A Blog About the Myths and Wisdom of Animals
May Totem: Wolf – Pathfinder
This fierce apex hunter is the oldest ancestor of all dogs. She once ruled the forests in harmony with the tribes of Man and her teachings of power are about how to learn for yourself what is best for you and how to teach others what you have learned without controlling them. Wolf medicine honors each person’s need to experience lessons for one’s self and never attempts to force a life style onto another person. Obedience to...
April Totem: Hummingbird – Vibration
She is small but her vibration of beauty is as large as the day is bright. Ranging from the size of a finger to the size of a bumble bee, this humming creature co-evolved with the flowers and lives on the sweetness of life. Hummingbird’s only protection in this big, random world is the power of her pure vibration of beauty and in her beauty she is safe. Locating joy within yourself is the only defense you ever need against the...
March Totem: Frog- Weeping
This little warty creature thrives in the wetlands of life. With his hypnotic ribbit, Frog cleans the pond that beaver built and calls the rain to wash away the stagnant energy of frustration and disappointment that accumulates in our daily struggles. Weeping is the rainy weather of the soul that frees our body and mind of all the pain we have endured so our spirit can arrive at a sense of a job well done. Frog teaches us how to leap across...
February Totem: Horse- Power
Ever poised between yielding and taking action, Horse is the living symbol of power and how to access it. The power of the horse built the Western world as we know it from antiquity to modern centuries shaping beyond measure how we live our lives today. Without the strength and willingness of the spirit of Horse to join and assist the spirit of Mankind there would be little to no technology to speak of on Earth. When we first climbed upon...
January Totem: Snake- Transmutation
If animals are living symbols of the cosmic design, snake, with it’s exclamation point body is the very image of a symbol. She is a gliding hieroglyph speaking volumes to the psyche about our most primal abilities to heal and renew. Her energy is the cosmic declaration of, ‘Yes, I will survive!’ and it is for this reason she is the symbol presiding over all the healing arts. Where all animal spirit medicines speak of...
December Totem: Owl – Deception
The owl is a living radio telescope with sonic disks surrounding the eyes made of feathers which funnel the slightest of sounds directly into her high range ears. Unlike most birds of prey, owl’s satellite dish eyes are forward facing and extra large for her head-size, giving her binocular vision. One ear is situated higher than the other. This auditory asymmetry, along with the ability to pivot the neck 220 degrees allows the owl to...
November Totem: Lynx- Silence
This winter energy teaches the medicine of the hidden. Lynx knows that no secret is ever kept forever. All that is hidden will one day be revealed. Just as oxygen will bubble to the surface of a deep ocean, the energetic truth of all situations will eventually emerge into consciousness. This can come in the form of litteral justice recognized by a court of law, or it can be revealed abstractly through the power of art, fiction, and social...
October Totem: Squirrel – Preparation
This little gardner does not concern herself with how large the world is. She measures the span of her realm nut by nut. It is not necessary to travel far and wide in search of what is needed. We need only dig and uncover all the hard work we’ve already put into the ground. Nothing undoes the work we do. Failure is only a mental perspective that can, in an instant, be reframed as practice towards excellence. Squirrel puts her...
September Totem: Spider- Connections
Everything we do today weaves a path of intricate connection to what will be possible for us tomorrow and beyond. This moment now is connected to infinite opportunities. Spider speaks of finding options from within and creating paths that will pull our desires to us. She lives simultaneously in the horizontal dimension of time and space and the vertical dimension of stillness. She crafts elaborate designs of a fragile, almost invisible...
August Totem: Hawk- Vision
The hawk sees the mountains and the mouse at once with unnerving vision and a singular clarity. This predator medicine teaches how to clear away all distractions and hone in on the root of a matter. It is a lesson in the exquisite tension of conflict which teaches how to engage a challenge without causing reckless harm. Hawk medicine brings messages of the highest certainty regardless of political agendas. She knows that confusion is a...
July Totem: Beaver- Industry
This master architect builds with precision, repairs with vigilance, and creates with an inextricable connection to the surrounding forest. Her seemingly selfish home-making endeavors produce unforeseen resources for countless neighbors who gather at the new waters to drink and grow. Beaver medicine sets aside grand delusions of importance and settles down to gnaw away at the task at hand. She works with a knowing that there is nothing...
June Totem: Jack Rabbit- Caution
“Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!”, if exclaimed on the first of every month is said to bring good luck. But a Chinese proverb warns not to depend on a lucky rabbits foot for fortune, as ‘it didn’t turn out so well for the rabbit, did it?’ The collective archetype found in the symbol of the Rabbit around the world is as diverse as all the worlds cultures. The meaning of Rabbit can range from brave to cowardly, lucky to...
May Totem: Elephant- Tribe
The ambition of evolution shows a most noble grace in the grandeur and subtlety of Elephant. The oldest surviving matriarch on Earth teaches us how to navigate the awe of our experiences and how to remember the past without anguish. Weighing over 16,000 lbs and reaching heights of 13 feet, the elephant is a shy and curious giant. The complex subtitles of her emotions and self expression rival the most sophisticated of human societies....
April Totem: Coyote- Mischief
“Sometimes we’re sacred, sometimes we’re not. But we’re always Indians.” -Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn The wisdom of the Sacred Fool is a tricky, uncanny medicine that can neither be sought nor avoided. It trips you when you think your steady and deserts you as you wobble for support. As we expound and pontificate about the meaning of life, we may be getting a parking ticket and we may have let the soup...
March Totem: Dragonfly- Illusions
The romance between Wind and Water catches fire in the beauty of Dragonfly, quickening our sense of the ever shifting nature of reality. All is seeming and all is change. The journey of Dragonfly teaches how to navigate the the dream stuff we call life. Her medicine is inherent in her name. Is she a Dragon or is she a Fly? She is the master of illusions and light. Her iridescent form streams through an evening meadow casting a...
