The phrase animal communication infers an exchange, usually telepathic,  which is occurring between a particular person and a particular animal.  The broader scope of animal communication includes communications from whole species, for example whales and dolphins, and the earth or even beyond, to humans and to each other.  For the purposes of this article, however, we will narrow the definition to its already mentioned popular meaning of an exchange between a particular person and a particular animal.

 

When a human animal communicator is helping with a care-person and her/his animal friend, it is customary for the animal communicator to transmit questions to and answers from the animal friend and the care-person.  It is also customary that the communication results in the diligent translation of the animal’s messages into a spoken human language by the animal communicator. 

Animal communication is often called telepathic communication because words need not be spoken aloud and geographical distances are interesting yet irrelevant.  The communicator can be anywhere and so can the animal. The energetic language sensed by communicators is resonated by all creatures everywhere . . . in fact, by everything in our planet.  It is ubiquitous and transcends form, language, culture and country.  

 

I didn’t always know this.  When I started out, I thought I had to ‘do it’ the way I had always done it as a child growing up in the woods and farmlands of Chester Springs, PA.  To me, that meant being with the animal directly and in person. I gradually learned I could be ‘away’ from the animal ... in the area, but not physically with the animal and perhaps not even being able to ‘see’ it with my physical eyes.  Then I learned that I could be on a telephone with the animal’s human and the animal together, or on the internet.  At that time I thought I had to be on the same continent.  And then I adventured on a spiritual trip to the Island of Bali.  At 6:00 a.m. one morning, the hotel telephone rang.  It was a client with an emergency in Stephenson, MD, U.S.A.  The connection was exquisitely clear and the animal’s voice as present as if we were in the same room.  After I hung up, I truly realized, it simply doesn’t matter where I am, or where the animal is.

What do animal communicators do?

 

Animal communicators are individuals who do animal communication.  Animal communicators offer a wide range of services.  Some specialize in specific areas, such as particular breeds or species of animal, or specific categories of question, for example, behavior issues. 

 

A family called me who had just brought a new kitten home.  They were distraught because their dog, who had for many years been wonderfully housebroken, had started eliminating in the middle of their living room rug.  The dog and the kitten got along extremely well.  The dog showed no signs of jealousy.  It made no sense to them.

 

When I connected with the dog, he said he was totally confused.  For years, he had always eliminated outside.  Now, however,  there was a kitten in the home, who was being praised profusely by his care-humans for eliminating in a tan area inside a box.  He had never known his humans wanted that, but they were making a really big deal of it, so he had found a box that suited him and had started doing the same thing, to please his humans.  He said it wasn’t working out at all, he was being yelled at for it. It made no sense to him.

 

I asked him to show me telepathically the area he was eliminating in.  He showed me his image of their living room rug.  It was a sculpted rug with a rectangular center that appeared tan in a larger sculpted rectangle that appeared dark brown.   The dog had thought he had found an in-side litter box just for him, and was trying to please his humans the same way the kitten was pleasing them, by eliminating in the “box.”

 

I explained that eliminating in the box was just for the kitten,  that he was to eliminate outside.  He thought about it and said he would.  I asked him what help he needed, if any, from his humans, to have this work well for everyone.  He asked if his humans would please make a big fuss of his eliminating outside for just a little a while.  They agreed.  He stopped eliminating inside immediately.

 

Animal communicators can help with:

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$          Understanding an animal’s needs, feelings and innermost thoughts;

$          Resolving behavior issues;

$          Preparing both a care-person and her/his animal friend for changes and transitions, including moving to a new residence or the addition of another animal to the family;

$          Collaborating with veterinarians, including sensing the animal’s physical condition and sharing the animal’s viewpoint of its condition or its feelings about interventions or therapies, similar to a patient interview;

$          Locating lost animals;

$          Communicating with an animal’s essence energy after it has left form; and

$          Teaching animal communication.

 

Animal communicators who are also spiritual healers or energy therapists can help with all of the above, as well as the following:

 

 

$          Deepening a human’s awareness of the powerful spiritual connection to his/her animal, including understanding a particular animal’s purpose in the human’s life;

$          Clearing an animal from the effects of trauma;

$          Understanding an animal’s past lives and their impact on its current life experience;

$          Extending the healing peace and calm of therapeutic energy into an animal’s body or situation;

$          Assisting in issues of dying and death.

 

 

Norma was a most amazing and gifted hedgehog.  Her human called, desperately concerned for Norma’s well-being and fearing that it was Norma’s time to die. 

 

Norma, however, said, “No, not yet.”  Almost all animals have a sign of when it is their time and Norma was particularly clear.  When  I asked her what her sign would be, she said, “The day I refuse mealy worms.”

 

Several weeks later, Norma did refuse mealy worms, and her care-person knew it was her time.

 

Animal communication sessions, also called consultations, readings, and interviews, occur in as many ways as there are communicators.  Some communicators want to be  in close physical proximity to the animal(s).  Many work at a distance by telephone, mail, Internet or “etheric-net.”  Some telephone and Internet sessions occur with the care-person actively engaged with both the animal and the communicator.  Some communicators collect the animal’s history and data ahead of time, go into a subsequent session to accomplish their communications, and then share with the care-person, the results of the session.  Telephone sessions are often recorded or Internet sessions printed out.  Some communicators, when collaborating with veterinarians, fax the results to the veterinarian’s office or are available by telephone or in-person when the animal is with the veterinarian.

 

As I’ve been learning and growing in my practice . . . being an animal communicator is a lifelong journey . . .  I’ve used all of the already mentioned ways of communicating at one time or another.   I have found all of the ways work. Most often as of this writing, I do telephone, Internet or in-person consultations singly or in groups. The animals generally love animal communication sessions and are deeply grateful and visibly relaxed after most sessions are complete.  This result happens regardless of the manner in which the session was conducted. 

 

I particularly love it when during a session, which for me are usually telephone now,  a care-human will say, “I can’t believe my animal is still here in the room with me!  And s/he’s so relaxed and peaceful!” To me, it’s like getting an A+.  It means they’re happy with the way I’ve ‘voiced’ them.

 

Session prices range as widely as the ways in which communicators work.  Student communicators often work for free.  The range for an average session for experienced  professional communicators is incredibly wide.  Colleagues have told me of sessions they have had and that these sessions have ranged from $25.00 to $300.00.  I charge $3.00 a minute for actual session time, exclusive of the initial interview. My work is so unique I do not seem to have an “average” anything, much less an average session time.

 

When would I use an animal communicator?

 

Most people who might use an animal communicator are already open and aware.  They care for and often have keen insights into their animal friends.  It therefore becomes an interesting question to discuss when is a good time, to use an animal communicator?

 

Certainly, people use animal communicators for fun and general information.  More frequently, animal communicators are used when our animals need help or we need help with our animals. Some animals can be intense and quite stoic, preferring to suffer in silence.  Unless compassionately and skillfully prompted by a professional communicator, such animals will say very little about the experience of their physical bodies.

 

When our animals are in trouble, regardless of how open, knowledgeable or intuitive we may be, many of us get emotional. This degree of passion and concern may sometimes cloud our deep sensing and knowing. 

 

Those of us who don’t get too emotional may get overly rational.  We confuse ourselves with readings and numbers and options and dosages and choices and  . . .  for possible interventions, nutrients and therapies.  The overly rational approach also clouds our deep sensing and knowing.

 

Some of us vacillate between too emotional and overly rational.  Our perception of our animal’s progress through its issues becomes our bell-weather.  This roller-coaster is quite possibly the most painful for all concerned and it is very prevalent in the care-person community.

 

The best position to be in relative to communicating with our animal companions is high spiritual impersonalization and deep compassion. This is an energetic many either cannot attain or cannot sustain, especially relative to our own beloveds.  If you have questions of consequence and cannot yourself attain or sustain this state, using the services of an experienced, professional animal communicator, preferably one who is also a spiritual healer,  may be indicated.

 

How do I use an animal communicator?  I’ve never done it before.

 

Begin by becoming clear on your questions about your situation and your animal. If you’re working with a veterinarian or a trainer, consult with them to determine their precise and specific questions.  Write the questions down.  Determine the overall theme of your questions.  Perhaps it’s a health issue or a behavior issue.  Perhaps it’s a dying and death issue.  Perhaps it’s a desire to create a powerful energetic that will strengthen your spiritual connection to your animal friend.  Perhaps you have a communication issue, something you deeply want your animal to understand and are simply not sure it does.  Perhaps you want your animal to experience healing energy.  Perhaps you have multiple concerns. 

 

Your next step is to locate one or more animal communicators who feel appropriate to the types of questions you have.  Ask your friends about animal communicators they have used and what their perception of the experience was.  How did the communicator work?  Did they feel the information was useful?  Did the communicator understand the questions?  Were they handled professionally?  What were the actual costs?  How was their animal before, during, and after the communication session? How was the care-person, before, during, and after the communication session?  Did they get the result they wanted or hoped for?  Would they use the communicator again? 

 

Having located the communicator(s) you’d like to help you, your next step is to contact them.  Since the ways in which communicators work vary widely, ask them how they work and charge for their services.  Some, including this author, both ask you to and teach you how to prepare your animal(s) and yourself ahead of time.   Others, as has already been discussed, handle it differently.  Almost all communicators want some history on your animal and/or the questions or concerns you have about your animal.  Consider all of this and then make your decision. 

 

As of this writing, there are about one hundred animal communicators registered with www.animaltalk.net, the web-site of a famous and pioneering communicator, Penelope Smith.  This web-site is a wonderful place to locate a potential helper, including this author, should you decide, having completed this article, to choose one.  Communicators are listed by geography. Areas of specialty, if such areas exist, are also listed. 

 

After you have chosen your communicator and made your appointment, allow your communicator to guide you personally through all the logistics and fulfillment of the session.  Keep an open mind. Stay in an energy of resonance.  All animal communication sessions, as different as each may be from the other, touch the miraculous mystery of the Unity of Existence.  Enjoy the mystery!  And happy animal-talking!

 

About the author: Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Forrest (Girard-diCarlo) Severino is a healing communicator for people and animals.  She currently lives near the East Coast of the United States.  She is the author of five books, including The Animals’ Viewpoint on Dying, Death and Euthanasia.  She travels extensively as a practitioner and teacher of Animal Communication,  Spiritual Healing, and Spirituality and Intuition. Her web-site is www.beyond1.com.