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Tree Lore

…twigs of 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,

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Trees

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

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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

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Miscellaneous

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

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Trees

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

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Spindle

…into their 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

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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

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Gods and Goddesses

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

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Miscellaneous

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

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What is a Bard?

…helping to release the Bard, the Creative Self, within.

The tree which represents the Bardic Grade is the Birch – appropriately it is the first tree of the

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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

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Miscellaneous

A Mythic History of Ogham

…white Birch, first letter of Ogham’s Tree oracle.

By following the order of the ancient Spell, all letters in correct order, Ogham acquired the calendars and secrets inherent

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Trees

An Australian Ogham

…Numerology: have five starred petals, therefore emotions. Month: September OGHAM AND RUNE EQUIVALENTS: Ogham: – Birch. Beginnings, male and female on same flower, herald of spring. Rune: Odin The

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Animals

Stags and Deer

…through vast tracts of birch forest dotted with the dark spikes of conifers.’ From Reuters – Oliver Bullough This shows the symbiotic relationship the Saami’s have with the Reindeer

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Trees

Tree Lore: Ash

…also much folklore and natural magic associated with powers of Ash. The traditional Witches broom or Besom was also traditionally made of an Ash staff, together with Birch twigs

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Tree Lore: Willow

…Flower Remedies).

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

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