2014-02-07 C2 PBP
John COUGHLIN, writer of "Out of the Shadows", through "Waning Moon" publishing. A book more akin to religious anthropology than Llewellyn's style-guide, yet informative without being narcoleptic. Instead of looking at what each Pagan or Neopagan religion does differently, he looks at attributes they have in common. It is one of those books that you want in paper form. Makes a "greater whole" when added to K's Nocturnal trilogy; something greater than the sum of its parts. Makes a great refresher too, especially for those FB comment wars.
-DB
CORVIDs - Crows, Ravens, Magpies, Jays, Birds of Paradise - found on every continent except Antarctica, and every color except clear, plaid, or pooka-dot. YOU may not enjoy the voice much, but they are regarded as song-birds!
A brain the size of a walnut, yet they use more of their IQ points than most of the people you work with! On a memory test, Corvids can hide a few hundred nuts in a forest and remember where, roughly 95% of them are, a month later. Humans on the other hand... Crows and Ravens have also been recorded as making and using tools, just like our hominid relatives, the apes! Ever see one hanging upside down on an electrical wire? They do that occasionally so as to get a different perspective on their surroundings!
Crows and Ravens have also been in theology; Greek, Roman, Celt, Native American, and others. From Apollo's totem, to the Celt's "Transporter of Souls to the Underworld", to the Native American's story of how the world began... Crow or Raven was there, depending on which tribe you reference.
They are not evil, they are misunderstood, just like us. :-/
So, read the book "Bird Brains". It has a BBB on the cover; a Big Black Bird.
-DB
