There’s something magical about these corvids which has placed them into a category all of their own. Poets have written about them, troubadours sang of their riddling natures, and even in today’s society, they place prominence by being namesakes of sports teams, bands, and TV series. In movies, they provide awareness of ominous foretelling. Sometimes, they’re even used as pets of the awkwardly strange character. In social media, they’ve become a sensation for being intelligent and trainable. In general, corvids are first and foremost messengers. There's always a reason why they make their presence known in our lives. But, before getting into their symbolism, we’ll start with the basics: appearance. Magpies happen to be the most distinguishable, yet, unlike crows and ravens are not found throughout the entirety of the United States. Typically, they have both black and white coloration but may also have blue or green, instead of, or including, white depending on their location in...

  It is said the beginning of a dream tells what the issue is. The middle explains how to resolve the issue, and the third part shows the outcome if you were to pursue this path. I once had a dream (1996) in which I wrote: In a classroom, [we’re] sitting at our desks and some people were passing things out of theirs as we were to share everything. It was a very controlled atmosphere and it seems I was slightly scared or fearful of something bigger than I could comprehend - it was something about how the atmosphere was so controlled. I remember getting this card from Aadrik - it contained a card, some embroidery floss (brown and one other color,) and something else. I remember taking the brown floss and starting to hand it to the person in front of me (because I thought I HAD to give it away - I thought that was the rule) but someone told me (internally) that I could keep it. Surrounding us was some sort of market. It was dark, mysterious, and packed with people going to and fro. I ...

Recently, I just had to buy this fascinating book called  Know the Name; Know the Person: Decoding Letters to Reveal Secrets Hidden in Names by Sharón Lynn Wyeth . As a full-fledged Sagittarian with 4 planets in the Sags house, I can't help but be captivated by personality categorization systems, whether it's astrology, the Myers-Briggs testing, or through numerology. I became fascinated with wanting this book after hearing the author doing an interview on Coast to Coast . She said she had found that certain sounds and letters would indicate definitive character traits. The more she studied, the sharper her understanding of this concept it became. (Mind you, she has me down pat.) Did anyone see the movie Arrival ? Amy Adams plays a linguist who must learn to interpret an unknown alien language. By the end, it becomes a universal language. The above two concepts made me begin to wonder about something... The story of the Tower of Babel begins with a united people with one go...

  If you've even remotely studied the chakras or other metaphysical things, you've probably noticed the symbols that accompany them. Symbolism is the language of the soul. In the Middle Ages, art was not, for the most part, about technique. Seriously, if you've never studied art from that time period, it's sub-par compared to the present day, much less the Renaissance. The emphasis, instead, went into the myth and symbolism. Mary usually wears blue, sometimes red, depending on the storyline. The dove represents the Holy Spirit. The representation of Christ has its start in Appolonic representation, think "golden boy." (Apollo was a Greek god associated with the sun, among other things. He was usually depicted with sun rays emanating from his head, which became the halo later with Christ.) It was probably the Surrealists though that really learned to capitalize on a semiotic subconscious framework within their art. Everyone argues over whether something shou...