Feeling bearish? Pecking at your food like a bird? Does someone you know have cat-like balance and always land on their feet?

These three questions show how animals have influenced our language in very concrete and noticeable ways, even if we don't recognize that connection very often. Animal Spirit builds on that connection, taking it one step further to show nature's influence on, and applications in, modern magick.

Animal Spirit is designed as a definitive primer in natural magick, specifically animal metaphysics. The world is filled with symbols and energy. Within this realm, we find a wealth of information, patterns, and power that can be applied to modern spiritual pursuits, among them being our animal co-inhabitants. The problem is that, until now, no book has really been written to "marry" science with spirituality and reveal the animal kingdom in all its facets with habitats, real behaviors, and common traits to consider in rounding out our knowledge and methods. For example, someone who finds their sense of humor or adventure wanting might call on Otter spirit for aid. What they may not realize is that in the wild Otters can also be very nippy. This could create playful situations that end up with negative connotations.

This combination of science and metaphysics allows Animal Spirit to fill an important empty spot on the reader's bookshelf. To accomplish this unique blend, Patricia Telesco has teamed up with Rowan Hall, an experienced wildlife biologist and well-known member of the East Coast Pagan community. The result is a book filled with sound science and good magick including:
-- Animals in pathworking.
-- A celestial bestiary.
-- Animal habitats and theirinfluence on totemic energy.
-- Combining animal symbols with feng shui.
-- Animal omens, portents, signs, and divinations.
-- And much more.

Written by a well-known author of metaphysical books and a wildlife biologist, this is one of the most definitive books dealing with nature's influence on and in modern magick.

Spells, Sorcery and Symbols from the Wild.