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Tree Lore

birch that were used for kindling the Beltane fire. Birch was also used to make babies’ cradles, for if birch could drive evil from the old year, and from lunatics…

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Tree Lore: Birch

…and light-filled grace. The Birch grows out of a common, joined trunk so that many appear to grow from the one. People who have been ‘claimed’ by Birch tend to…

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Birch

…made of Birch twigs were commonly used to drive out the spirits of the old year and to ‘beat the bounds’ of property for protection. Thus, broomsticks made of Birch

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Paganism and the Deaf Community

…the elbow) and then used his index finger of his dominant hand to describe the lines of the birch tree. Another student drew attention to the fact that a birch

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Favourite Charities

…and continuing care of one tree. Species planted include bird cherry, pine, birch, juniper, alder, aspen, willow, dwarf birch and hazel. We do hope you can support this project –…

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2015 Annual Review

…of the Ammerdown conference that brought together Druids, Pagans and Christians last year. Edited by Denise Cush. The Wisdom of Birch, Oak, and Yew: Connect to the Magic of Trees…

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The Northern Cosmos & The Hum

…the Ainu, Central and North Asia, the Germans and Scandinavians. To the Abakan Tartars the World-Tree was a white birch with seven branches, growing on a mountain. This sevenfold correspondence…

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Brigit

…wand, made of birch or willow. According to her prayer card, in Catholic tradition, her sacred wood is vine. She is also associated with oak, as her church at Kildare…

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The Sacred Grove Planting Programme

…planting and continuing care of one tree. Species planted include bird cherry, pine, birch, juniper, alder, aspen, willow, dwarf birch and hazel. We do hope you can support this project…

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Tree Lore: Spindle

node or with a heel, July/August in a frame. Very easy. Cuttings of mature wood, November in a frame. Layering in July/August. Takes 14 months.

Use of Cultivars: There…

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Spindle

…permanent positions. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 5 – 8cm long taken at a node or with a heel, July/August in a frame. Very easy. Cuttings of mature wood, November in…

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Tree Lore- Sugar Maple

…is. From now on, the sap will only flow thick just before spring. You will have to work much harder for the gift of Maple. You will make birch buckets…

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Willow

…uses are extensive. The Besom, the Witches Broom, is traditionally made from three Trees. The stave is made from Ash, for protection; Birch twigs are used for the broom itself…

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The Deer’s Secret

…over my laptop and out into the verdant green of the garden, the beech, ash and birch trees swaying in the light breeze, I am filled with the beauty and…

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A Hut I Call My Own

…mantle. Beneath is the dark green holly and ivy, and a small clump of bluebells that survive all odds to bloom each year. The Birch Tree that was given to…

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Solo Beltane Ritual No.1

…in the cold but resilient as oak (white ribbon). I am a graceful birch, grown anew from the scorched earth (light green ribbon). I am a vibrant poppy whose seeds…

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Plant Lore

…associations to joy and community. But a variety of herbal elixirs, such as those made from Burdock and Dandelion, or Birch sap, enable the modern Druid to enhance their health…

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