The owl, the night inhabitant par excellence, the fortune teller of the darkness, the bearer of a verse that undulating the darkness, is an animal that, over the centuries, has associated a rich symbolism. Let’s know more about the meaning of the owl as a spiritual animal, the interpretation of dreams and much more.

Meaning of the owl in esotericism

In all cultures and at all historical times, this bird has often been associated with esotericism but, while in the current daily use acquires exclusively negative meanings, in many traditions it has assumed and continues to assume positive values.

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The powers and forces recognized to the owl are huge, an integral vision of the animal goes beyond the contrast between good owl and a bad owl and advises, diplomatically, entering the graces of this figure to direct its maleficios towards another part.

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That is why we often see the symbol of an owl hung from a door or gate: with its powers, it becomes a valuable ally in the fight against enemies.

The Owl Symbolism

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In different cultures

The association between this animal and the evil or the dark forces dates back to very distant times.

• The Sumerians believed that the owl was associated with death. On a tablet dating from 2300-2000 AC you can see inan flanked by two owls that represented death.

• In Egypt, the soul that was exhaled of the body was represented by an owl, and it seems that even for the representation of the god Horus an owl was used (against the thought of other scholars that identify Horus with the hawk).
• The ancient Greeks and Romans considered it a symbol of bad luck and misfortune. The tradition argued that, when an owl appeared in the Capitol of Rome, the place had to be cleaned with water and sulfur to scare away the negative entities that the owl had brought. It is no secret that the Romans used owl images to combat and repel the evil eye.

  As a symbol of science and knowledge, it appears frequently in the symbol of bookstores and scientific publishers, which is also due to the fact that the goddess Athena / Minerva was considered the personification of wisdom, while in popular beliefs it has a negative meaning, probably because of its nightlife, its associality, the silence of the flight and the verse that reminds of crying.

  It is also known that owl (an animal other than the owl, but very often identified with the latter) represented the goddess Athena and was the emblem of wisdom and wisdom. An Athenian proverb to indicate a victory said «here there is an owl.»

• The drawing of an owl in Persia, the owl was and remains identified as the angel of death.
• The imagined Judaism that the Lilith was in the company of a night bird like the owl, in Hinduism was considered the mount of the goddess Durga, which manifests itself as «Camunda» and among the Maya of Yucatan the god of the dead Hunakau had owl head.

In the tradition of Native Northwest, the owl was one of the totemic animals, represented the creator of the night and was, therefore, a symbol of wisdom, insight and astral projection. In the southwest they identified the owl with a warning: if the inhabitants of the Apaches or Navajos villages suffered a contagious disease around the town, several owls would have appeared to notify the warriors or hunters who returned home.

In India, to favor premonitory dreams, owl feathers were placed under the pillow, it was believed that in this way his power to be able to look at the night and see the invisible transmitted to the person who used them with the intention of understanding his own dreams.

Also among the African tribes the owl The owls were associated with witchcraft and black magic.

In Madagascar, the souls of the sorcerers were called owls; In Nigeria, the Yoruba tribe is convinced that magicians send owls as emissaries to carry out murders.

In Britain, the owl was considered disastrous; Even Shakespeare includes it among the bad omens (Julio César, Act I, Scene 3).

(Julio César, Act I, Scene 3)

Now, in Alsace it is believed that an owl is a messenger of death and that if his verse near a patient’s room is heard, he will die surely. In Normandy, however, it is tradition that an owl egg tortilla is capable of removing the hangover, while in Yorkshire, the owl broth is used to cure the fault cough. The owl soup was also used to cure epilepsy.

In Scotland, folklore argues that seeing an owl during the day means misfortune and misfortune for the observer and that, if you look out to the nest of an owl, it will become melancholic and sad for the rest of its life.

As we have seen, this great animal was not always associated with bad luck. For example, in Israel, small gray owls are considered auspicious, especially if they appear near crops.

In ancient China it was common to sacrifice these animals and place ornaments (called owl angles) in buildings to protect them from fires. Plinio mentions a belief according to which, to reveal the most intimate secrets to a woman, just place the heart of an owl on her chest.

In some tribes in northern Asia, an owl is placed on a child’s bed to scare away evil spirits and, according to an Indian tradition, it is even possible to induce sleep in a restless child by placing owl feathers under the pillow.

The owl symbol is widely used in alchemical, occult and black magic practices (often identified with Satan) and in Freemasonry. In this regard we remember, without stopping in particular explanations that exceed the scope of this article, the Bohemia Club that is a very important Masonic association (most of the presidents of the United States and the most illustrious men in American history have been part of it), whose symbol is actually an owl flanked by letters B and C.

As a talisman, the owl (and/or the owl) helps us find our path even in times of darkness, namely the dangers in time, to interpret incomprehensible signals, to become wise through the visions, to develop the sixth meaning and intuition and to become clairvoyant.

As amulet, it protects from blindness, fear of darkness, excessive attachment to materialism and nyctalopia (loss of night vision).

It is interesting to highlight how the most diverse ancient traditions have influenced the ways of speaking, beliefs, attributions of meanings, uses and customs to this day. For example, even today, in common language, the term owl is used to refer to people who are usually moody, melancholic, sad, sullen and carriers of misfortunes.

It should also be noted that superstition and folklore often hide real facts and arise from the observation of natural phenomena.

As an example we can cite the belief, very widespread in the Anglo -Saxon countries, to hang an owl through the wings at the entrance of a farm or a stable enough to move the mice away. The association is very simple, since the owl is a predator of small mammals, among them, the most important, the small rodents.

Spiritual meaning of hearing a owl

Even now, in the countries of southern Italy, there is the popular belief that if an owl sings at a patient’s house, he will die in three days and, in the event that there are no patients at home, he announces that one of its inhabitants will soon be affected by tonsillitis.

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Spiritual biblical meaning of seeing an owl

The Christian tradition is not very indulgent with the symbolism of this creature and, for example, in a passage of the prophet Isaiah it is said that in the land of Edom the anger of the Lord will fall and in those lands, that the owl will turn into deserted and desolate «will inhabit the crow».

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