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Sacred Trees
The ancient Druids did not worship trees per say, but they did respect what the trees represented. Each tree had a personality that the Druids would try to emulate or would worship as being an aspect of the Divine. Trees were used as bridges between the spiritual and material planes, and often represented Gods/Goddesses, concepts, letters of the alphabet or the elements. Sacred clearings or groves were used for worship and learning, but no trees were cleared if there was not a natural clearing available. Temples were constucted around the forest with a keen knowledge that one must become one with Nature and must respect the life within.
 Alder: Used for protection and divination, this wood is used to symbolize the God Bran.
Apple: Used for love and healing, this tree is one of the oldest symbols of fertility.
Ash: Used for spells requiring focus and discipline, this creates a bridge between the spiritual and material planes.
Beech: Used to get in touch with your ancestral past, it promotes insite and stability.
Birch: Associated with love and fertility magick, it is used extensivly with healing. Used as a symbol of Thor.
Blackthorn: Used to symbolize Fate, and that one cannot escape it.
Elder: Used to symbolize Freya, it is a symbol of Witches. Represents the continuous circle of life and death.
Elm: Used for stability and grounding, this tree also symbolizes the fairy folk.
Fir: Used to clear the inner vision, it symbolizes what is to come.
Hawthorn: Used for protection, love and marriage, it is also used to represent Witchcraft.
Hazel: The limbs of this tree are used for dowsing and water magick and symbolizes the gaining and using of knowledge and wisdom.
Holly: Used for sleep and rest, it symbolizes death and passing.
Larch: Used for protection and vision, it is also used to purify sacred space and exorcisms.
Maple: One of the first signs of spring, this tree symbolizes success and abundance.
Oak: Used for strength and solidity, it symbolizes faith and family.
Pine: Used to symbolize guilt and dealing with private issues.
Poplar: Used for conquering and endurance, it is also associated with speech and language.
Rowan: Used for protection and control of ones mental abilities from attack.
Willow: Representing flexibility, it is used to symbolize cycles and rhythm.
Yew: Used to induce visions, this tree is used to enhance magickal and psychic abilities.
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