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A Shaman (14)
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Their name, "yaguara", as coined by South American Indians, means "a beast that kills its prey with one bound."
Shape shifting
From the earliest of recorded histories, numerous cultures and societies have passed along the belief in shape shifting. Shamans of all spiritual beliefs have practiced shape shifting (also known as transmorphing) for millennia. Holy men and women from cultures as diverse as the Druids of ancient Ireland and Britain, to nearly every tribe of North and South American Indian, have ceremonies and rituals designed to elicit the shape shifting experience.
Shape shifting will generally be sought in one of two different forms, that of spiritual shifting, or that of shifting the actual physical shape, yet it is physical shape shifting that most Shamans will spend a lifetime learning and striving to attain.
The Jaguar Spirit will carry with him/her the Medicine of shape shifting. This may mean the inherent ability to shape shift in the manner listed above, or this ability may manifest as the drive and ability to continually reshape the conditions, experiences, psychology and reality of their existence. From early childhood, the Jaguar individual will exhibit the desire for near constant change. An innate desire to understand the mysteries of life will be much in evidence with the young Jaguar cub.
In ancient temples your graceful form once walked silently.
Drifting in and out of shadows like a vaporous mist of focused intensity,
your emerald eyes penetrating the darkness…
unflinchingly. |
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