Then this Ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, art sure no Raven, ghostly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the nightly shore- 

Books of Forgotten Lore-

Poe begins his poem by telling his readers that he was sifting through old books, 'Books of forgotten lore' (which may have been a lost or borrowed book of Lenore) when he began experiencing paranormal activity of tapping, gently rapping at his chamber door that escalated into his ghostly encounter when the stately 'Raven of Yore' appeared. 

Could it be that the ancient books conjured up the Seraphim to visit Poe in the alien Space Craft?

In reference to well-known missing books of the Bible, perhaps the 'Book of Lenore' was an important angelic figure that Poe somehow had secret knowledge of. 

Considering the severity of the crimes upon Poe of the covert network that had aggravated, publicly humiliated and murdered Poe, we must understand that they also tampered with his work, as well as Griswold stealing his copyrights and estate, we must carefully examine Poe's work with this in mind.

Poe seemed to be revealing information to his readers through his poetry and other written literature, for someone to edit words and letters wouldn't be unusual for someone trying to suppress information. 

This and more I sat divining, With my head at ease reclining,

On the cushion's Velvet lining that the Lamp-light gloated O'er.... 

The Mysteries of Edgar Allan Poe has fascinated readers for generations, yet few writers have ever questioned his poem, 'The Raven'. 

As we examine this poem, it is clearly not about a bird, rather Poe is describing an Aircraft or Ship of some type with his 18th century descriptive knowledge that twentieth century readers are now beginning to understand.   

Poe's peculiar reference to Lenore in 'The Raven' leads us to believe that his mysterious Seraphim may be one in the same female entity.

His quatrain where he exclaims that the Raven is not male or female, human or bird reveals that he is confused as to what the entity actually is. 

We know that the entity takes flight and had arrived from what he calls, 'the Plutonian Shore', which could be a reference to Pluto, the Underworld, but the fact that he states that it was above his Chamber door, tells us that it was stationary, perhaps hovering in the sky, as he described as perched above his door.

Furthermore, his description of the 'bending heavens' indicates a flight, he further elaborates about the velvet seats as he sat  reclining in a craft with wheels.

His description of the interior of the craft is quite exciting coming from a 19th century writer as he ponders about what we can imagine is the interior of a craft with a radio playing songs, of which he mentions, also having tinkling bells and sounds, perhaps describing the fragrance with no 'censor' as an actual air-conditioning. 

His expressions of the fiery eyes most certainly would be that of the headlights of the craft, the shorn and shaven, smooth crest of the Raven would indicate a craft as well. 

In the latter portion of this poem, he is extremely excited and seemingly overwhelmed about what he is witnessing, becoming frightened by what is occuring, his exclaimations of whether this entity is female or devil leads us with a feeling that there is a driver operating the craft which may be the Seraphim or Lenore.