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phensley
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SPEC: Three trees on easter egg hunt map...

I don't know if this means anything but it is indeed interesting.

ASH

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The runic alphabet is said to have formed itself of ash twigs and been revealed to Odin, a Norse god, after he hung on the ash tree for three days and nights. In Ireland three of the five magic trees (Tree of Tortu, Tree of Dathi and Branching Tree of Usnech) were ash. Their fall in 665 C.E. is said to symbolize the triumph over Paganism by Christian faiths. Ash is one of the trees that is honored at the Winter Solstice, its trunk and branches are decorated with herbal offerings of holly, mistletoe and ivy and gifts of cider and freshly baked cakes are placed at its base. Ash is one of the sacred three--"Oak and Ash and Thorn" --that are celebrated in British and Celtic songs and legends. The Greeks dedicated the ash tree to Poseidon, god of the sea, and sailors carried its wood as protection against the threat of drowning. The major spiritual significance of the ash tree comes from Northern Europe, where as Yggdrasil, the World Tree, it connects the underworld, earth and heaven. The winged seed pods from an ash is of value as fertility charms and divination by fire is often done with the green wood of ash. Ash was used to make kings' thrones and the shafts of weapons and spears.

HAWTHORNE

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The Hawthorne is a small tree seldom exceeding 15 feet in height. Its long thorns provide protection against storm and grazing animals as well as provide shelter for birds and other wild life that feast on its scarlet berries. The flowers grow in clusters of white or palest pink and exude a strong unusual scent said to be the scent of female sexuality. Hawthorne is so strongly associated with the Celtic May Eve festival that "May" is a folk name for the Hawthorne. Sacred Hawthorne guard wishing wells in Ireland, where shreds of clothing are hung on the thorns to symbolize a wish made. The Roman goddess Cardea, mistress of Janus who was keeper of the doors, had as her principal protective emblem a bough of Hawthorne. "Her power is to open what is shut; to shut what is open." She looks both forward and backward in time. Benefactress of crafts people, she lives in a starry castle at the hinge of the universe behind the North Wind, She is the keeper of the four winds. According to ancient legend, thorn trees are bewitched and their powers lay in warding off depression, purification, protection, chasity, and fertility. It is customary to decorate the top of a May pole with its boughs. Always trim Hawthorne hedges from east to west, in a sunwise direction and never cut a blooming tree (it angers the Faeries). A solitary Hawthorne tree growing on the side of a hill is thought to be a marker showing an entrance into the world of faery. Hawthorne healing relates to balancing the blood, nerve s and spirit.

OAK

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The first three trees of the Celtic alphabet - birch, rowan, ash - share a preference for high airy places. The next three - alder, willow, Hawthorne - have strong associations with water. The seventh tree, the oak, grows everywhere. Oaks grow taller and live longer than most other species of tree. Long held sacred, the oak was dedicated by the Greeks to Zeus, the Romans to Jupiter, and the Norse to Thor - all gods of the lightening flash. The Celtic priests of Britain and Gaul, the druids, so revered the oak that their teachings and many spiritual rites were carried out beneath its glorious boughs. The veneration of this great tree may have come from the fact that the acorn was once a main food source to the wandering tribes of prehistoric Europe. The acorn in mystic lore represents the highest form of fertility -creativity of the mind. This tree has roots that grow as deep as its branches are high, its energy encompasses that of cleansing, strengthening and enduring. Oak trees are often struck by lightening and still they tend to survive. Oaks seem to draw lightening to them, thus symbolizing its groundedness. King Arthur's Round Table was made from the single slab of an oak tree, for these many reasons oaks have an honored place in the hearts and minds of the people of Britain.

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 11:04 pm

Stevoid
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I've got a bee in my bonnet about trees at the moment...see SPEC: Trees in AGP cemetery post on this page, and my follow up today.

Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 5:11 am

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