I found Puffin as a kitten by the side of a road in West Cork one day, she was covered in cow dung and had a broken tail. I scooped her up, put her into my front pocket and carried her back home. Even after a good bath, she still looked pretty terrible. However, after masses of food, lots of love and when her tail had finally broken off, she was transformed into a very beautiful, long haired tabby and white cat. We were very close and went through many changes and adventures together.

Puffin was only 8 when she died; the vet said that her body was riddled with cancer.  I was devastated and felt as though I had lost my other half.  For Puffin had taught me to love, as I had not loved for a very long time, it was as though she came into my life to heal up some very old wounds.

About a month after her passing, I was given the address of an Animal Psychic, actually I wasn’t sure that I needed to talk to a psychic about Puffin at that stage.  So I decided to ask Puffin in my mind, if she wanted to talk to me. I said to her ‘If you do want to communicate with me, show me a cat on the road as I cycle back home’. I saw three cats!

After such a positive affirmation what else could I do – I contacted the psychic. She said to me that Puffin had transformed into a magnificent lion-like being, who would continue to be with me in spirit as a guide. She also said that Puffin and I had known each other in a former lifetime, when I had lived a wonderful life as an Egyptian King. 

The psychic relayed the story of how one day, while the King was out lion hunting, he came across an injured lion. When the man and animal made eye contact, the look that passed between them was so deep and profound, that it transformed the Egyptian King’s view of animals entirely. The Lion subsequently died from his injures. 

The psychic said, that the bond that had been forged between the lion and man in those moments, had stayed with me through many hard and painful lifetimes, giving me insight and knowledge as to who and what the beings we call ‘animals’ really are.  

Puffin had a message for me – to remember what it was like when I lived that glorious life of an Egyptian King – to walk in the sun as he did. Certainly, at that point in my life I was walking in a  dark place. Its taken me many years to begin to do what she advised!