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Native American Medicine Wheel Animals

The Medicine Wheel honors the animals spirits as essential components of whole nature. This sacred Native American rite is an inspiration to all.
Medicine Wheel Power Animals
The four animals commonly represented in this role are The Bear, The Buffalo, The Eagle, and The Mouse. However, there are no fast rules about which animals represent the directions of the Medicine Wheel. Michael Samuels, co-author of The Path of the Feather, teaches that all native peoples have different spirit animals and meanings of the directions, encouraging us in choosing our own. Ea…
The Animal Medicine Wheel
The illustration of the wheel on this page is magnificent. The reader explains his outlook and procedure.
The Medicine Wheel
Share this very personal interpretation of the sacred circle, and the importance of animal totems.
Living the Medicine Wheel
The Medicine Wheel revolves upon the principle that ALL life is sacred and must be respected.

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