Ciconia ciconia = Storch
[Olga Fatula]
The white
stork (Ciconia Ciconia) is a large marsh bird of the Ciconiidae family.
This is best-known
representative of storks. It is a white bird with the black wing tails, a long
neck, a long thin red beak and long reddish legs. When the wings are closed,
the stork creates the impression of being all black in
the rear
part of the body. The length of a white stork is 100-125 cm,the wingspan is
155-200 cm. Adult white stork very seldom voices a low-key cawk, more often, it
hisses or clicks with its beak. Baby birds of a white stork
peep and
cry in a voice similar to kittens’ miaow.
The average
lifespan of a white stork is 20 years.
White
storks live in both Europe and Asia. They spend winters in India and the
tropical part of Africa. Migrating storks fly only in the daytime. They fly at
a high altitude, often soaring. For this purpose, they select the most
convenient aerodynamic conditions, terrain-wise. They avoid flying over open
water.
White
storks inhabit low meadows and boggy areas; quite often, they nest near human
habitation.
Diet
consists of small vertebrates such as frogs, toads, small fish and snakes, and
various non-vertebrata: grasshoppers and locust, earthworms, maybeetles. When
searching for food, storks walk slowly and quietly, however,
having seen
the prey they quickly run up and catch it.
Initially
storks nested on trees near human:
habitations arranging huge nests made of twigs. Subsequently they used for this
purpose roofs of houses and other constructions, including those made by people
expressly for this purpose. Storks use the same nest for a number of years. The
older is a nest, the larger it is. In most massive nests, storks coexist with
various small birds.
Males
arrive for nesting late March – early April, somewhat earlier than females, at
times covering up to 200 kilometers a day. The male mates the first female
appearing at his nest.
A couple
hatches their eggs together, making specific ritual poses and snapping their
beaks. As a rule, the male is on duty in the daytime and the female at night.
The parents
feed their chicks initially with earthworms. At the age of 70 days, baby birds
become self-sufficient and in the end of August, they depart for the winter
being routed by instinct, without adults.
Storks are
perfectly introduced in tales, proverbs and legends of any nation hosting them.
The stork is usually associated with good luck:, happiness, protection, and beneficence.
Main themes
of the proving
Strength.
Power. Energy
“The feeling of power and victory marching
inside.”
“Calm sea. Strong storm.”
“Strength and a pivot inside.”
“This energy inside me is strong and
influential.”
“This motivation inside me does not allow me to
come to a stop. I am over endowed with stamina.”
“Feeling of my own insignificance in relation
to this big world. There is determination and abilities to master it.”
“Desire to move powerfully and energetically.”
Spiritual
practices. Ascetics / Superfluity
Chi Kung,
mantra, yoga. Kundalini. Samadhi.
“Looking into myself.”
“Looking into my consciousness.”
“Saw horror dreams of incorrect Chi Kung practice.”
“Penetrating deep into own inside senses.”
“More concentration when practicing yoga.”
“Strict to myself. Self-restrictions.”
“Keep a strict regimen.”
“Surfeit. Desire everything and a lot of it.”
“Desires are unnatural.”
“Putting too much salt in the food.”
“Sex, lengthy.”
Dream: “Went after my partner like a sex
glutton.”
Certainty /
Uncertainty
The theme
has expressed itself with the provers in different contexts and variations.
Mental
balance. Endurance.
Clear
awareness of the direction.
The right
choice.
Orientation.
Determination.
“Sensation
that there is a line, an Ariadne’s thread, and you know which way to go. As if
nearby, at the right hand, there is a grey thread with whitish glow. You
orientate by it, it shows you which way to go.
I went
places far from home but always walked out precisely where needed.”
Nervousness.
Restraint.
Uncertainty.
Indecision. Doubts. Panic.
Education
Study of
medicine, biology.
Study
oriental practices.
Study
homeopathy.
“Recollected the smell of the school and my
inquisitiveness.”
“Decided to change profession, entered another
university.”
“Careful browsing through everything around
does not annoy me.”
Activity /
Idleness
Activity. Physical training.
Long walks.
“I stroll around. Rambling about 10 km each
day.”
“I walked 12 kilometers on the top of a
monorail. I knew which way to go.”
“Walked tremendous distances without fatigue,
without any unpleasant sensations in my legs.”
“Desire just to stroll was an inherent
requirement that resulted into many kilometers of walking. Did not want to make
use of transport.”
“Desire to move strongly and energetically.”
“Laziness. Loath to do anything.” Aversion to
any activity.
Tiredness.
Time for a rest.
“Gaping about, staring at crows and floating in
the clouds.”
Interactions
“Desire to talk to people, even strangers.”
Familiar
people. Unfamiliar people.
Classmates,
school friends.
“Relations with my girlfriend are strained.”
”Cohabitation is unpleasant.”
“Became very communicative.”
“Tenderness, embracing.”
“Desire to hide in the cuddle forever.”
“We should all live together in the country
house.”
“Communications with men turn out to be
easier.”
“Scared of men.”
“Confrontation towards men.”
Dream: “I keep passing in a tram by many
familiar people and the girl who was my classmate in the 10th form.”
Quarrels. “Inflated with bitchiness straight in
the morning.”
Aggression.
Fear. Helplessness
Aggressive groups of people.
An Indian prison.
Close-handed fight.
Martial arts. Fights.
Dream. “Beaten with sticks.”
Dream. “A flock of bikers attempts to capture
the house.”
Dream. “Shooting of a Jackie Chan film, where
he fights with a partner.”
Secret
services. A spy.
Music,
aggressive.
Nightmares,
horrors.
Dreams. Monsters. Transformation of people into
monsters.
Nature.
Sunset
Dreams about country house.
Dream. Wandering in the countryside.
Desire to be out in the nature, to go to the
countryside.
Walked to the park, picked up herbs.
Filming scenery.
Desire to acquire a chameleon.
Discussing animals: lizards, snakes.
Desire to study biology.
Desire to film the sunset.
Dream. “I was walking by a factory; there was a
giant red sunset.”
“This is as simple and ingenious as the
sunset.”
“Bought fertile soil and replanted flowers. I
had not done it for many years before.”
Unity /
Separation
“Separation from the partner.”
“Feeling of unity with the friend.”
”Cohabitation is unpleasant.”
Tenderness. Embracing.
“Desire to hide in the cuddle forever.”
“We should live together in our country house.”
“We worked as a team; I liked the feeling of
unity.”
Time.
Changes. Childhood / Old age / Death
Dream: “Time, the interval before death.”
“Made a boast of my long beard in
front of everybody.”
“Expecting death in prison.”
“Death of an official of high
standing.”
“They put old men into prison to go
into a Samadhi state and to die.”
Careful
attitude towards own body.
“Did not miss a single puddle. I liked to
stride in them. A sensation of childhood overflowed me. Happiness because of
it. A new taste of life. Water, splashes, mirroring. I fancied that I have
different body forms.”
“The beginning, the new.”
“Get rid of everything old."
“To do little but to change a lot.”
Art.
Creative work
Dream: Harry Soukachev’s concert (a Russian pop
singer).
Dream: “A design order for me and my classmate
to execute on a blanket. We have to elaborate and create the Da Vinci Code.”
“Went to the theatre in the evening.”
“To invent something unusual. To devise
something majestic.”
Dream. ”A concert in our yard, Jackie Chan
participating. During the whole concert I practiced combat maneuvers.”
“They gave me a disk of “Aria” group to listen
to. The aggressive music.”
“I had goosebumps when talking of music.”
Animals
Dream: “Maggots, dug out from a pit surrounding
a tall building were strewed around along the road.”
Desire to acquire a chameleon.
Talking about animals: lizards and snakes
Dream. “A Labrador dog is running in my house
but I don’t see mine. I find my dog in the bathroom. Plastic bags are put on
its head and legs and stuck into its chaps.”
Dream. “I brought a dog into an empty room. I
found there two parrots. I gave them food; they pecked it.”
“We picked a cat out in the street. Craws tried
to peck it to death.”
My partner set upon me like a vulture.”
Phrase
constructions
“The day was colored by motley shades of
unusual affections.”
“My planet is on ash breeze today. The mighty storm of emotions has departed.”
“The day was drowsy owing to the weather and
wet owing to Masha’s tears.”
“The after-rain clouds pretend to be dyed by
aquarelle.”
Miscellaneous
Recurrent
themes of transport: Underground, trams,
travelling, bus. As an opposite,
unwillingness to make use of any transport.
Secrecy:
Dream. A friend of mine says that he is the agent of two intelligence services,
a double secret service agent.
The energy
of the source
The manner
of arranging the living space:
“We shaped
up our living room. The decision came straight
at once, unexpectedly. We strived at airiness, like in the clouds. Brought in a
mattress, I laid on it. It is a feeling of domesticity, I watch my girlfriend
to move
something
aside. As if I lie on the clouds and behold. As if we decorate a nest. Airiness
as in the rainclouds, something charged with water. Desire to strike root, to
settle down. It is a square room but we attempted to make
a circle by
moving cupboards. Decorating the build of the room, we made it as if a round
one like a ring. We made every effort to separate our living space from any
external interference. We wanted to cover the windows
with
cupboards, to create insularity, to build a fence around our bliss to protect
it from strangers’ glances. We manhandled the mattress, declined offers to give
us a lift. We did not argue. As if both of us knew what should
be done and
how. It was heavy but nevertheless a big fun.”
A tendency
to walk straightening spine:
“Sensations
that something makes you walk with a straight back, to “pull” the spine. As if
the spinal column goes itself, ahead of the rest. There is no choice, no way to
stoop. An exceptionally straight back. It is not the chest forward or the belly
up. Both are on the same level, everything stays within a definite line.”
Black and
white.
Dream, in the first night. “Two of my friends
are in a minibus. Both wear black suits, white shirts and black ties.”
Repertory:
Generals: Light sensation, in the whole body
Full
sensation, in the whole body
Strength
sensation in the body
Tiredness,
strong
Desire to
have a rest
Warmth
sensation left half of body
Physical
training > exercises
> Strict
day regimen
General
< in the morning
Sweat
smells offensive
Head: Pulsation – in forehead/in brows
Chin, hot
flushes
Cheeks, hot
flushes
Brows, hot
flushes
Eye: R. eye pulsation
Vision: improved
Stomach: Food
Appetite -
increased/“wild, canine. Scaring quantity of consumed food”/bulimia
Desires:
Food of any kind/sweets;
Extremities: Legs - “As if filled”/”As if all
blood went downwards”
R. foot - “As
if wet”/”As if immersed in hot water”
Skin: Eruptions/acne (suppurating,
smelling offensive)
Acne <
due to day regimen violation
Sleep: no desire, overfilled with energy
Drowsiness - in daytime/after beer
Vergleich: Siehe: Aves: + Wasservögel:
Vorwort/Suchen Zeichen/Abkürzungen Impressum