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Remembering Charlotte: Message from an Orbweaver
Posted on November 1, 2014 at 2:55 PM |
I observed Charlotte on a regular basis this past summer over several months weaving a new web every night. As I came to know this tiny creature better, I realized there were many things she had to teach me. Perhaps most would find it unusual that I would spend time writing about a garden spider, but I felt very strongly about sharing Charlotte's story particularly at Halloween time here in the US. Perhaps also some reading this would learn to appreciate and respect this highly persecuted and misunderstood insect which I believe is one of the most creative of God's tiny creatures alongside the honeybee, albeit in a very different way It amazed me that Charlotte would tirelessly weave her beautiful and complex creation anew each and every night one strand at a time. I thought about how hard it would be for humans to create a work of art or a garden from scratch only to have it eventually destroyed repeatedly. I had certainly felt that anguish and frustration with my own gardens after I had left certain homes in the past. Here was this tiny spider weaving a work of art every night. What a monumental task for a creature so small and with so short a lifespan. So much could be gained by humans if we had nearly as much resilience and wherewithal in striving toward our goals or completing creations despite whatever came our way. One day a really tiny spider also taught me something after Charlotte left. It was another dew covered morning when I spotted a new web in one of my fir trees. This spider had built a spectacular web between some branches one night. The spider was nowhere to be seen, so I assumed it was another marbled orbweaver because they tend to hide during the day, but I was wrong. To my astonishment the following day I found a very tiny spider had built this huge new web. I thought perhaps she was a baby orbweaver. I called her Maya for illusion, but she quickly disappeared. Maya had created a web to rival that of any orbweaver much larger than her own size simply by using the same principals of weaving. Her small size and seeming limitations had not hindered her in the least. Blessings of Creativity! 2014 Copyright Awen Environments/Clarissa Harison. |
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Roberta Binder
6:25 PM on November 2, 2014
Great blog. I too marvel at spider. Although I was bitten by a brown recluse when I lived in Colorado, I was fortunate to have the correct healing help to care for it and enable me to learn the lessons of gratitude for not having a hole in my cheek. That was one of three spider bites I've had in the recent decade. Each has brought lessons. I additionally marvel at the webs that arrive each morning and sparkle in the dew in my garden and front yard.

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Clarissa
3:14 PM on November 3, 2014
Roberta Binder says...
Great blog. I too marvel at spider. Although I was bitten by a brown recluse when I lived in Colorado, I was fortunate to have the correct healing help to care for it and enable me to learn the lessons of gratitude for not having a hole in my cheek. That was one of three spider bites I've had in the recent decade. Each has brought lessons. I additionally marvel at the webs that arrive each morning and sparkle in the dew in my garden and front yard.
Thanks Roberta. I can imagine how scary it must have been being bitten by a poisonous spider. Rudolph Steiner actually talks about the venom of insects in his book on bees from a spiritual perspective. He says that at some level we are linking with the spiritual aspect of the creature by receiving its poison. Hard to understand when you become very ill or are facing a near death experience but it's an interesting concept. I think there's so much we don't understand about these beings.

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Pamela Jambeck
5:15 AM on November 5, 2014
This was beautiful, Clarissa...and what a new found area for learning about oneself and life!!
My friend and I were blessed to have a tarantula come into our room in Sedona, AZ one year. We knew it was a special happening in the Native American sense...and our host knew all about tarantulas and their significance and had "raised" them in the past. She said that they had not seen one for 7 years, because it had been so dry. We felt VERY privileged! Then in a following evening, on our way home from an event, we saw one moving across the road so stopped to acknowledge and watch it make it's crossing! Another blessing!! It's all there for us, if only we stop to see and be!! Thank you again for your beautiful story!
My friend and I were blessed to have a tarantula come into our room in Sedona, AZ one year. We knew it was a special happening in the Native American sense...and our host knew all about tarantulas and their significance and had "raised" them in the past. She said that they had not seen one for 7 years, because it had been so dry. We felt VERY privileged! Then in a following evening, on our way home from an event, we saw one moving across the road so stopped to acknowledge and watch it make it's crossing! Another blessing!! It's all there for us, if only we stop to see and be!! Thank you again for your beautiful story!

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Ron Laswell
2:01 PM on November 5, 2014
This past summer, I had a "pet" spider on my deck. It built such beautiful webbings, and then I would catch flies, and stick them onto its web. Oh, it even danced for me - spinning its partner rapidly.

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Clarissa
2:57 PM on November 5, 2014
Pamela Jambeck says...
This was beautiful, Clarissa...and what a new found area for learning about oneself and life!!
My friend and I were blessed to have a tarantula come into our room in Sedona, AZ one year. We knew it was a special happening in the Native American sense...and our host knew all about tarantulas and their significance and had "raised" them in the past. She said that they had not seen one for 7 years, because it had been so dry. We felt VERY privileged! Then in a following evening, on our way home from an event, we saw one moving across the road so stopped to acknowledge and watch it make it's crossing! Another blessing!! It's all there for us, if only we stop to see and be!! Thank you again for your beautiful story!
Wow, what a story of your own, Pam. I love hearing from others who share a mutual respect for spiders. The tarantula is probably the queen of spiders so yours was quite a visitation and obviously a meaningful one for you and your room-mate. Glad you enjoyed my story. Thanks for sharing.

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Clarissa
3:01 PM on November 5, 2014
Ron Laswell says...
This past summer, I had a "pet" spider on my deck. It built such beautiful webbings, and then I would catch flies, and stick them onto its web. Oh, it even danced for me - spinning its partner rapidly.
Thanks for sharing, Ron. The beauty of their webs does amaze me and I've heard that the substance spiders use to weave is one of the strongest on earth.
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