tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529016898634168069.post1093321603513013505..comments2024-01-09T18:12:48.883+00:00Comments on Phil's Treehouse: oil stained windowPhilip Ritchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05912352719196616923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529016898634168069.post-36150855786099487372010-06-10T22:38:56.315+01:002010-06-10T22:38:56.315+01:00yeah, I hope they survive and breed after this awf...yeah, I hope they survive and breed after this awful accident. I saw loads of pelicans in Oz a few years back, they are amazing creaturesmaggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246507654740964519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529016898634168069.post-33675701074724206802010-06-09T18:05:46.496+01:002010-06-09T18:05:46.496+01:00You are right Maggi and that is why I thought of t...You are right Maggi and that is why I thought of the window when I saw the horrific images of the oil stained pelicans in the news. When I was in Jerusalem a couple of years ago I visited the Cenacle on Mt Zion and there is a Crusader capital with the pelican feeding from her breast. A very powerful image.Philip Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912352719196616923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4529016898634168069.post-62702549410822903722010-06-09T17:20:59.889+01:002010-06-09T17:20:59.889+01:00isn't that a pelican? According to medieval fo...isn't that a pelican? According to medieval folklore, the pelican had the deepest of maternal instincts and it was believed that if she had no food to give to her chicks, she would peck her own breast and feed them with her own blood. The female pelican therefore became an icon of Jesus, feeding his church with his own body and blood through the ritual of the Eucharistmaggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246507654740964519noreply@blogger.com