SPELL OF THE WEEK

THE MAGICK OF THE CROW.

THIS WEEK I AM TALKING ABOUT "TOTEM" ANIMAL MAGICK. THE CROW HAS BEEN A CREATURE OF SPELLS AND WITCHES, AND NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKLORE SINCE THE BEGINING OF TIME. BOTH NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS AND THOSE OF WITCHES, HAVE SIMILAR VIEWS AND BELIEFS ON CROWS.

CROWS ARE BELIEVED TO CARRY THE SOULS OF THE DEAD TO THE AFTERLIFE. US WITCHES BELIEVE THAT THE CROW TAKES THE SOULS TO VALHALLA. WHERE THEY TAKE A REST BEFORE BEING REINCARNATED. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE CROW CARRIES THE SOULS OF OUR BELOVED ANIMAL COMPANIONS THAT HAVE CROSSED OVER.

CROWS ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE GREAT TEACHERS OF SPELL WORK AND ALL FORMS OF MAGICK. THE CELTIC GODDESS MORRIGAN, OR MORRGAN LE FEY IS ALWAYS PICTURED WITH A CROW ON HER SHOULDER. THE CROW IS HER MUSE. MORRIGAN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GODDESSES THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME FORM THE BEGINING OF MY MAGICKAL JOURNEY. SHE IS A GREAT GUIDE IN MY LIFE, AS WELL AS TEACHING ME ABOUT DIVINATION AND THE PATH THAT IS RIGHT FOR ME. I HAVE A TATTOO OF HER ON MY RIGHT ARM. SHE CONTINUES TO GUIDE ME WHERE I NEED TO GO.

THE RAVEN IS A COUSIN OF THE CROW. THEY LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL, BUT THE RAVEN IS LARGER, AND HAS A DIFFERENT LOOKING BEAK. UNLESS YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM UP CLOSE, IT'S HARD TO TELL THEM APART. THE BEST WAY TO TELL THEM APART IS TO LOOK THEM UP IN A BIRD BOOK. THEY ALSO SOUND ALMOST THE SAME, BUT THE CROW HAS A DIFFERENT PITCH THAN THE CROW.

MAGICKALLY SPEAKING, DURING YOUR TRANCE OR MEDITATION VISUALIZE A CROW SPEAKING THE KNOWLEDGE YOU SEEK TO YOU. FOCUS YOUR INTENTIONS IN THE MEDITATION AND WHAT THE CROWS MESSAGE IS. THEN FOLLOW THE MESSAGE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN. ALSO, INVITE CROW AND RAVEN ENERGY INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW MANY CROWS YOU WILL SEE. NOT ONLY WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EYES, BUT ALSO YOUR PSYCHIC ONES!!!

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

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