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		<title>Poof! You&#8217;re a Toad (the dangers of totem-assignment)</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2011/07/24/poof-youre-a-toad-the-dangers-of-totem-assignment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2011/07/24/poof-youre-a-toad-the-dangers-of-totem-assignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t let the title of this blog post fool you.  I&#8217;m not waving my rowan-wood wand, turning folks into toads (yet, lol). Rather, this post is about the tricky business of assigning animal totems to folks wanting to know. Not a day passes when someone doesn&#8217;t send in an email with a question like: &#8220;Avia, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Animal Messages: The Good News</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2011/04/28/animal-messages-the-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Water Totems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal meanings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In one capacity or another, I&#8217;ve been dipping into animal consciousness and interpreting symbolic messages they contribute to the greater/global consciousness. An email I got from a reader of my main website (whats-your-sign), asked a great question: Hi Avia, I love your work and reading your animal insights have really helped me on my life&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gentle and the Small</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/11/23/the-gentle-and-the-small/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/11/23/the-gentle-and-the-small/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc. Symbolic Meanings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blessings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grateful]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human potential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illumination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t talk about it often, but twice a day, every day, I devote to meditation.  It&#8217;s been that way for years, and I cannot express how revolutionary that single choice to meditate has been. A portion of my meditations is spent in devotion to the well-being of all my peeps.  That&#8217;s a lotta peeps, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Bastine: Visionary and Educator for the Reform of Consciousness</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/30/mike-bastine-visionary-and-educator-for-the-reform-of-consciousness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/30/mike-bastine-visionary-and-educator-for-the-reform-of-consciousness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc. Symbolic Meanings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2308</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to interview Mike Bastine, a Native American Algonquin Elder, who has been speaking about the necessity of re-connecting to Nature as a means to reform consciousness.  It was an utter delight to spend time with Mr. Bastine, and equally uplifting to share common views with him.  He&#8217;s got revolutionary insights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silly Bands and Animal Totems</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/19/silly-bands-and-animal-totems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/19/silly-bands-and-animal-totems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2302</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[// I got the low-down on silly bands from my niece, who gave me this one &#8211; a Dragon, who happens to be my predominant animal totem. Now, I&#8217;m not big on extraneous consumerism.  I prefer to keep my personal adornments and purchases as pure and simple as possible.  However, I can see some pretty practical uses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symbolic Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/15/symbolic-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/10/15/symbolic-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc. Symbolic Meanings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[// Meditation is symbolic too. I&#8217;m not just talking about the journeys and impressions received during meta states. I&#8217;m talking about the act of meditation as a symbolic event. Why? Because meditation is an engagement with the aspects of ourselves that dance with powerful intagibles of higher experience. The act of meditating is a signal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melting Glass Walls &#8211; An Excerpt from Pronoia</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/08/18/melting-glass-walls-an-excerpt-from-pronoia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/08/18/melting-glass-walls-an-excerpt-from-pronoia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from Rob Brezny&#8217;s book, Pronoia (a book I highly recommend, by the way).  This excerpt was written by Nia Fil, and it moved me for its sincerity and simplicity.  I asked Rob Brezny of Free Will Astrology if I could re-publish this excerpt here, and he graciously granted permission.  I hope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Responsibility and Symbolic Interpretations</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/08/03/responsibility-and-symbolic-interpretations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/08/03/responsibility-and-symbolic-interpretations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been offering perspectives into deeper symbolism for years.  Understandably, I&#8217;m constantly called upon to provide symbolic interpretations and personal consultations.  Although I do answer as many emails as I can (mostly referring inquirers back to the 1000+ online pages I&#8217;ve already written) about varying forms of symbolism&#8230;I feel a nagging discomfort with it. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are Not Alone</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/07/29/you-are-not-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/07/29/you-are-not-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[// &#8220;You are not alone.&#8221; Some of us know this instinctively.  We feel the presence of supporters &#8211; as close to us as our skins, as intimate as the inhalation of air.  Whether we call them gods, goddesses, angels, higher selves, animal guides&#8230;by whatever name &#8211; we are aware of intangible energy buoying us with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeds as a Symbol of Consciousness</title>
		<link>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/07/20/seeds-as-a-symbol-of-consciousness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2010/07/20/seeds-as-a-symbol-of-consciousness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>avenefica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dream Symbolism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/?p=2191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[// Last night, in the dreamtime, symbolic seeds were sown into the meaty furrows of my brain.  Their manifested identities known only to my deeper consciousness.  It was a fabulous sensation.  The grey matter of my mind seemed willing, pliable and moistly awaiting the first touch of root to mental-membrane.   A good dream. An oracle of [...]]]></description>
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