A father had seven sons, but no daughters, and wished for and finally got one.  His sons went to get water for the Christening, but dropped the bucket into it.  They did not know what to do, so they stayed out, and the father in his frustration wished them to become ravens, and so they did, and flew away.  Now the daughter grew to be healthy and beautiful, and did not know of her brothers.  But one day in town she heard others talking of them, and she felt guilty.  She decided to go out and find them, encountering bodies at the ends of the cosmos, sacrificing her finger in a glass mountain, and meeting a strange mountain creature.  But the ring she brought reminded them of their human lives, and with the help of the stars, the daughter is able to restore her family.  

Join us for a short meditation, the reading of this tale, and a discussion of it!  

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:15 Short Breathing Meditation & Oasis Contemplation

08:08 Reading of “The Seven Ravens”

14:16 The Theme of Sacrifice in this Story

15:59 Pagan Worldview Seeping Through this Story

21:54 The Image of the Glass Mountain

24:22 The Wish in Folktales

25:35 The Celestial Symbols

28:04 The Theme of Sacrifice & Closing Thoughts

“The Seven Ravens,” trans. Lucas & illus. by Arthur Rackham:

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Fairy_Tales_of_the_Brothers_Grimm_(Rackham)/The_Seven_Ravens

(A Clip from the Episode Grimm’s “The Seven Ravens:” Sacrifice for Family)

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Clip Intro Music “A Baroque Letter” - Aaron Kenny