| The owl can see it's way through the darkest night, | | | | much better, that we ignore 'What We Really Want', |
| so in your darkest of moments and times, the 'Spirit | | | | we find ourselves spiralling down into darkness, still in |
| of the Owl' can help you see through your darkness, | | | | pursuit of the ever elusive happiness for which we |
| guiding your path, and helping you see beyond the | | | | crave, deeper and deeper and further and further |
| darkness, to a new dawn and a new beginning. | | | | away from the 'True Nourishment' we all need in this |
| If you have lost your way in the darkness, the 'Spirit | | | | life. At this point in time we need the 'Spirit of the |
| of the Owl' can seek you out, and guide you back to | | | | Owl' to help us stop and take a good concentrated |
| the correct path. Many Healers, Mediums and | | | | look at our lives, as only the owl can do, and 'Ask |
| Shamans invoke the 'Spirit of the Owl' to help a | | | | Ourselves' 'what of all our many possessions would |
| person to extract their hidden secrets, and peer into | | | | we have left to 'Satisfy Our Spiritual Requirements.' |
| the darkness to see what else is hidden, and in the | | | | With the help of the owls wisdom and guidance we |
| retrieval of souls. Owls can see clearly through the | | | | are able to begin to clear away all the unwanted |
| darkness the cause of any imbalance of body or | | | | items, to make way for the 'Birth of the New Self', |
| mind, and use their wisdom to find the course of | | | | and as our new 'Spiritual Energy' grows, so the |
| action to cure the imbalance, and restore a healthy | | | | shackles, limitations, fears and anxieties slowly die |
| balance to mind and body. | | | | away, we emerge with a new energy and a keen |
| Owls are great hunters and help to maintain the | | | | eye to what the future holds for us. In the same |
| balance in 'Mother Nature's Animals', by keeping any | | | | way when we move house, change your |
| imbalance in overpopulation of what some people call | | | | employment, form a new relationship, give birth, |
| vermin, as they can cause disease, under control. The | | | | adopt a new animal friend, we must let die some or |
| 'Spirit of the Owl' can in the same way seek out and | | | | all of the old, to make way for the new. The 'Spirit |
| destroy imbalance of your cells, virus's and bacteria, | | | | of the Owl will stay with us and help us through this |
| and by keeping this balance, maintain a healthy | | | | often painful process, it may be made worse if we |
| lifestyle, and help to ward off sickness and disease. | | | | try and hold on to the old, using it as a crutch to |
| Owls have long been associated with both Death and | | | | support us, as the new unknown can be seen to be |
| Wisdom. In 'Greek Mythology' the owl was sacred to | | | | a forbidding place, how will we cope? We ask |
| Pallos, Athene the 'Goddess of Wisdom', the owl sat | | | | ourselves, who will be there to support us if we |
| on her shoulder and lit her blind side. The owl was | | | | stumble or even worse if we should fall? The 'Spirit |
| also associated with 'Arts and Skills.' and can help you | | | | of the Owl' will be there alongside us, guiding our |
| to become wiser and more creative, imaginative and | | | | path, using the owl's long vision to look beyond, into |
| able to learn new skills. In the beliefs of the 'Native | | | | the future, and towards the 'New Dawn.' |
| American Tribes' the owl was seen as the 'Carrier of | | | | All life is interconnected, we are just a small part of |
| the Elder's Spirits.' In the 'Japanese Culture' owls were | | | | the 'Natural Life of our Wonderful Planet', and like all |
| seen as 'Divine Messengers of the Gods.' In 'Indian | | | | animals, trees, and all other forms of life, we are part |
| Culture' owls were considered as 'A Companion of | | | | of the cycle of life and death, but this is only 'Our |
| the Gods,' and in the 'Malay Language' the word for | | | | Earthly Form' our spirit will prevail, and be guided by |
| owl means 'Ghost Bird.' | | | | the 'Spirit of the Owl' in whose 'Spirit' we 'Trust' in |
| The owl plays an important role in the 'Natural Cycle | | | | this life and in the afterlife. |
| of Birth and Rebirth,' an important belief carried | | | | Owls are one of the few birds that can move their |
| forward from the 'Earliest Mists of Time,' helping and | | | | head 135 degrees, and some can turn their heads |
| guiding 'Earth Bound Souls' to their loved ones, and | | | | even further, so that they can look back at the |
| enhancing clairvoyance. Owls can remove negative | | | | 'Deaths' in our journey to this 'New Dawn' guided by |
| forces, and assist you to find a new life, by releasing | | | | the owl. With each 'Death' and 'Rebirth' we should |
| the ties that hold you back to the old life. The owl | | | | both remember and rejoice in the way each 'Cycle' |
| can bring back the 'Natural Balance' within your home | | | | has helped us become the person we are today. |
| and life, and can help you clear out the dead things in | | | | Owls have inhabited our planet for the last 58 to 60 |
| your life and restore your ability to move more | | | | million years, and from this has come their wisdom |
| freely through the different stages of our life cycle | | | | and understanding, and their learning to adapt and |
| on this earth, the removal of stagnation, to release | | | | survive, often in the face of adversity, as they have |
| joy and happiness back into our lives, the removal of | | | | to stand their ground, sharing their territory with |
| the build up of too many possessions, and the | | | | much larger Raptors like Eagles and Hawks, in this |
| modern day pressure of too many things to do in | | | | way the 'Spirit of the Owl will pass on to you the |
| our lives, and too much of 'anything' and 'everything.' | | | | courage to 'Stand Ones Ground' and learn to both |
| The 'Spirit of the Owl' also guides us back to our | | | | adapt to our circumstances, and be wise in our |
| 'True Path', removing all the false barriers in which we | | | | decisions, and like the owls learn to have foresight |
| become enmeshed in our 'Modern Everyday | | | | and knowledge to use the gift wisely. Using the |
| Existence.' The 'Bombarding' of all the 'Should Have' | | | | knowledge of the owl one can become |
| and 'Must Haves' In our everyday life, coming not | | | | knowledgeable in the magical, and also have great |
| from our 'Inner Needs', but from the opinions and | | | | insight into the Magical and the Ritual, Merlin was a |
| beliefs of society and those around us. Too much | | | | great Magician through having an owl at his side. |
| time spent 'Listening To' or 'Viewing' what we are | | | | So that the 'Spirit of the Owl' is with you at all times |
| told 'We Should Have', through all the advertisements, | | | | one should have a totem or talisman of your owl, it |
| programmes and articles that surround us in our | | | | may be a little item such as an owl key ring or |
| everyday existence. We are so busy looking and | | | | something similar that you can take with you at all |
| listening to all these wonderful new aids that will | | | | times. You may also need to have a statue or totem |
| make our lives so much better, and make us feel so | | | | in your house to ward off 'Negative Forces. |