THE BLACKBIRD:In Greek stories, the blackbird and the thrush are often mentioned together. Although the Greeks considered the blackbird to be a destructive bird (probably because of its black color), they said it was sacred to the gods because of its sweet song. Welsh legend says that the birds of the goddess Rhiannon were three blackbirds; they sat in the World Tree of the Otherworlds. These birds could sing any human into a sleep or trance. SuperstitionsThe Welsh say that two blackbirds sitting on a window sill or doorstep are a death omen.Magickal AttributesThe learning of mystic secrets while in meditation.Learning trance. Doing deep, purposeful meditations. ChantSing me a song of sleepThat I may sink deep within. Within I seek the Sacred Center, That mystic place of age-old knowledge, Where dwell the divine powers of the universe. Sing me a song of peace While I wlak the spiral inward, Inward to the cauldron-well of mighty visions, The ancient spring of renewing life, That place which silently calls me |
