Welcome to Ravenfoundation

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm hostility. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Raven Foundation founder Suzanne Ross explains our mission.

Explore The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire website
Watch the videos! Take the quiz! Discover your pattern!

In her new book, The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire, Raven Founder Suzanne Ross examines the trials and travails of romantic love through the lens of mimetic theory. On the website, you can watch videos, read a chapter of the book, take a quiz, download music and discover your romantic pattern. It's wicked fun!

Illustrations by Susan Drawbaugh of Wee Five Designs.

Please talk to the Raven. We are eager to know the topics you would most like our programs to address. If you want to choose more than topic, vote more than once.
Desire and interdividuality Learning about Islam Mimetic theory and the Bible Mimetic theory in literature Religious extremism Scapegoating in personal relationships Scapegoating and pop culture Violence, vengeance and war

Annual Essay Contest

Submissions for the Raven Foundation essay contest are now closed. Check back on 1 March 2010 to find out who the winners are.