cover image Spirit Animals and the Wheel of Life: Earth-Centered Practices for Daily Living

Spirit Animals and the Wheel of Life: Earth-Centered Practices for Daily Living

Hal Zina Bennett. Hampton Roads Publishing Company, $19.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-1-57174-216-2

For thousands of years, many indigenous spiritual traditions have taught that each human being has a spirit animal to serve as a guide through life. In Spirit Animals & the Wheel of Life: A Nature-Based Spiritual Practice for Daily Life, Hal Zina Bennett claims that animals can become ""spirit teachers,"" helping us to understand the wheel of life. While frustratingly vague at times, Bennett offers helpful suggestions for recognizing one's ""personal power animal"" and creating a medicine wheel. ( Feb.)