Agamemnon Posted September 17, 2006 Had an amazing experience in my garden today. I have a pair of tawny frog mouthed owls who live in my yard. These birds are masters of mimickry and disguise...if they dont want you to see them you won't. They either hang out in the macadamia tree or the large bamboo clump. They have a beautiful call around dusk which really gives me peace. Anyway, Im walking under the tree this afternoon and its not quite dark and I feel a breezy warm carress on the top of my head. One of the tawny's flies over me touching me with it's wing and lands a metre in front of me on my large strong B.caapi and just looks at me..and I at it. It's framed by the pink and dissapearang twilight and looks intently into my eyes... we exchange a strange but knowing connection for a long time..it feels comfortable, familiar and very primal and then it flies briefly onto the top of my very tall san pedro and looks back knowingly at me... I feel as though I'm being called to enter the realm of sacred and strong plants at a time that is relevant to my life's experience...and no I havent done any mind altering journeys for quite a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
transDiMenTional Posted September 17, 2006 beautiful! trust your intuition IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micromegas Posted September 17, 2006 Wonderful man... the owl is one of the oldest and most revered shamanic totem animals. Very beautiful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mescalito Posted September 17, 2006 Have had many similar encounters with birds over the years.From rainbow lorikeets,Kookaburras,crows,the esteemed wedgetail and especially the barred owl. I find they tell me I'm on the right track and things are going to change for the better....and inevitably they always do. Good things afoot I feel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leo^ Posted September 18, 2006 Wow talk about synchronicity recently I have been helped by kookaburras, even guided me on the tail end of a bad trip. Also been seeing owls in my visions and can vaugely remember an encounter with a large eagle in a dream. Birds are amazing animals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
occidentalis Posted September 18, 2006 Tawny frogmouths are one of my favourite animals. I accidentally killed one one night in the car. Couldn't stop crying for about 3 hours afterwards . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted September 18, 2006 :drool: thanks for sharing Agamemnon Weird co-incidence as the local frogmouths around here showed up last night, first time in a while... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MORG Posted September 18, 2006 Wow That sounds awesome! Last summer I watched a pair of frogmouths fledge a youngster in our backyard over many weeks. That was fun to watch. They are very interesting birds. I have to point out though that they are not in fact owls. They're a member of the nightjar family which includes many very cool and very special nocturnal birds. Some quite cute too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pala Posted September 18, 2006 The thread title reminded me of Boges' Argumentum Ornithologicum: "I close my eyes and see a flock of birds. The vision lasts for a second or maybe less; I do not know how many birds I saw. Was its number definite or indefinite? The problem involves the existence of God. If God exists, the number is definite, because God knows how many birds I saw. If God does not exist, the number is indefinite, because no one could have kept count. In this case, let’s say I saw less than ten birds and more than one, but I did not see nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, or two birds. I saw a number between ten and one, which is not nine, eight, seven, six, five, etc. That integer is inconceivable, ergo, God exists." - I won't pretend to ever have understood the logic of that last sentence. Nevertheless, off the point... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fenris Posted September 19, 2006 The thread title reminded me of Boges' Argumentum Ornithologicum:"I close my eyes and see a flock of birds. The vision lasts for a second or maybe less; I do not know how many birds I saw. Was its number definite or indefinite? The problem involves the existence of God. If God exists, the number is definite, because God knows how many birds I saw. If God does not exist, the number is indefinite, because no one could have kept count. In this case, let’s say I saw less than ten birds and more than one, but I did not see nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, or two birds. I saw a number between ten and one, which is not nine, eight, seven, six, five, etc. That integer is inconceivable, ergo, God exists." - I won't pretend to ever have understood the logic of that last sentence. Nevertheless, off the point... Schrödinger's bird - perhaps? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
