"Since time immemorial, humans have seen animals as symbols of their dominant characteristics and qualities. You will find them in all religions and in numerous rites of initiation. Some are well known, like the snake, the fish, the bee, the dove, the cat, the cow, the ass, the ox, the wolf… others less so, like the hedgehog.
In some traditions, the hedgehog is one of the symbols of the initiate, because it is immune to snakebites. It feeds on slugs that destroy the garden, or, put another way, it makes the harmful larvae on the astral plane disappear. Lastly, its spines represent the spikes the initiate can use to break down the condensed fluids of negative thoughts and feelings.
This is why, in certain initiations where a disciple undergoes symbolic trials to overcome poison, when he emerges victorious he is called ‘hedgehog’."Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
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Selected meditation: Monday, September 30, 1996 
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