Author Archives: Stephanie Marohn

About Stephanie Marohn

Stephanie Marohn runs the Animal Messenger Sanctuary, a safe haven for farm animals in northern California. She also has a practice in energy healing for animals and is the author of 10 books, including What the Animals Taught Me: Stories of Love and Healing from a Farm Animal Sanctuary.

Shelter from the Storm

What a wonderful sight to start the day…I went out to the barn in the pouring rain for morning feeding and there was everybody together in the two dry stalls—all three donkeys, the three sheep, and Pegasus. A cozy manger … Continue reading

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Healing Circle

I woke up thinking about Jean Shinoda’s Bolen’s “Gather the Women” circles, with the phenomenon of the millionth circle (a metaphor for critical mass) tipping the world into higher consciousness, like the hundredth monkey tipping the monkeys into a species-wide … Continue reading

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A Healer Is Born

Yesterday I was about to start a distance healing on an elder cat when my cat Lorca arrived and offered herself as a surrogate. She climbed into my lap and stayed there for the entire hour of healing. She let … Continue reading

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Pegasus and the Ides of March

Today I had to begin the springtime confinement of Pegasus. I left the donkeys in with her for this first day of not being free to roam and they are calling to me right now, asking to be let out. … Continue reading

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Celebrating Books and Animals

Back again. I was at the Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona campus. I had no idea this book fair was so big. 100,000 people attended over last weekend. I was thrilled at this evidence of people … Continue reading

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Gods Among Us

Angel in the cedars The Gods Walk Among Us The gods walk among us in a leaf blade of grass thistle and briar in a pig snuffling in the forest a snake coiling vulture circling cow lowing for her child … Continue reading

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Images of Peace

It warms my heart to see Chloe and Fleur-de-Lys together. Fleur looks up to her new sister and relies on her completely. The immediate trust Fleur clearly had for Chloe was a wonder to behold. The way they are in … Continue reading

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Infanticizing

A couple of weeks ago, I was being interviewed on a radio show and I talked about how people “infanticize” animals. I knew something was wrong with the word when I spoke it, but it wasn’t until after the show … Continue reading

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Labyrinth

Yesterday I went out to the Sonoma coast to return some stones, feathers, and seashells to the wild. Like the hawk leg I told of burying (see Bless the Birds, February 2, 2012), these were among the items on the … Continue reading

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Andrew Harvey review of What the Animals Taught Me

Many, many thanks to Andrew Harvey for his wonderful review of my latest book, What the Animals Taught Me. Click here for his review. Check out his beautiful website too. Andrew is one of the heroes of our time, utterly … Continue reading

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