(Phoca vitulina)
The common seal belongs to marine predators, of which there are 34 species worldwide. These mammals seem very clumsy when they move on the ground, but in the water they are very agile, athletic and fast swimmers. They communicate underwater with tones that are produced with the air from their lungs. They have short snouts, a thick neck and a flexible torpedo shaped body. A layer of fat under the skin insulates them from the cold, which also serves to ascend from underwater and to provide energy.
Seal in Mythology: The seal, as other pinnipeds, plays a large role in Norse mythology. The Nordic Nikur, Neck or Nennir, Scottish Water Horse or kelpie, ascended as a seal of the waters, the ancestor of the Merovingians was a powerful sea creature. In the mythology of the Eskimos, different deities are represented with forms of pinnipeds or seals. During their trance, the shamans of the Inuit connected with seals and other pinnipeds to experience their support. In Germanic mythology, the goddesses and other marine inhabitants could show themselves in the form of pinnipeds or seals, as it was the case of the Guardian God Heimdall, a son of Odin and the sea giant Aehir. In the case of the Greeks, it was Proteus, the "Old Man of the Sea" who was sometimes also called the son of Poseidon, the one who took care of the pinnipeds, seals and other sea creatures of Poseidon. In the Odyssey, Proteus is depicted as a wise God who lived on the island of Faro as keeper of the seals. He can foretell the future, but, he will change his shape to avoid having to do so; he will answer only to someone who is smarter than him. Menelaus approached him on his return from Troy disguised as a seal, to deceive him.
The seal in the interpretation of dreams: It connects us with the desire for love and togetherness. It gives us messages of the collective unconscious and things that have not yet been reworked, so that we can fix them.
The Seal Essence gives us the possibility to understand the playful lightness and we learn to flow through life.
On the body level: "Laughter is the best medicine". Under this slogan, the seal essence helps us flow internally, it "relaxes" us. When we take life too seriously, we tense up. When the weight of life is located very heavily on our backs, our shoulders hang down and, over time, our body takes a stooped position. The seal can help us straight up internally, relax and find a natural body posture. It also gives great joy and ease when dealing with other people stimulating a playful attitude towards your own body, loving yourself and also your partner.
On the emotional level: The essence helps to free our minds of the concerns with material causes, to meet with our inner joy as well as with the feeling of freedom and to feel lighter. Mainly in materialistic societies, in which the main value is only consumption, many people spend less and less time with their friends, children and family. The seal helps us find new parameters and experience again the simple things i.e share the joy with other people, feel the love together with those we love; sit and play with the kids, with friends or with the family. A rigid mentality can be released to make room for joy. We learn to take things more lightly and so we can enjoy flowing through life. We rediscover the ancestral confidence and love.
On the spiritual level: The essence helps us remember our childhood and the feeling of playful lightness. It helps us re-connect with our soul and our inner child, giving us the feeling of joy and spontaneity. It connects us back to our collective being, our family and our friends. We experience and see life as a game, which can also be played with joy and lightness. By connecting with our soul, we rediscover the emotion of the ancestral confidence, love, healing, and the intuition that all is one with God.
