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**Plant spirit design** | **Plant spirit design** | ||
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What are Tree Spirits: Tree spirits are ancient and wise, offering healing magic, wisdom and insight. | What are Tree Spirits: Tree spirits are ancient and wise, offering healing magic, wisdom and insight. | ||
- | A tree spirit | + | __A Tree Spirit__ |
Tree spirits are ghostly and otherworldly, | Tree spirits are ghostly and otherworldly, | ||
Primarily, tree spirits act as the guardians and life force of the trees. Responsible for nurturing and growing them, the tree spirits are keen to share their wisdom regarding the care of the planet, particularly that of forests, woods and the wildlife that dwells within. They are also excellent healers, and leaning against the trunk of a tree can bring about great restorative powers. Tree spirits are not entirely bound to their tree; they can venture a short distance away. Legends tell of folk becoming unsettled in forests at night, because of the tree spirits stirring and walking about the woods. | Primarily, tree spirits act as the guardians and life force of the trees. Responsible for nurturing and growing them, the tree spirits are keen to share their wisdom regarding the care of the planet, particularly that of forests, woods and the wildlife that dwells within. They are also excellent healers, and leaning against the trunk of a tree can bring about great restorative powers. Tree spirits are not entirely bound to their tree; they can venture a short distance away. Legends tell of folk becoming unsettled in forests at night, because of the tree spirits stirring and walking about the woods. | ||
+ | __Tree Mothers__ | ||
+ | The “Tree Mothers” or “Mother Trees” are female tree spirits much older and wiser than their younger counterparts, | ||
+ | Tree mothers tend to be found in very old or mature trees, often in an ancient wood, and sometimes even in groups. The aura and spirit of the tree | ||
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+ | Eason, Cassandra. "The Modern-Day Druidess" | ||
+ | Knight, Sirona. "Faery Magick" | ||
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+ | **Approaching a Tree** | ||
+ | When you have found a suitable tree slowly approach it from a distance of about eight meters. Do this with an attitude or respect, after all the tree can't move away from you and you are coming in its space. With hands stretched out in front of you, palms facing towards the tree walk very slowly until you feel the first layer of the tree's aura. Stop at this point and introduce yourself to the tree. | ||
+ | The aura of a tree has seven layers. Four of those are outside the tree, the fifth is in the bark and the last two within the tree. Slowly approach until you have felt four of the seven layers of the tree's aura. | ||
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+ | **Glastonbury Fairies and Tree Spirits** | ||
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+ | Trapped in trees, a Roman legion lives | ||
+ | Ancient spells from witches who lived, | ||
+ | When invaders came, to protect the land. | ||
+ | We are 5 tree spirits | ||
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+ | **Wood or Tree in language of Symbols** | ||
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+ | **Celtic Tree Symbols** | ||
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+ | **Alchemical Symbols** | ||
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+ | **Religion and Ritual Masks** | ||
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+ | **Colour meaning in Religion and Magick** | ||
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+ | - Blue: coolness, infinity, ascension, purity, healing/ Emotion, Action: killing, anger | ||
+ | - Black: primordial darkness, hate/ Emotion, Action: killing, hatred | ||
+ | - White: learning, knowledge, purity, longevity/ Emotion, Action: rest and thinking | ||
+ | - Red: life force, preservation, | ||
+ | - Yellow: rootedness, renunciation, | ||
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+ | - Color Black is protection. | ||
+ | - Color Blue is calming | ||
+ | - Color Brown is the Earth | ||
+ | - Color Green is balance | ||
+ | - Color Gray is serenity | ||
+ | - Color Orange is change or zest | ||
+ | - Color Pink is universal love or self-love | ||
+ | - Color Purple is understanding and tolerance | ||
+ | - Color Red is energy | ||
+ | - Color Yellow is inner wisdom | ||
+ | - Color White is all colors | ||
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+ | Color Information according to: | ||
+ | __Cunningham & Harrington__ | ||
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+ | - RED: Maintaining health, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage, protection. Widely used in defensive magic. The color of the element of Fire. Red is associated with blood (and thus, life and death), birth, volcanoes, and intense emotions. The Zuni of America linked this color with the South. Throughout Polynesia, red was sacred color associated with both the deities and with the highest social classes. | ||
+ | - PINK: Love, friendship, compassion, relaxation. Pink is symbolic of gentle emotions and of emotional unions. It's less intense then red. | ||
+ | - ORANGE: General attraction, energy. Orange is a lesser aspect of red. | ||
+ | - YELLOW: Intellect, confidence, divination, communication, | ||
+ | - GREEN: Money, prosperity, employment, fertility, healing, growth. Green is the color of the element of the Earth and symbolizes our planet' | ||
+ | - BLUE: Healing, peace, psychism, patience, happiness. Blue is the color of the element of Water. Symbolic of the ocean, sleep, twilight, and the sky. The Zuni employed this color to represent the west. | ||
+ | - PURPLE: Power, healing severe disease, spirituality, | ||
+ | - WHITE: Protection, purification, | ||
+ | - BLACK: Banishing negativity, absorbing negativity. Symbolizes outer space and the universe. Black is the absence of colors. In some cultures, black represented fertility (as in quite fruitful black earth); in others, wisdom. In our culture it has been curiously linked with evil, due to religious associations. It is not an evil color. | ||
+ | - BROWN: Animals. Used for spells involving animals, usually in combination with other colors. Brown represents soil and, to a lesser degree, fertilit of the Earth. | ||
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+ | - WHITE: Adds to spiritual strength, breaks curses or crossed conditions, represents faith, purity, truth and sincerity. | ||
+ | - PINK: Overcomes evil, represents honor, love, morality, friendship, general success. | ||
+ | - RED: Love, sexuality, good health, strength and physical vigor. | ||
+ | - ORANGE: Encouragement, | ||
+ | - YELLOW: Attraction, persuasion ( can change minds), instills confidence, charm. | ||
+ | - GREEN: Money, luck, financial success and prosperity, fertility, good crops and harvest, cooperation. | ||
+ | - DARK BLUE: Depression, moodiness, changability, | ||
+ | - LIGHT BLUE: Understanding, | ||
+ | - PURPLE: Ambition, promotes business progress, power, causes tension, strengthens will power. | ||
+ | - BROWN: Hesitation in all matters, uncertainty and doubt, neutrality, robs energy. | ||
+ | - BLACK: Sadness and mourning, evil, loss, discord, confusion. | ||
+ | - GRAY: Cancellation, | ||
+ | - GREENISH YELLOW: Jealousy and anger, sickness, quarrels, discord, cowardice. | ||
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+ | **Plant Symbolism** | ||
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+ | __Flower Symbols and Meanings:__ | ||
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+ | - Cherry Blossom Flower Symbolism: The flower symbolism associated with the cherry blossom is education. In China, the cherry blossom is also a symbol of feminine beauty. It also represents the feminine principle and love. In Japan, cherry blossoms symbolize the transience of life because of their short blooming times. Falling blossoms are metaphors for fallen warriors who died bravely in battle. This connotation links them with the samarai. | ||
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+ | Recommended Books | ||
+ | For books related to cherry blossoms, see the following books on Amazon: | ||
+ | The Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Celebration | ||
+ | Japanese Traditions: Rice Cakes, Cherry Blossoms and Matsuri | ||
+ | Japanese Celebrations: | ||
+ | Cherry Blossoms: Traditional Patterns in Japanese Design | ||
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+ | - Dandelion Flower Symbolism: The flower symbolism associated with the dandelion is love me, affection returned, desire, sympathy, faithfulness, | ||
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+ | Recommended Books | ||
+ | For more information about wildflowers, | ||
+ | A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America | ||
+ | Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants | ||
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+ | -Clover: | ||
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