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Speak To Me Of The Dark Birds.......

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From the lens Dark and Noble Ravens.

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  • CDT Sep 1, 2010 @ 5:52 pm | delete
    Odin had two ravens - Huginn and Munin (Thought and Memory) who flew all over Midgard and brought him information and he is often depicted with them - one sitting on each shoulder :)

    Fantastic lens - blessed by a Squid Angel :)
  • WDBurns Jun 28, 2010 @ 12:38 pm | delete
    One for my collection of creepy favs. well done!
  • beckyf Mar 13, 2010 @ 6:41 pm | delete
    I enjoyed this lens. Well done. :)
  • eclecticeducation Feb 28, 2010 @ 6:28 pm | delete
    Very interesting! Great lens. Blessed by an Angel.
  • Moonfollower Oct 1, 2009 @ 5:39 pm | delete
    I am trying to get a costume together for Halloween, trying to stay on a theme... Looking for a Raven Leather Mask for a Costume Ball. Any Ideas?
  • lostinfiction Sep 30, 2009 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    if you're into gothic horror fiction, you should also check out that new movie based on "The Picture of Dorian Gray" - dark, moody, fantastic! :) I found a blog review with a trailer at the end too: http://infloox.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/the-picture-of-dorian-grey-movie-adaptation/
  • Ramkitten Sep 27, 2009 @ 10:50 pm | delete
    One of my favorite birds, though often overlooked or unappreciated. I love to watch them do their acrobatics in the air at Grand Canyon and listen to their wide range of vocals.
  • eccles1 Sep 8, 2009 @ 3:37 pm | delete
    How beautiful!!
  • aj2008 May 10, 2009 @ 2:26 am | delete
    You may like to check out the Legend of the ravens that guard The Tower of Lodon to this very day! Excellent lens and Blessed by an Angel
  • MiaBellezza May 7, 2009 @ 10:37 am | delete
    Cool lens about ravens - caw, caw, 5* and lensrolled into Dragon Masks.
  • Vladi Apr 28, 2009 @ 5:54 am | delete
    This is one bird I would never ever mess with! I may even have a disturbed nap now. Good to see you in the Feathers, Fur and Fin group (/groups/animalcentral)
  • Ahmady Apr 27, 2009 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    Oh yes, forgot to add -- hope you make LoD -- Poe's home is in Richmond, Virginia--I remember the thrill of reading that poem in eighth grade -- but I never read anything about his inspiration for writing it...
  • Ahmady Apr 27, 2009 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    Great lens--you covered facts, myths, literature!!
  • spirituality Apr 18, 2009 @ 3:41 am | delete
    Great lens - you've been blessed by a squidoo angel :)
  • a_willow Apr 11, 2009 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    Who would have thought you can make such an exquisite lens about this dark bird?! Excellent work Christie and one fully deserving a blessing!
  • keithyoung Mar 27, 2009 @ 6:44 pm | delete
    Wow!!! Fantastic lens! Really atmospheric!! And the Edgar Allen Poe stuff....what can I say?
    Well done Homeopath, and thank you!
  • Ramkitten Jan 21, 2009 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    Great lens and fits perfectly with my "Critters of the Coconino National Forest", so I'm lensrolling. Looking for great lenses on each of the critters I've selected so people can find out even more about them. Will include a link to this lens in the module as well. 5*
  • hermitqueen Jan 11, 2009 @ 7:16 pm | delete
    My dad loved Edgar Allen Poe's work and named me after The Raven. Maybe that's why I am fascinated by ravens, or maybe it's coincidental. Thanks for this super-cool lens!
  • rydigga Jan 10, 2009 @ 10:50 pm | delete
    Hi,

    Great lens with an awesome layout. Ravens are interesting and very intelligent animals. Well Done!

    Ryan
  • Scholara Jan 5, 2009 @ 1:19 am | delete
    Awesome!
  • NatureMaven Dec 6, 2008 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Great lens! I love how the Pacific Northwest native people portray the Raven in their art.
  • Morgana Nov 13, 2008 @ 2:57 pm | delete
    Brilliant site , very well done with excellent content.
  • Hexe Nov 1, 2008 @ 9:03 pm | delete
    sorry my english is not good, but i like Raven and Crow. Welkom in my realm...
    kraehenreich.spaces.live.com
    Greetins from HEXE
  • Trekkiemelissa Oct 26, 2008 @ 6:18 am | delete
    You just couldn't write a Raven lens without the Edgar Allen Poe Raven Poem :) I love it.
  • jeffwend Oct 21, 2008 @ 11:14 pm | delete
    Haunting and Mysterious is right. They really are remarkable animals.
  • rms Oct 20, 2008 @ 11:30 am | delete
    This great lens is being featured today at www.giantsquidshowcase.com.
    Stop by and grab your badge!
  • TheGreenerMe Oct 18, 2008 @ 5:40 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens, I like the layout. Ravens are an incredible bird, and they're smart too. Nice work!
  • AndyPo Oct 15, 2008 @ 4:03 am | delete
    Excellent lens (5*) and an interesting choice of subject.
  • starlitparlit Oct 8, 2008 @ 8:45 am | delete
    Really well put together lens. I like it alot. Who knew there was so much to that strange black bird?
  • Angelina_Howard Sep 28, 2008 @ 11:54 pm | delete
    Thank you for your comments on my lens!

    I have had a fascination for ravens as long as I can remember. Raven is my Dad's nickname. The creatures are intelligent, majestic and intriguing. Thank you for your depiction of the raven and the well put together lens. 5* can't wait to read your other lens.
  • ChiWizard Sep 27, 2008 @ 2:54 am | delete
    An inspiring lens,5 Star - I think there is something very exciting and powerful about the shiny black raven - The Alchemists associated the Raven with the highest spiritual knowledge because a rainbow sheen can sometimes be seen on the black plumage. In his book 'Animal Messenger' Scott Alexander King suggests that "...When we accept the Dreaming of the Raven we begin to understand our innate knowledge, the deep wisdom that comes with living our purpose and the Magick harnessed when we learn how to administer it."
  • JohannTheDog Sep 25, 2008 @ 10:53 am | delete
    Love this lens! The Raven was the first poem that Mum ever read, her GrandMum had a book of poems. Reading that poem made her love poetry for the rest of her life. An amazing classic.

    Me? I just like to herd them. :) Thanks for an amazing lens with beauty and great info! Woofs, Johann
  • ChristiannaGarrett-Martin Sep 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    This is an amazing Lens!! I love the Poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe. It is my favourite Poem, and prompted me to write one about Ravens, though not in the same class as his obviously.

    I loved the images and photographs you used too. A really splendid Lens!

    Favourite and 5*****

    Christianna
  • CosmeticSurgeryIreland Sep 21, 2008 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    Stone the crows. what a wonderful lense.
  • naturegirl7 Sep 18, 2008 @ 8:53 pm | delete
    I found the ravens! They were here all along. :)5*'s and a lens roll back to their friends, the Animals of Halloween.
  • Joe98 Sep 17, 2008 @ 4:07 pm | delete
    Interesting! It is very interesing.
  • StephanieManning Sep 13, 2008 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Wow! Nice Lens!
  • WhiteOak50 Sep 9, 2008 @ 6:16 am | delete
    This is great! For the past few days I have been thinking about the pictures that I want to take of Ravens. Very mysterious bird that is (smiles).
    Lensrolling it over to a few of my own. Have a great day.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Sep 8, 2008 @ 12:44 pm | delete
    When other high schoolers were sneaking cigarettes, I was hiding out in a corner reading Edgar Allen Poe's Raven. It has always been a favorite. So creepy and dark.
  • 0ctavias0fferings Sep 7, 2008 @ 7:41 am | delete
    We have plenty of ravens around here, wonderful birds. 5* and emailed the lens to my daughter, she'll love it too :-)
  • JudyDunn Sep 1, 2008 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    Terrific lens. Ravens really are much more complex than we first assume, aren't they?
  • CleanerLife Aug 25, 2008 @ 5:48 pm | delete
    Great poem, ever hear the song by the Alan Parsons Project? It gets stuck in my head every so often.
  • aidenw Aug 19, 2008 @ 10:52 pm | delete
    I love ravens. They are mysterious and intriguing creatures. I especially like Poe's poem. Have 3 audio versions of it. You did a wonderful job. 5 stars.
  • ShannonC Jul 17, 2008 @ 12:52 am | delete
    I love ravens too...did a painting of them called crow love, lately though they have been nasty (got dive bombed)...still they are a fascinating bird and incredibly intelligent
  • hesika Jul 9, 2008 @ 4:41 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for this lens.

    I can watch a family of ravens here from my window. It is very interesting to watch them and I learned that they are very intelligent and social.
  • nina_kuriloff Jul 3, 2008 @ 10:36 pm | delete
    This lens is marvelous!
    Thanks for creating it!
    :-)
  • ajr51594 Jul 3, 2008 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Wow, you really covered all the bases with this lens! I love it! I'm a huge crow/raven fan myself. This is really an inspiration since I'm a newbie on Squidoo. Awesome job!
  • poddys Jul 2, 2008 @ 7:34 pm | delete
    Very cool idea for a lens, great job you did too. 5 ***** and well deserved.
  • enslavedbyfaeries Jun 30, 2008 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    I have a fascination with ravens and absolutely love this lens! I had to feature it on my Gothic Christmas Tree lens because it fits in so well there.
  • totalhealth Jun 30, 2008 @ 9:20 am | delete
    beautiful lens, I enjoyed reading. 5 stars
  • K_Linda Jun 25, 2008 @ 9:56 am | delete
    Wonderful lens in idea and execution. I love reading about the symbolism different creatures hold for different cultures. Great job!
  • Snakesmum Jun 24, 2008 @ 1:39 am | delete
    Ravens are great! I have some in the large eucalypts near my home, and would like them to visit my garden more.
    Like your lens a lot.
    Jean
  • spirituality Jun 23, 2008 @ 2:45 am | delete
    Aren't ravens and other related birds great? Lovely lens. Your intro was the best squidoo intro I've read in ages, probably forever. You got it girl!
  • paperfacets Jun 15, 2008 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    This is excellent! I have just a tiny bit about ravens. I was dismayed that related info at the top of my page referred to raven pest control! I will look at your raven material again. So interesting.
  • Morgana_ Jun 12, 2008 @ 9:04 am | delete
    Excellent lens, I absolutley adore Ravens they are such a magical bird.
    I would like to invite you to visit my lens animal spirit guides.

    Two Hawks
  • frances Jun 11, 2008 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Really great collection of interesting information about ravens.
  • rms Jun 11, 2008 @ 6:22 am | delete
    Thank you for adding this fabulous lens to the Gothic Temptations group!
  • rms Jun 11, 2008 @ 6:21 am | delete
    thank you for adding this fabulous lens to the Gothic Temptations group!
  • GypsyPirate Jun 4, 2008 @ 7:02 pm | delete
    I have long been a fan of Poe - and I wondered where you were planning to take me with this lens. Well, thank you, for you took me on a wonderful mental walk. What a gem!
  • cowgirlup1123 Jun 3, 2008 @ 6:34 pm | delete
    I really don't like ravens, but I have a certain urge to go by a book on ravens weird huh.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen May 31, 2008 @ 5:28 pm | delete
    Great lens. I love the birds.
    5* and lensroll
    Lizzy
  • GlasstasticTreasures May 31, 2008 @ 9:45 am | delete
    Great lens. First thing I thought of was Edgar Allen Poe!
  • gothicrow May 29, 2008 @ 6:51 am | delete
    I love all this information on my favorite bird! I've been here all morning checking out the links and reading this excellent page by this awesome writer!
  • Kerry~ Moonbeam Arts May 29, 2008 @ 6:03 am | delete
    I have always felt the raven brings the message... and I am delighted by their presence.
    Thank you for featuring my cards! New ravens coming soon...

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