Karen Branchflower – illustratör

We are all born with a pre-determined set of totemic animal blueprints that give us a sense of unity and purpose. Your animal messenger represents your strengths and weaknesses, your power, connection to Spirit and your soul essence.   Offering messages and illustrations of approximately 350 of the world's most exotic species, WORLD ANIMAL DREAMING provides you with the key to find your true totemic blueprint. It covers all of the world's animals, from Asia, Europe, North, Central and South America, Australasia, Africa and the Middle East.   The purpose of this revised and expanded edition of WORLD ANIMAL DREAMING is to be used as a spiritual field guide to help you find your totemic animal, unlock your creativity and potential. It may, also, help you find your true vocation and calling, gain insight into your hobbies and health, relationships, legal issues, death, sexuality, spirituality, religion, education, wisdom and travel, your life purpose and sense of personal power.

In times past, it was not uncommon for a seeker of knowledge to request the advice of an Elder; someone skilled in the ability to commune with the energies of nature. Elders were seen as direct links between the people and Spirit, with their words held in high esteem. When questions were raised, the Elder would take up a small pouch, perhaps containing claws, teeth, whiskers and bones of sacred animals which, after a quick shake, would be upended, the contents permitted to spill haphazardly onto the ground. Depending on where and how they fell and the patterns they formed, the Elder would glean information relevant to the seeker by interpreting the messages offered by the animals represented by the claws and teeth. Developed with the corresponding energies of the four directions in mind, the uniquely Australian ANIMAL DREAMING ORACLE embraces this ancient concept in a manner more befitting our times. Instead of the traditional claws and bones, it presents the animal energies to the people as beautifully illustrated portraits, with each animal's Dreaming clearly interpreted in the accompanying guidebook, allowing you to give and receive accurate and inspirational readings for yourself and others. 45 full colour cards