What Guardian Spirit?
article by Janice Van Cleve “Guardian Spirits” is the theme for this issue, but it is a tough topic for me to tackle. I think way back when I was a Roman Catholic I may have had a guardian angel. I’m not sure, but if I did, she sped off in leather chaps on her Harley a long time ago. I remember once at a Hecate’s Sickle festival sponsored by the Aquarian Tabernacle Church we were assigned to clan families. Each family had a totem animal. I was assigned to salamander clan. I really tried to get into salamander. I wondered what a salamander thought about or if it had feelings. I even made “squiggle, squiggle, squiggle” noises with the rest of my clan. It didn’t work. I knew then that salamander was not my guardian spirit. Butterflies offered a possibility. I am a Gemini, and I do flit and flutter from one thing to another. I like pretty flowers, and I can leave a very light footprint when I want. I am also a warrior type, and in the legends of the Maya and the Aztecs, the souls of warrio
