Chapter 3: Feather Magic Summary and Analysis

The next chapter focuses more on flight and feathers. Feathers differ on a bird. Tail feathers are for steering and braking. There are feathers more designed to catch lift, and to keep the rain off the bird's skin. The first part of this next section of text involves still more on the powers of the feathers. Ted Andrews explains what a fetish is. A fetish is like a talisman in that it is an object that helps an individual focus his or her power. It is also like a talisman in that it provides an individual with a connection to the object, or creature to which it refers. Temples, and altars, as well as pendants and other articles of faith, are religious 'fetishes' in that they are designed to connect a person with the divine force they...