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Message no. 1
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <CRAIGTW1@******.JUNIATA.EDU>
Subject: Insect totems (sketchy history of)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:29:58 -0500
Somebody asked the question: Who started worshiping Insect totems? Well,
from what I can infer Insect Totems have been around for quite some time.
In one of my other posts about the Dragon Totems, I stated that the totems
are the forms that the spirits take to communicate with the tribe and/or
the shaman. Insect totems are included, some believe that the Insect totems
are all evil. Such is not the case, there are many good Insect totems and
ALL totems can be perceived as "Good" or "Evil". Everything in and of
itself
are not inherently "Good" or "Evil", but are in fact
"Neutral", Totems
included. Here are a list of some Insect Totems: Butterfly, Dragonfly, Spider, and Ant.
Spider and Ant are considered "Evil", but they can also do great
good, as well as great evil.

The worship of the Insect Totems began in pre-written history, by most tribes
of humans. These totems were used as communication pathways with the spirits,
to restate my most important point. As I stated in another post all animals
have a totem, this includes the Insect totems. Also, many plants have their
own totems. I do not know which plants besides Oak that have their own totems.

Tom Craig
craigtw1@******.juniata.edu
Message no. 2
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Insect totems (sketchy history of)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 13:45:37 -0600
Define Evil

hell, for that matter, define good.


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Message no. 3
From: Erik Hultgren <EHULTGRE@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Insect totems (sketchy history of)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 21:34:32 EST
About all of these "real world" totems:
Hey, Tom ???
Where do you get these things??? Are you pulling this out of some way
cool texts????

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