Sarah Seidelmann - What the Walrus Knows: An Eccentrics Field Guide to Working with Beastie Energies

Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station, through which [the universe] speaks to us every hour, if only we will tune in. George Washington Carver SECOND EDITION ISBN 978-0-9882899-1-8 Printed in the USA COPYRIGHT 2012 By Sarah Bamford Seidelmann M.D. Sarah Seidelmann Publishing, LLC TO CONTACT SARAH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE No part of the book, including the images, may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations used in articles or reviews. COVER DESIGN AND BOOK DESIGN BY Drai Bearwomyn EDITED BY Grace Kerina IMAGES Used with permission by Dover Publications, Inc. and Vintageprintable.com THANKS! This, book is dedicated to all the wild and beautiful Beasties. THANK YOU for sharing your fantasticness with me.

And to my family and closely-knit circle of lovely honey, badgers, who love me and INSPIRE ME daily. Its not that animals come up to you and say something... You know, its that things come into your mind... Gary Snyder

As soon as I began writing What the Walrus Knows, I felt such an urgency to get it into the hands of anyone it might help. To do that, I limited the number of Beastie Manifestos. here it is. here it is.

Since the first edition was hatched and sent into the world, Ive been getting a daily stream of emails and Facebook notes from people in all walks of life and all over the world telling me about the wonderful messages, synchronicities, magic, and aid Beasties have brought into their lives, from ants and capybaras to foxes, manta rays, and unicorns. Those notes and inspirational stories have fueled me to add 76 more Beastie Manifestos in this second edition, and its still difficult to limit myself. There are seemingly infinite numbers of Beasties sharing the planet with us, and new ones are being discovered every day (according to Wikipedia, there are 160,000 species of moths alone!). My intention is to give you Manifestos for a broad spectrum of Beasties so youll always be able to find some bit of insight here about a Beastie youve encountered. The resources chapter has been updated to include information about the What the Walrus Knows iTunes application for divination, which includes an abbreviated field guide to Beastie energies. Also, because so many people asked for an introduction to shamanic journeying, Ive created an MP3 recording called Guided Meditation to Discover a Lifetime/Core Beastie, which is available in iTunes.

Have fun, and, as always, keep your eyes peeled for Beasties. Peace, Sarah

BEASTIE: Any insect, reptile, bird, mammal, or mythical creature that exists or has ever existed, from salmon to woolly mammoths to dragonflies. A while ago, I fell madly in love with a taxidermied walrus. I couldnt stop myself from going back to the little shop a block from my office where he lived. At the time, I was a bit wild about money and how Id replace the income Id lose if I left my job as a physician. My aim was to be more free to pursue what I loved, but so far I was just worried.

Id been living a nature-starved, over-civilized life for a long time. My husband and I are both physicians, and were raising four kids. Add all my other interests to the mix, and the result was a constant state of overwhelm. I was on sabbatical from my work as a pathologist, though I continued to do my life-coaching work with clients. As I started spending more time in nature, taking more walks and noticing what was happening around me, I began to feel better. Then I picked up Animal Speak, Ted Andrews book on animal totems, and began my journey into a magical world.

When I became aware that Beasties might have something to teach me, my whole life cracked open. I found that connecting with Mr. Walrus and the spirit I sensed in him (even in his taxidermied state) felt deeply reassuring. I discovered that the walrus is a powerful Beastie, offering strength, abundance, gregariousness, deep diving, and even a touch of the psychic. To this day, whenever I think of that walrus, a feeling of deep security comes over me. Many amazing things began to happen in rapid sequence.

I attracted an insanely fabulous opportunity to travel to Africa, I realized it was time for me to step away from my medical job altogether, and I manifested the money to make all of that possible and easy. But the most important thing was that I found a deep sense of peace and joy through discovering what Beasties had to teach me, which I would love for you to find as well. Because of the connections I made with Beasties and nature, I had an awakening. I began to have a sense of magical support and love surrounding me. During my sabbatical, my resistance to what I wanted decreased dramatically. I suddenly felt connected, like I belong to this world.

I began to see beauty everywhere and experienced many moments of ecstatic joy. I entered a joyful, peaceful state of harmony that had previously eluded me. As a result of making this connection with nature, Ive felt real magic in my life. Thats why Im passionate about sharing it. This not a guide to help you identify Beasties, but to help you identify with Beasties. Identifying with Beasties happens not in a linear left-brain way, but in an intuitive right-brain way, beneath the surface.

My true hearts desire is to tell you about Beasties and their energies in a way thats fun and easy to understand, so you can discover their power and joy for yourself.

Theres a bigger, deeper world all around us all the time, full of messages and support. Were marinating in it. It permeates and surrounds our ordinary reality. I wasnt aware of this deeper world until the Beastie spirits (energies) seemed to find me and I started connecting with them. Observing Beasties helps us tap into this deeper level of information.

Connecting with Beasties is an empowering way to invite personal transformation and to manifest what we want. Many of us (especially me) tend to get stuck in our heads. We try to solve the problems of our lives using our left-brain linear intellect. Often, though, those of us who are left-hefty need to get out of that mode in order to manifest change more effortlessly. One of the fastest and most magical ways to manifest change is through appreciation, which connects us to intuitive knowledge. Our divine self knows whats possible for us and knows the easiest ways to get things done.

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