Totems
Yava’in explains:
Totemanimals or animals of power have come into existence round about the year 1470. It is rumoured that the first Totemshaman, Sherah, started it all. These animals have traits in which you can find certain messages or gain strength. Totems guide you or support you and generally protect you throughout life. They also are at the base of most of life’s lessons.
During your life one will encounter multiple Totems. Though usually only one will manifest, others do play an important part. Some Totems, called MessageTotems, will only be with you for a day, where a JourneyTotem will accompany you during a hard time in your life.
Every animals has something unique to offer. First we need to establish a level of understanding with our Totem, because communication can only be clear when we respect their position in our lives. The greater the respect we show, the more important the position of the Totem will be and through that a greater influence of the Totem.
By studying your Totem, you can discover what the Totem has to offer and how it can support you in life. It is important to realise that every animal has its own specialisation.
Everyone dreams of a great, big, strong Totem, but one forgets that an Earthworm can blindly find its way underground, and when the Worm is cut in half it lives on as two separate Worms.
Animals show behaviour in which anyone who is smart enough to observe lessons of life can discover messages of healing. These worthy gifts of healing are for free. Every lesson has an important idea or concept at its foundation. In reality every animal has hundreds of lessons to offer. All these lessons are powers that you can summon. When you call upon one of these animals, you ask for a moment of perfect harmony with the essence of the creature.
You can discover what your Totem might be by meditation with a Totemshaman or by dreaming, preferably under guidance of a Totemshaman. The moment your Totem is known creates a space in your life in which the Totem will live. Together with a Totemshaman you have to prepare for your Totemritual. This ritual is based on you and your Totem and can therefore never be the same.