Yay, happy to hear from you! According to my Animal Spirit Guides book, ravens are a sign there's magic in the air. I seem to remember their association with passage between life and afterlife too, similar to the owl. These "Night Flight" birds are meaningful symbols, especially since you were lucid and attentive in the dream. This is what I'm reading:

You're gradually shape-shifting to a more confident, powerful, and spiritually based you that will continue to emerge the more you let go of your old self.

I feel so grateful for this note of yours. Thank you, sister. Yes, just as you say, I understand the waves of absences and presences, and in fact I totally relate, because I've definitely had some wavering in my Steemit participation these past few months. I'm still greatly enjoying the Vision Quests, and anticipate launching just one per month in the future, because I have some other projects taking higher priority at the moment. Since you're heading into the Spring season, I wonder if you have a Spring-related idea for the theme of our next Vision Quest?