Animal Totems; Yay or Nay?

This week here on The Spiral Dance, we're discussing Animal Totems. In the general neoPagan community people - not everyone - who work with animal spirit guides talk about Animal Totems. Purists will tell you that the that's kind of a miss-gnome r. Totems are not really spirit guides and spirit guides are not really totems. But fear not! Your friend, Hawthorne is here to untangle the whole mess and by the time we're finished we'll all know what really is what. So we start of with a pretty clear definition of what a Totem is - where the word came from and how it was used. Plus, we'll find out what Carl Gustave Jung had to say about Totems. Then we'll get into Power Animals, and animal guides, with some - interesting - contemporary theories on the subject. And we'll give a listen to Gerry Starnes, a shamman who works with power animals. Hope you enjoy the show.