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O.K. if you live in Africa or Australia -- but not for USA I was looking for a book that would be a guide to animals that I see. For example, today I saw four white-tailed deer and wondered if this book would provide a message of why they appeared today. I read Natalie Post's review: "The book comprehensively details the animal kingdoms with an extensive dictionary that provides key qualities and characteristics of particular animals, the mythology and history surrounding them, and questions to ask when they are encountered during the course of a day." That, together with the 5-star rating, and I thought, "Wow! I'll buy it!" I was hoping for a waking-hours animal reference book along the lines of Barbara Condron's "The Dreamer's Dictionary" that covers dream-time images. And Animal-Wise would come close to that kind of reference book if only it focused on common animals. I was hoping to at least be able to check out things like squirrels (for which there is a very good small reference but not a full listing), deer, blue jays, robins, cardinals, raccoons, skunks, et. al. Instead, it lists animals that might be part of your animal totem -- usually not one of the animals you come across in your daily life, unless you're a zoo-keeper or you live in the jungles of Africa or in the Outback of Australia. The list of mammals covered is: aardvark, apes & monkeys, arctic fox, baboons, beluga, boar, camel, capybara, caribou, cheetah, chimpanzee, chipmunk (Well, there's one I see once in a while anyway!), dingo, eland, ferret, gazelle, gibbon, gorilla, guinea pig, hedgehog, hippopotamus, humpback whale, hyena, impala, jackal, jaguar, kangaroo, koala, lemur, llama, mole, musk ox, muskrat, orangutan, panda, polar bear, shrew, Siberian tiger, wallaby, walrus, wolverine and zebra. Very disappointing! The list of birds covered is: albatross, bittern, black vulture, bluebird, bobwhite, burrowing owl, caracara, cockatoo, condor, conures, cormorant, emu, flamingo, goshawk, great blue heron, grebe, gyrfalcon, harrier hawk, harris hawk, ibis, junco, killdeer, kite, lark, long-eared owl, macaw, merlin, nighthawk, osprey, parakeet, puffin, sandhill crane, sapsucker, secretary bird, sharp-shinned hawk, shorteared owl, tufted titmous, and white crane. Again, very disappointing -- though a bit more commonly-seen than the mammals Andrews chose to cover. On the other hand, his "Dictionary of Insects and Arachnids" is much more useful. He covers the following insects and arachnids: black and yellow argiope, black widow spider, brown spider, caterpillar, centipede and millipede, cicada, cockroach, cricket, daddy longlegs, earthworm, firefly, flea, fly, jumping spider, ladybug, leech, mosquito, moth, orb-weaver spiders, scorpion, silkworm moth, slug, snail, stick bug (walkingstick), tarantula, tick, wasp, water spider, wolf spider, and woolly caterpillar. Andrews also has sections on reptiles & amphibians and sea life. I'm posting this so that people know what they're buying, as I felt the current descriptions and reviews misrepresent it. Great Addition I also haven't read through all of this book yet, but I am very pleased to see that, unlike Animal-Speak, Ted Andrews has included fish and sea creatures! Ted Andrews has such valueable knowledge to share on all animals, I believe it's a mistake to keep trying to fit it all into a one-volume book, but at least it seems to be growing. continued I have not fully read this book but the last review written needed to be added to. This book is an extention of Animal Speak, so as author writes further into the shaministic world of animals he writes further on less common animals. So if you know of particular animals that you would like to work with or learn Mr Andrews views on it might behoove you to compare both of the books physically before you commit to purchasing them. I personally find Andrews writting style to be easily read and most often agreeable if not sometimes a little watered down as spiritual books need to be due to the nature that is dependant on the individual. -j Ted Andrews Continues to Write Great Books!! Although I have just purchased this book and have yet to read most of it I did one of the excersises and already I see a differene in the animals that I see and the way that I am attuned to nature!! Ted Andrews oncre more gives well written guidance for anyone who is seeking to get in touch with their spiritual nature! His grasp of the animals is through. Animal Wise goes in conjuction with Animal Speak. In animal wise he expounds on animals. Not ones that appear to you every day but sometimes those that come in dreams or draw your attention on TV. An elightening book for all!! Animals and Shamanism With this great book you can discover the relation between the shamanism and animal kingdom. The study of this book is about nature.Nature is one of the "most important" think in shamanism, and this book shows the way of understandig the nature. See also:
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