Do you believe in totems? If so, do you know what your's are? Why are they significant to you? Have they helped you at all yet? Do you think you can have more than one?
Well I first discovered I had a totem when I went to my friends house in elementary. He and his family are Tlingit... (I think that's how you spell it) and his mother was a shaman (or at least believed herself to be). After about my third visit there she asked me if the crow was of any significance to me and I said no. She went on to inform me about totems and said I had one and it was a crow. Yadda yadda yadda... Anyway, I later had a dream of a crow, elephant, white willow and koi. This led me to believe that you could have more than one totem. They have since come back to visit me in "random" dreams and, every once in a blue moon, in meditation. I believe that they have all helped me in some way (not going to go into details), and I am grateful that the gods have sent them to guide me through life.
This topic was inspired by 2 others in the forum, but I also created it in hopes that maybe someone else would have more knowledge on totems and their purpose. Their messages are not always clear to me and I wish to better understand them. Anyway, I hope you have fun with the topic! Enjoy.
...as when they do it from religious conviction.