Animal-Speak
Understanding Animal Messengers, Totems, and Signs

Every time I dream or see an animal on my travels I go back to this book to understand its symbolism and what it should mean to me. It is like a dictionary of animal totems and symbolism, everyone should have a copy if he/she are on the Shamanistic road.......more

Loved this book! This was a lovely introduction for me into shamanic spirituality involving birds and animal totems. It was recommended to me by a friend when I mentioned a gorgeous red-shouldered hawk with a tortoise-shelled back and black-and-white striped tail sat on the railing right outside my......more

The introduction and first couple chapters give a thorough explanation of "power animals" and how to work with the symbols/archetypes in our lives. Ted Andrews obviously has a profound knowledge of the esoteric and presents the spiritual or magical powers of animals in an easy-to-read format. Persona......more

(This is a personal reaction rather than a review for potential readers) It was interesting to read this at last. As a new teen pagan I had no way of getting my hands on it but it seemed to be the one title that always came up with recommendations in online discussions and the book I most hankered af......more

A good start, but needs to be expanded upon considerably. The author focuses almost entirely on bird symbolism and mostly neglects the staggering variety of other life on earth that people relate to in symbolic ways.......more