Many consider the Raven to be evil and sinister in character and there are numerous superstitions concerning them. Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' describes the black bird as being grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, ominous, a tempter, evil, lonely, ancient and demon-like. However there are numerous instances where the Crow acted as a messenger and a guide. Ravens led the Boeotians to a place where they founded a new city. In 'The Bible' there are a number of references to the raven.
Life is more important than food, and the body more important than clothes.
The beautiful Raven guides my writing here at Soul Food. It has become my totem, a symbol to express who I am and how I want to live. I am a guide, a messenger, who leads others to find their unique voice. I believe that the Raven carries the messages of my heart out into cyber space. Her blackness represents the notion of beginning, just as the symbols of the maternal night and primigenial darkness represent beginning.