Animal Voices~About the book

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Animal Voices

About the Book

Animal Voices:
Telepathic Communication in the Web of Life

by Dawn Baumann Brunke

ISBN 1-879181-91-6
Bear & Company (Inner Traditions)
256 pages, 6 x 9
35 black-and-white photographs
Paper, $15.00 (CAN $23.95)

   Animal Voices explores the fascinating world of human-animal communication and the underlying spiritual connection between us all. Two dozen leading interspecies communicators share their conversations with a wide range of domesticated and wild animals as we explore the deeper nature of our relationship with the animal kingdom. Over 100 animals -- from dogs, cats, horses and birds to bears, whales, dolphins, and mosquitoes -- contribute their wisdom, insight and humor.

    What do animals most want humans to know? How does our relationship with animals affect our sense of self and spirituality, as well as the evolution of our planet? And what about the darker side of our relationship with animals -- from animals in captivity and those used in scientific research to raising, killing and eating animals?

    Conversations included in this book answer all these questions and more. Cows and chickens consider Mad Cow disease, Bird Flu epidemics and what the illness of large groups of animals reflects to humans. A herd of llama discusses the differences between individuality and herd consciousness. Dolphins explain multidimensionality and a parrot talks about his past life as a Buddhist monk. Insects clarify their essential importance to our world, a cat expounds the value of the shadow, and a dog authors his own chapter.

    By stretching the limits of what we believe is possible -- by connecting with animals mind to mind in the silent, universal language of all beings -- we begin to learn about viewpoints vastly different from our own, thus opening ourselves to worlds we never knew existed. By remembering the sacred web, we move to a more conscious remembering of our own humanity, our kinship with all life, and our role as planetary stewards upon this earth.

Notes from the Publisher:

Animals ranging from mosquitoes to elephants use their own words to guide humanity to a deeper spiritual awakening.
Contains interviews with 25 professional animal communicators and over 100 different animals and animal spirits.
Provides a thrilling glimpse of the possibilities of direct animal-human dialogue.

    According to Echo, an Arabian mare, "Humans are beings of love who have forgotten what love is and who they are." Along with a host of other animal communicators, Dawn Baumann Brunke gives animals like Echo a voice -- a direct line of communication to the human mind. Through Animal Voices, the animal kingdom delivers a message about deepening our spirituality and reconnecting with the web of life.
    Our earliest ancestors had an ongoing shamanic dialogue with the animal kingdom, but this ability has been lost to most in the modern world. Brunke provides the techniques to reopen these connections, reminding us that when we are open to communication with animals, we are open to deeper layers of ourselves.
    The main contributors to this book are actual animals, who reveal themselves to be sentient beings with their own thoughts, emotions, and spiritual reasons for being on the planet. How Brunke overcame her initial skepticism and learned to hear their voices is a fascinating story. Throughout Animal Voices the author integrates her own reflections with those of the animals she interviews. The result is something that will delight animal lovers and force skeptics to reconsider their ideas about the nature of animal consciousness and the possibility of telepathic human-animal communication.