It is a two way road if we are prepared to listen it will show us its secrets. It is important to recognise that nothing in life happens by complete accident or coincidence, there is usually a cause and effect. Everything we do has an effect on something or someone else to a greater or lesser degree. It is all too easy to become complacent with life and convince ones self that we as individuals can have no effect on our destinies, but learning to read the natural elements in our lives can have a considerable effect on the changes we must make. It is important not to confuse an omen or Totem appearance with superstitions which are not true omens.
Superstitions can be at their best, amusing and at their worse, dangerous.
A Separate Reality' by Carlos Castaneda - not devoted to the Totem but an extraordinary concept. But always remember nothing is ever written in stone.