. It does not look like the individual concerned. Even though it may have an independent life of its own, it remains closely linked to the individual. The familiar spirit can be an animal (animal ...
The sea turtle spirit animal has a tendency to attach to those it loves. It doesn’t like to share its things or its people. If it feels like it’s being left out or replaced, it can get jealous ...
Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, is a theory invented by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. It posits the existence of an invisible natural force ( Lebensmagnetismus ) possessed by all living things, including humans, animals, and vegetables.