05-12-2012, 01:41 PM
I have several - and one story I always hesitate to tell, and have hesitated here because it sounds so bizzare - even to me!
But here goes: between the ages of 6 and 11 we lived in a small town in Virginia. I've said before I was the oldest child and my Mom was very ill most of my life. We played outside as many hours a day as possible, and sometimes, just to be alone, I would go down to the creek and crawl into the storm drain and sit in a spot where two drains intersected under the street. If anyone had known this at the time I'd have had my butt spanked and maybe they would have covered those drains so kids couldn't get in there.
Anyway, I did that pretty frequently on hot summer days because it was cool and comforting down there. Once when sitting there, a little green garden snake crawled up into my lap. I just watched it for awhile, then I started talking to it. Pouring out my little girl secrets, telling it how beautiful it was, thanking it for visiting me. We became close friends that summer and the next (I can only assume it was the same snake). Sometimes the little snake would actually wind itself around my arm, if it was in my lap. A few times I carried the snake out of the pipe and kept it with me during the day.
I was never afraid of it, and although I had been warned many times to avoid the creek because there were water moccasins there, I never saw one. Just this beautiful little green snake. Eventually my brother saw me with it and I had to release it into the pipe to protect it, and never saw it again. :-(
Before we moved away from Oklahoma I saw a very beautiful blue snake. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a blue snake. But there it was - and it was quite beautiful, too.
Last year I was bit by a spider on my forehead. My Shaman friend says this is a sign that the "spider tribe" of animal spirits has accepted me as one of their own (I never kill spiders).
I also have a dog and a cat - two former pets - that are frequently just "there" in my spirit lab when I walk in.
Diana - Thanks for the reference. I'm going to check out the Animal Speak book. Sounds really amazing!
But here goes: between the ages of 6 and 11 we lived in a small town in Virginia. I've said before I was the oldest child and my Mom was very ill most of my life. We played outside as many hours a day as possible, and sometimes, just to be alone, I would go down to the creek and crawl into the storm drain and sit in a spot where two drains intersected under the street. If anyone had known this at the time I'd have had my butt spanked and maybe they would have covered those drains so kids couldn't get in there.
Anyway, I did that pretty frequently on hot summer days because it was cool and comforting down there. Once when sitting there, a little green garden snake crawled up into my lap. I just watched it for awhile, then I started talking to it. Pouring out my little girl secrets, telling it how beautiful it was, thanking it for visiting me. We became close friends that summer and the next (I can only assume it was the same snake). Sometimes the little snake would actually wind itself around my arm, if it was in my lap. A few times I carried the snake out of the pipe and kept it with me during the day.
I was never afraid of it, and although I had been warned many times to avoid the creek because there were water moccasins there, I never saw one. Just this beautiful little green snake. Eventually my brother saw me with it and I had to release it into the pipe to protect it, and never saw it again. :-(
Before we moved away from Oklahoma I saw a very beautiful blue snake. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a blue snake. But there it was - and it was quite beautiful, too.
Last year I was bit by a spider on my forehead. My Shaman friend says this is a sign that the "spider tribe" of animal spirits has accepted me as one of their own (I never kill spiders).
I also have a dog and a cat - two former pets - that are frequently just "there" in my spirit lab when I walk in.
Diana - Thanks for the reference. I'm going to check out the Animal Speak book. Sounds really amazing!
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