raveninthesunLeaving the Nest (under construction)

    So you woke up one day after a bad dream like something out of that Alfred Hitchcock movie, only to find yourself covered in feathers.  Well, if you've survived the hatching of the spirit egg, then you're doing good so far, sport.  So you wanna know, "Now what?"

    Well, first off, remember one thing:  You are a lucky punk.  You were given that spirit egg for a reason.  It may bring you a lot of shit, but it brings a lot of good stuff too.  And you're lucky enough to have a reason for existing that is pretty straight-forward, in a time when the monkeys are chasing their tails trying to figure out what life is s'posed to be all about.  Gaia loves you boy.  Take care of her, and she'll take care of you.  Keep Helios and Raven happy and they'll take care of ya too.

    That's probably as good a place as any to start.  Raven's Laws.   Raven's laws are just that; the laws that our spiritual grandaddy set out for us to live by.  Its like the 10 Commandments of the Corax (pardon my Judeo-Christian reference).  Understanding these laws will give you a good feel for what it is that you were put here to do.  So sit down and listen.  Or read.  Whatever.
     

    Raven's Laws:

    • There Are No Secrets
    • Share What You Know
    • Teach 'Em What They'll Learn
    • Protect the Eggs
    • Remember Why You're Here
    • Bear Witness
    • The Truth Matters
    • Everything's Part of the Cycle
    • Don't Play Favorites
    • Laugh


    Plenty of folks have an opinion on Raven's Laws.  You'll learn to look for different teachers and always get a second, third, fourth opinion, etc.  But for now, you'll have to make due with mine.

    There Are No Secrets
    We were put here to find stuff out.  Simple as that.  If someone's got a secret, we hafta bring it to light.  When people start keeping secrets, then bad things start to happen.  Information is a vital resource, crucial to survival.  Its not something to be hoarded and jealously guarded.  Information kept hidden has a tendency to go bad; the people who need it suffer, the people who are guarding it drive themselves crazy.  When secrets remain hidden, they turn into skeletons in peoples' closets.  Its our job to make sure that this doesn't happen.
    Just don't ever try to argue this point with a Bastet.

    Share What You Know
    Just 'cuz you found someone's dirty laundry doesn't mean its going to get clean all by itself.  You've got to air it out.  Most of the stuff you find out, you won't be able to do anything about.  But its amazing how much can be accomplished by just delivering the knowledge to the right ears.  An example:  Say I discover a nest of banes festering in the local low-income housing project.  What am I, one lonely bird, going to do to clean up the mess?  Well, I drop in on my Garou friends, who can go in and clean up the mess, and then hopefully do a little Rite of Cleansing to clean up any lasting taint.  Finally, I can do a little homework to find out what attracted the banes in the first place; maybe its a nearby industrial plant polluting, or tainted pudding in the elementary school cafeteria.  Once I have this information, its a simple matter to bring it to the attention to a local Citizen's Action Group or some other mundane organization that cares, and has the werewithal to fix the situation.


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