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which is expressed in New Agers’ concern with ecology and animal rights. Unlike benevolent alien visitors or wise Ascended Masters, whose existence is not supported by an abundance of evidence, there is no doubt dolphins do exist. Nor is their intelligence in doubt, although scientists concede the reach or limitations of their intelligence are unknown. For all of these reasons, dolphins continue to be a source of speculation and fascination for the New Age community.” The dolphin was even incorporated into children’s education in the classroom. A self-esteem program, Developing Understanding of Self and Others (DUSO), has a series of 42 guided imagery lessons. When the children relax and close their eyes, they are to imagine that they are journeying to faraway places. There they meet animals such as DUSO the dolphin. Another animal that became popular in the past decade was the goose. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Symbols claims:

“In Egyptian mythology, the goose plays an important role as the primeval goose that either laid the world egg or—according to different versions—was born from it. In Egypt, as in China, wild geese were also regarded as mediaries between heaven...and EARTH.—In Greece, the goose was sacred to Aphrodite