As you wander between the infinite shelves of the Librorum Infinitum, you hear the vague cawing of a crow.
Spinning around, you notice a small crow perched on an adjacent shelf, its beady eyes fixed upon you. It ruffles its shining black plumage, somehow managing to convey a look of avian impatience to you as it flies off.
Interested to find out why a crow would appear in the Librorum, you run after it and as you turn corner after corner following it, you finally find a small obsidian altar. An intricately-carved crow of black obsidian tops the altar and in one of its claws, a small tome lies.
Reverently, you pluck the tome from the sharp claws of the statue and skim through its vellum pages. Everything seems to be written in the Old Irish form of Scottish Gaelic. Disappointed, you gently return the book to the clutches of the stone crow and suddenly realise that a small athame rests in the other claw of the statue.
You pick it up and feel a sudden rush of knowledge. Now, you look at the tome with newfound interest and pick it up, finding that you now understand its contents perfectly.
Leaning against the altar, you begin reading.
Historically, the Morrígan has always stood true as a symbol of death, re-birth and life, embodying the violence and passion of all warriors. However, as warfare was abandoned by civilisation in favour of peace and harmony, the Morrígan now teaches us how to fight on the battlefield of life.
She challenges, tests and encourages us to take action in our lives, to become stronger to fight for what we believe in. In pointing out the truth, we learn to stand up for ourselves, to accept our fate or to change it.
The battle to control, change and master the self is as much a part of their magic as is the battle to change outer conditions in the world. The power of the Morrígan lies in precisely understanding our true limits and leading a life that stays true to oneself and one's own values.
Corpses on the battlefield are traditionally referred to as "the Morrígan's sorrow-heaps". The Morrígan may seem like a tyrant and evil incarnate, but her power lies in directly confronting injustice, defending one's home, awakening one's inner potential and shaping destiny itself. Those are powerful, beautiful and glorious ideals.
Do not be afraid of the Morrígan. What she represents is difficult to reconcile with how she is represented and how she may appear. If you find yourself willing to commit to a relationship with the Morrígan, take up the athame and ask for her permission to commune and seek guidance.
Ask nicely.
An interesting tome, you note.
A path that is difficult to tread, but as interested as you may be in finding out more, you must get going soon. There will be time to meditate later. Taking care to replace the book with care, you pocket the athame.
You muse on how it could prove useful as you walk away from the altar and continue on your journey through the Librorum.