Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- About the author -- Other titles of interest -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Hidden Language of Power -- Wild Horses -- Falcons and the International Language of Authority -- Scales of Justice -- Are Dragons Good or Evil? -- Imperial Eagles -- How a Laurel Wreath Links Emperors and Poets -- When a Column Isn't a Column -- Phoenixes and Female Power -- Next Stop, Elephant and Castle -- Raging Bulls -- The Pear That Terrorized a King -- The Reason Lions Rule -- The Hidden Language of Faith -- Why Do Jesus, Buddha, Mithra and Vishnu All Have Haloes? -- Why Your Soul Is a Butterfly -- How the Palm Branch Triumphed -- The Wheel's Revolution -- The Power of Doves -- Why the Lily is the Purest Flower -- The Hidden Depths of a Lotus -- Of Eggs and Origins -- The Mystical, Multi-dimensional Rabbit -- The Covert Importance of Goldfinches -- Rainbows: Art, Unity and Optimism -- Holy Grail, Holy Grapes -- The Hidden Language of Uncertainty -- Black Mirrors -- The Rise of the Skull -- Wise Owl? -- Cat Lovers: Don't Read This -- The Illuminati, the Masons and the Eye of Providence -- Here's Why You Never Trust a Fox -- The Scythe of Time and Death -- Lose Yourself in a History of Labyrinths -- Snakes: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- An Elegy to the Poppy -- The Corruption of a Symbol: The Swastika -- Before the Bubble Pops … -- The Hidden Language of Hope -- The Never-ending Symbol: Ouroboros -- Paradise, Power and Eternal Youth: Fountains -- The Secret Superpowers of a Peacock -- The Greatest Symbol of Hope: A Fish? -- A Wild Unicorn Hunt -- A Rose by Any Other Name -- Why an Orchid Represents the Perfect Man -- Why You Should Always Trust a Dog -- Extraordinary Parrots -- The Friendly Plant: Sunflowers -- The Carnation: Flower of Sorrow or Joy? -- La Peregrina and the History of Pearls in Art -- Notes.

Sources of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Copyright.