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Trees are some of the most important and magnificent life forms on our planet. Their roots break up stone and help hold the soil in place. Their leaves revert the carbon dioxide gasses we animal life forms exhale as toxins and absorb the carbon from it to release life-giving oxygen back to us. They product healthy and beneficial food for our consumption and the wood of their bodies can be put to more uses than can be easily measured. All this is just on the mundane material level.
On the etheric spirit level, the trees are a manifestation of the strongest of the Earth's magical energies. The auras of the trees can radiate on a vibrational frequency that can sooth the human spirit and bring it back into harmony. A portion of the spiritual energy of a tree can be retained in its wood or leaves for a very long time. This makes tree wood a very effective material for creating magical tools with. The wand is an obvious choice although a wooden handled athame will couple two forms of Earth energy into your tool.
Trees are just like any other living being. They have their wants and needs which can go much further than just some water and sunlight. Quiet meditation taken under a tree can offer the questing practitioner many unusual insights if they but turn their own spirit energies towards communication with its spirit. It is well worth the attempt to merge your mind with the tree's so that you can look out on the world to see how it views the surrounding energy patterns. Allowing its spirit to see through your eyes can leave you with an entirely new appreciation of the world around you.
The vibrational energies of different species of trees harmonize with different aspects of the whole world reality. A very important part of Witchcraft is learning the specific areas of specialty that different trees are best suited for. Oak trees for example, manifest the male aspect of life energy. The Celtic nations considered the Oak a manifestation of the God of the Woods and the mate of the Lunar Goddess. It is the tree associated with doorways. The energies of the Oak are best used for longevity, protection, prosperity and vitality.
The Birch tree is special to the Goddess. It is the indicator throughout a wide portion of the world as the bringer of the spring growing season. For this reason magic work with Birch wood is usually connected to beginning new projects. It is especially good in healing fire-related wounds. Tree lore and its related fields of magic are an extensive body of knowledge that will do the beginning Craft worker in good stead to learn.
Learning to understand the trees that live around you can provide you with a fuller understanding of the concept of the circle of life, not only in mundane reality but in the greater magical life of the universe. Get to know a few trees personally and you may find you have a friend for life.
As well as writing and researching on the paranormal and occult phenomena that intersect our reality, Douglas Mefford can also be found helping spread literature to the world at Bell, Book & Candle Publications or hanging out at his bungalow in Greenwoods Village.
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