Totems- Who Has One, And How To Use 'em?, Totems Options

Firstly I hope this thread is ok here, move it if not.

Okay, so how about totems?

Although I'm no newbie to occultism as such, I've never until recently had my totem come through.
It came through recently, in meditation at first, and since then the spirit of this animal is clearly doing all it can to get me to notice it;
turning up in mail offers, depitctions in books I happen to pick up, stories I happen to read, sites I surf by chance etc.

I'm not sure how to go about responding and getting closer to it, though. How do you work with your totem[s]?
I can't do the obvious and get one as a pet, it's a wild animal that needs meat and a large area!

If by totems you mean power animals, then yes: there are a few techniques you could use and alter to your liking. First of all, you need to dance your power animals. By this, I mean getting two rattles, or a rattle and a rattlestaff, and shake them in a slow tempo and dance in a wide circle. Visualize where your power animal is at that time and wait for him to travel to you from wherever he may be. Use shamanic visioning skills to see and communicate with the power animal. You could also ask for advise. It may express its answer in a yes or no fashion, usually, at least at first.

While shaking the rattles and/or rattlestaff, begin to increase the tempo; dance to the rhythm until you have sufficiently altered your consciousness and are in a trance state. At this moment you may feel what is called shamanic ecstasy. You could follow your guardian spirit in the spirit world and gain access to realms unknown to most humans but visible to every spirit of the earth. You could climb on its back and ascend to the sky or follow him through the underworld. He makes a trusty guide and very loyal. Totems, as you call them, or living beings, only on a higher plane of existence, possibly the astral.