Pencil drawing by Alan Bell.  THE ORACLE IS A VITAL MEMBER OF ANY COMMUNITY. SHE IS ACQUAINTED WITH ALL THINGS NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL, THAT IS, SPIRITUAL. SHE HOLDS UP THE MIRROR WITH HER LEFT HAND AND HOOKS OUT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WITH HER RIGHT HAND, ANSWERS WHICH PROVOKE INVESTIGATION EVEN TO THE EXTENT OF A QUEST…THERE IS A BOY IN HIS PAJAMAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MIRROR SPACE; I THINK THE WHOLE THING IS REVOLVING AROUND HIM, HE IS THINKING, REMEMBERING, IMAGINING, APPREHENDING THE NATURE OF LIFE.HE IS GROWING. ORACLES AND BIRDS ARE KINDRED SPIRITS, MESSENGERS IN WITNESS OF OUR HUMAN BEING IN RELATION TO THE DIVINE.  ALAN