What is Shamanic Animal Communication and how does is differ from telepathic animal communication?
Shamanism is the ancient practice of healing wherein the shaman goes into a trance like state and communicates with spirits. The reasons they do this are to get information and knowledge, and to request healings for other beings (and sometimes for themselves)
Medicine people are shamans. The term comes from Siberia/Tuva/Mongolia, but is used to describe medicine people who work in this way across the globe. All indigenous people use shamanistic practices for their healing work, and most "folk" cultures do as well.
Entering the trance-like "shamanic state of consciousness" is not hard to do, but typically involves some training. In shamanic animal communication we first enter the shamanic state of consciousness, we then connect with a personal helping spirit who loves us and who wishes to help us help animal. Then we connect with the animal with whom we wish to communicate. When we are in the shamanic state of consciousness we enter a world we call "non-ordinary reality". In many ways is it like moving around on earth in ordinary reality, but it more dream like. When we are there our "connected self" is able to move about and reach out to the "connected selves" of other beings. I use these terms because they best describe the phenomena of this experience. You can experience this for yourself in one of my workshops.
The core difference between telepathic animal communication and shamanic communication is that in shamanic communication you always work with the help of a compassionate spirit. This spirit guides you quickly and surely to the client animal, he can diagnose the situation and give clear and helpful advice, he facilitates the communication session by interpreting confusing information when necessary, and most important, he can do direct and miraculous healing for the animals and the people involved.
Those people who have experience doing telepathic communication find working shamanically with the helping spirits to be richer and more beneficial for the clients. And those who are just learning find it very easy to connect with the animal using this method.