Animal Spirit Guides & Curios
Recently, I have been looking to Animal Spirits to guide me in my spiritual work, which led me to thinking about the use of animal guides in hoodoo and animal curios.
If you are interested in knowing more about your animal spirit guide, these are some great resources:
Animal Totem Meanings and Animal Symbolism
(This is a divination site that has a variety of divination information on it)
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/animal-totems.html
Spirit Guides By Takatoka
A Native American site that discusses all the different animals.
http://www.manataka.org/page236.html
Indian Spirit Hoodoo
Well, this page sells animal stone fetishes but it’s an interesting read.
http://www.planetvoodoo.com/indian-spirit-hoodoo.htm
Conjure Craft: Hoodoo, Rootwork, and Conjuring for the 21st Century
(scroll down for information on animal spirits)
http://www.llewellyn.com/journal/article/504
What Came First, the Indian Chicken or the Hoodoo Egg? Exploring Native American Influences on Southern Conjure
Specifically, alligators and wolf teeth
http://conjureart.blogspot.com/search/label/Indian%20Spirit%20Hoodoo
Hoodoo– Animal Curios
Here, Wendy of cutemojo.com, Hoodoo Arts (https://www.facebook.com/groups/hoodooarts/) discusses the use of animal curios, specifically the raccoon penis bone.
http://cutemojo.com/2012/04/hoodoo-animal-curios/