Animal Wisdom Speaks - Month of the Crow

​The Keeper of Sacred Law

​Crow is a mentor and companion that is neither light nor dark but dwells in the in-between and listens to all the stories told with open ears. She is a being of the void, the canvas between the stars, where there is no contrast, no shadows or light, no differences or disbalance, but harmony and singing the songs of our souls from heart to heart. 
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Everything you give out, every deed done, every word spoken, returns to you in one way, shape, form or another, for every deed done and every word spoken is the beginning of a circle and it will return to you at one point on your path, so you are able to understand and learn the lesson, truth and wisdom behind it. The joy you brought, the pain you caused. It is not a punishment, but the nature of free will and choice, a gift given to experience and explore both light and darkness so you can understand the in-between, the being one.  

When the All-and-One was telling all beings of creation about their purpose, the All-and-One was called away, when the All-and-One was about to talk with Crow about her tasks. As Crow loves learning and getting to know new things, she grew impatient of waiting after a while and chose to find her purpose on her own. 
 
On her journeys to find her purpose, she became friends with all of creation, a counsellor and mentor, teaching them about free will, the gift of choice and that life is theirs to experience and live, finding her own purpose by being her true and authentic self.
 
Crow is a shapeshifter, a jack-of-all-trades and an agent of change that never stops learning and exploring and who does not see a world that is black and white, but a world that is a meadow of unique and colorful flowers whose seeds are a boon to all of creation, as those seeds will grow into different shades of the same flower, carry different healing properties and experiences and at the end of their circle become stars on the canvas in the sky, guiding their fellow travelers on their way home. 

"Ancestral Crow", coloured pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2025, Hotel Hecher, Wolfsberg, Carinthia)

Crow knows that harmony and balance can be brought into any situation, as differences are puzzle pieces that lead us to the keys to the gateways on our paths, confusion is losing an old way to find a new path and friction sets ablaze the fires of creation that warm our hearts and feed and nurture our dreams or devour the old so that we can rise anew from the ashes. 
 
Crow is the Keeper of Sacred Law, a being of neutrality and balance. Sacred law is non-negotiable. You bear the responsibility for your words and deeds and everything you have put out in the world, every truth and every lie, will return to you. It cannot be put on someone else’s back for them to bear or suffer for you.

​The consequences of your actions are to be experienced by yourself, so you can learn and understand how to mend the wounds you inflicted upon others and yourself. No law written by human beings, no idol or precious gem can buy you absolution and freedom from it, as it was your own choice and doing, your own free will to speak and act the way you did.
 
She says, “Everything you give out, every deed done, every word spoken, returns to you in one way, shape, form or another, for every deed done and every word spoken is the beginning of a circle and it will return to you at one point on your path, so you are able to understand and learn the lesson, truth and wisdom behind it. The joy you brought, the pain you caused. It is not a punishment, but the nature of free will and choice, a gift given to experience and explore both light and darkness so you can understand the in-between, the being one with all of creation.”  

"White Crow", white pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2023)

"White Crow Enjoying the Storm", white pastels, Kristin Raphaela Otti (2024, Café Müller, Munich)