THE NATURAL INSTINCT OF THE ANDEAN CONDOR.

The Andean Condor is one of the most magnificent birds of the world and a symbol of power and health. They also represent a strong connection with its land of origin or birth, because they do not migrate at all.
The Andean Condor is associated with the Sun deity and is the ruler of the Upper World. Condors rest at night and fly by day. They draw the dawn and the sun across the sky and because of that the bird is considered the messenger of the heavens and the carrier of our dreams and prayers, since the Condor flies much higher than any other winged animal. The bird holds a very powerful position in the spirit world and that is the main reason why the bird has such a span of life averaging between 50 and 80 years, roughly the average span of a human being.
The Andean Condor teaches us about the ancient mysteries of life and death, about communion with the spirits and how to soar above our limitations. They have an uncanny ability to sense death, so they are sometimes seen as angels of death, circling around when life is about to end. The bird help us to understand the concept of transformation of that which is dead and no longer alive still have the chance to give energy through its food to the guardian of souls and continue its mission of regeneration.
Condors by nature are carrion eaters (dead animal carcasses). The bird prefer the carcasses of large dead animals like deer, cattle, and sheep. However, they are also known to eat the carcasses of smaller animals like rodents and rabbits.
The Andean Condor lack the strong talons and beaks of Hawks and Eagles, and depend on finding carcasses for food. In fact Condors hardly ever kill for food. They have never been known to attack a living animal. They eat what they find (benevolence) from an animal that was already killed by a predator. They commonly gorge themselves when feeding on a carcass and may go days without eating. Their keen eyesight helps them to locate food. They sometimes travel up to 140 miles per day in search of a meal. They are also keen observers of other scavengers. They are the best natural cleaners of the ecosystem.
The Andean Condor live in the highest peaks (6,9862m) of the rocky, regions of the mountains, including canyons, and gorges. They most often nest in caves. Instead of having many young and expecting only a few able to survive, Condors typically lay one egg and because of that gift that nature give them, they in return provide an extensive amount of parental care.
Like human hair, feathers contain mostly carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen -the essential building blocks of life. Feathers have an ancient symbolic meaning, they are linked to the air element, and freedom, and attributed to a kind of transformation that is strong, swift, and potent. The feathers are used by an Andean shaman on the energetic body of an individual, in smooth, long strokes from the head to the feet, in order to clear the surrounding energy around it. The healing energy is invoked from any of the cardinal directions towards the body.
The prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor says that when the Eagle representing the mental aspect of the World, and the Condor representing the heart of the earth, fly together again (North and the South are no longer at odds), we will again live in harmony and recreate paradise on Earth.