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Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 8, 2020 at 8:31am

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 8, 2020 at 8:27am

Your right Elspeth we have forgotten how to talk with animals and birds.They have senses far stronger than ours especially birds.We cant read what birds are doingor why they are doing it.Im trying to read their activities better its a personal journey for me.Ive bieen a bird watcher as far as i can remember now im taking it a step further.

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 1:07pm

Thanks Elspeth .

Comment by Arachnifauna on February 7, 2020 at 11:59am

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Comment by Patricia Fross on February 7, 2020 at 9:38am

Beautiful pictures and interesting information!

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 9:05am

Brilliant pics of Ravens Elspeth much appreciated .Where did you find them?

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 8:29am

The Morrigan Call

 

She sat stock still atop the tall building way above the streets ,that thronged with people.They scurried about like ants ,hither and thither ,not looking or talking to one another ,never mind looking up.She smiled to herself her black feathery cloak flapping in the wind.Blackboots rose up her leg to her thigh and her blood red dress rode high showing soft pale skin.Her full breasts could be seen moving as she breathed.The strong night breeze caught her long black hair and flowed like black water behind her.Again she looked down at the ant people , no wars here,no one cares for the old ways anymore she thought sadly.No dead warriors to carry off and nothing for her children to feed on.She stretched out her arms to either side her cloak forming into a wing .Laughing loudly she rose upward ,surrounded by her corvid children.
Morrigan would be heard again.

 

Andrew.p. mcintyre 2018.

 

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 7:59am

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 7:58am

Part Four - Bird of Smoke, Bird of Fire

Who reveals to us our Deep Desire
Susa Morgan Black

Annotated Bibliography
I have an ever growing Corvid library. Here are some of my favorites!

American Crow and Common Raven by Lawrence Kilham, Texas A and M University Press, 1989
A very good book, going into great detail about every aspect of crows and ravens in the wild. Very thorough.

Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies and Jays, by Candace Savage, Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1995
An excellent, informative, coffee-table book with some of the best photos of the Corvidae family I've seen in print. An absolute MUST for raven lovers.

Crows and Jays: A Guide to the Crows, Jays and Magpies of the World, by Steve Madge and Hilary Burn, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1994
An encyclopedia of Corvidae with over one hundred entries, color drawings, details of their identification, habitats, voice, breeding, diet, distinctive habits, etc. This book is for the serious corvidologist.

Crows: An Old Rhyme, by Heidi Holder, Farrar-Straus-Giroux, New York, 1987
A well illustrated version of a traditional English folk rhyme. A wonderful gift for a child.

Jackdaw and the Witch, A True Fable, by Sybil Leek, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1966
A wonderful tale by a famous British Witch about their family's pet jackdaw.

Mind of the Raven, Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds, by Bernd Heinrich, Cliff Street Books, New York, 1999
Incredible book by world's foremost authority on ravens. The sequel to Ravens in Winter.

Rainbow Crow, by Nancy Van Laan, Dragonfly Books, New York, 1989
A nicely illustrated and colorful children's story about a young crow who wanted to be different.

Raven and Snipe, by Anne Cameron, Harbor Publishing Co., B.C., Canada, 1991
Part of a series of traditional Native American folk tales about Raven.

Raven Goes Berrypicking, by Anne Cameron, Harbor Publishing Co., B.C., Canada, 1991
Part of a series of traditional Native American folk tales about Raven.

Raven Returns the Water, by Anne Cameron, Harbor Publishing Co., B.C., Canada, 1987
Part of a series of traditional Native American folk tales about Raven.

Ravens in Winter by Bernd Heinrich, Summit Books, New York, 1989
Ornithologist Heinrich spent four winters in the Northeastern woodlands in an intense study of raven behavior. Very thorough and readable.

Raven Tales, Traditional Stories of Native Peoples, edited by Peter Goodchild, Chicago Review Press, 1991
A very good collection of Native American tales.

Ravensong, A Natural and Fabulous History of Ravens and Crows, by Catherine Feher, Northland Publishing, Arizona, 1991
An excellent collection of raven myths from around the world.

Comment by Ghillie Dhu on February 7, 2020 at 7:54am

Magic Circles
When drawing a circle using Raven imagery, clothe yourself in dark flowing robes. In the Morganian tradition of Wicca, the Raven priestess circles the perimeter nine times in honor of the nine priestesses of Avalon.

Adding raven feathers to your tools (for instance attaching the black feathers to your wand, staff, athame, shield, drum, pentacle) or crafting your tools in the shape of ravens is a powerful way to use Raven Magic. I have also worn a raven mask when drawing down the Raven Goddess, Morgan.

Trance
Use Raven to guide you into trance. There are many poems and songs dedicated to Raven that you can use to guide you.

Invocation of Raven
by Susa Morgan Black

Morgana of the Dark Moon Night
Onyx bird, bold in flight
Raven, come to us now!

Keeper of the sacred well
Where the faerie spirits dwell
Raven, come to us now!

Guardian of the Blackthorn Tree
Home of the feared Banshee
Raven, come to us now!

Teacher of warriors, and of sex,
spells that heal and spells that hex
Raven, come to us now!

Bean Sidhe by the river bed
Washing shrouds of the newly dead
Raven, come to us now!

Twin birds of memory and thought
Who brought the knowledge Odin sought
Raven, come to us now!

Raven with his bag of tricks
Always getting in a fix
Raven, come to us now!

Stalwart guardian of the Land
The sacred bird of mighty Bran
Raven, come to us now!

Wise one of the Second Sight
Who foretells our human plight
Raven, come to us now!

Raven, Oldest of us All
Watch over us and hear our call
Raven, come to us now!

Healing
Bird whose magic is revealing
The hallowed mystery of healing
Susa Morgan Black

Both Celtic and Druid Slànaighear (Healer) and Native American shamans use Raven's spirit for healing, especially long distance healing. When doing a healing circle for an absent friend, the energy can be sent in the form of a raven.

If you are working directly with someone who is ill, you can use raven feathers to stroke their body, collecting and drawing out the negative energy, to be shaken out and cleansed later. Raven is powerful medicine.

Protection

The dead are lying in the field,
Oh, hear Her Kraaak and cry!
The gaping wounds, a raven's yield,
She comes hungry from the sky.
The Morrigan by Susa Morgan Black

In nature, Ravens will mob their enemies if they come too near their nest. Ward your home or business against malefactors with the spirits of warrior ravens, like Owein's Raven Army, the Morrigan, or the Valkyres. When you invoke their fearless spirits, nothing can prevail against you.
 

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