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About The Nahualli Animal Oracle
Product Description An oracle using Aztec animal doubles of the human soul as spirit guides • Contains 40 full-color cards depicting 31 Nahualli animals and 9 Lords of the Night • Provides a means for spiritual seekers to communicate with their own animal doubles • Based on traditional Aztec symbolism Nahualli is the Aztec word for shadow soul, the animal double of the human soul. Aztec tradition held that on the fourth day of an infant’s life a priest would perform a ceremony to bind the newborn to its animal soul mate. A sacred pact between human and animal initiated a lifelong relationship of mutual protection and guidance. In return for defending its nahualli, the human would be endowed with the unique skills, strength, and wisdom of that animal. The Nahualli Animal Oracle offers a means for contemporary spiritual seekers to identify their own nahualli and receive soul guidance from the Aztec wisdom tradition. Each of the 40 beautifully illustrated cards, which includes 31 nahualli animals and 9 Lords of the Night deities, represents an essential aspect of human life--such as joy, aggression, or sacrifice. The book shows how to invoke these powerful entities, through meditation and divination, to intervene in everyday affairs and provide insight into perplexing problems. The authors provide detailed guidelines for interpreting the significance of each nahualli animal or deity, along with an explanation of its mythological origins. Ancient Aztec religious symbolism is reflected in the divination spreads, such as The Five Directions, which is derived from the compass symbol at the center of the intricate Aztec calendar. Review "Full of powerful and expansive insight into our relationship with the natural world." ( Ever Changing, Jan-Feb 2004) About the Author Caelum Rainieri and Ivory Andersen have been teaching classes in indigenous magical traditions, animal totemism, and mythological archetypes for over 10 years. They live in the Pacific Northwest. Raphael Montoliu is an illustrator and painter, who has had a lifelong involvement with Native American art, mythology, and spiritual traditions. He lives in Lakeport, California. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The Shadow Soul If you had been born a Mexican during the time of the Aztec empire, a priest from one of the many temples in Tenochtitlán, the capital, would have attended you on the fourth day of your life. The purpose of this visitation was for the priest to see, bind, and announce your relationship with your animal double--your nahualli. This would be done in a ceremonial fashion, with your family gathered around you. Embers from the birth fire were used to light a torch that was used to consecrate the agreement between infant and animal. It was an important event because it was the first ritual of your young life, and the Aztec gods favored ritual. The Agreement Traditionally the nahualli teaches the youth its secrets, skills, and abilities. If the nahualli is known for its strength, like the jaguar, the youth becomes strong. If the nahualli is known for its ferocity, like the hummingbird, the youth becomes fierce. Additionally, the nahualli offers the youth its protection both in the physical realm and in the realm of the dead. If the bond is close enough, the human and the animal may even die at the same time and make the four-year journey to Mictlan (the underworld of Aztec cosmology) together. In return for these favors the human agrees to protect the nahualli, as much as he or she is able, and never to take the life of any member of its species--not for food, nor for ritual, nor for sport. This was a sacred contract, and any violation of it would result in serious consequences, both in this world and the next. The Role of a Nahualli in Your Life To the Mexica, living with one’s nahualli was as natural a function as associating with friends, going to school and going to war. It was the v
