"Includes a comprehensive dictionary of animal, bird & reptile symbolism"--Cover.

Introduction: On learning animal-speak -- PART ONE: SYMBOLS IN THE NATURAL WORLD: The spiritual and magical roles of nature -- Awakening to your spirit totems -- The mystery and magic of predator and prey -- Reading signs and omens in nature -- Augury and the meaning of landscapes -- PART TWO: WINGED ENCHANTMENT: Bird totems and the initiation of air -- Working with bird medicine -- The mystery of feathers and flight -- Feather magic -- Dictionary of bird totems -- PART THREE: UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL MEDICINE: Honoring animal totems -- Animal rites -- Dictionary of animal totems -- PART FOUR: THE EXOTIC LANGUAGE OF INSECTS AND REPTILES: Insight into the world of insects -- Dictionary of insect totems -- The magic of the reptile world -- Dictionary of reptile totems -- Totems in a civilized world.