Come join our hosts as they speak with special guest Dr. Eric D. Mortensen, professor of religious studies at Guilford College. Eric tells Kristen and Maeve about his experiences working with ravens and studying their languages and use in augury in Tibet.

Here is list a of the materials that Eric recommended to listeners:

Bernd Heinrich has several books that include or are about ravens

• https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/bheinric/index.html


• https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/3350977.Bernd_Heinrich

John M. Marzluff, In the Company of Crows and Ravens

• https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/593177

Candace Savage, Bird Brains

• https://shop.cnha.org/products/bird-brains-the-intelligence-of-crows-ravens-magpies-and-jays

Kimberley Christine Patton, Religion of the Gods

• https://global.oup.com/academic/product/religion-of-the-gods-9780195091069?cc=us&lang=en&

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