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  • Corvids

    Imbolc                                  New (Bloodroot) Moon

    Another image came to me last night.  The monks look like ravens, clothed in black with their beaks pointed backward (the cowl) and a human face where the back of the head would be.  Ravens and the corvids in general are the most intelligent of all birds, having demonstrated their cunning and their problem solving ability to anyone who knows them well.  They also have demonstrated self-awareness, something many humans can’t claim.

    In that sense then this would be a rookery with the monks nesting in the long south wing and their guests in temporary nest to the west and north.

    The longer I’m here the more I realize what a strong community exists among these 14 monks.  They have roads to plow, vehicles to maintain, building systems to repair and maintain, dishes to wash, the sick to care for, guests to accommodate, prayer services to attend and lead, worship and eucharist on Sundays for the Blue Cloud parish, clothing to make, linens to wash.  Ora et labora indeed.

    The brotherhood and intentional community impresses me as does it long historical continuity dating back to the early centuries of the first millennium c.e.

    A little weary today of the writing, but I plan to plow ahead anyhow.  That is, after all, why I’m here.