The Wisdom of the Trees
Oracle exploring sacred trees across world mythologies and spiritual traditions.
by Jane Struthers, Meraylah Allwood · 2017
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The record
Trees are part of our consciousness of the sacred. In almost every culture around the world in both the past and present trees are recognised as being representative of or belonging to higher powers and old gods. From Artemis sacred cypresses to Yggdrasil connecting the nine worlds of the Norse gods, sacred groves of olives near Athens, the nemeton of the Gaulish Druids, to the many sacred groves of the Hindu gods of India, of the Shinto shrines in Japan, to the sacred forests of the Lakota and other native American peoples, in such diverse countries as the Baltic states, Germany, Estonia, Ghana, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, and Thailand, trees are regarded as having special spiritual significance. They feature strongly in folklore and fairytales, and impart their wisdom to heroes and common folk alike. They have character, personality of a type, exude certain qualities, and communicate with one another. The Wisdom of the Trees Oracle tunes into the energies of trees and focuses them on divination. The deck acknowledges the existence of devas and nature spirits which are the beings which effectively own each species of plant think of the ancient Greek dryads, meliai, and hamadryads
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