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SACRED TREES
ALDER
This tree is sacred to Y
Dynion Mwyn. The pith is easily pushed out of green shoots to make whistles. Several
shoots bound together by strings or fax cord, can be trimmed to the desired length for
producing the note you want and used to entice Air elementals. The old superstition of
"whistling up the wind" began with this custom.
APPLE
Another sacred tree to Y
Dynion Mwyn. It is said that you may cut an apple into three pieces, then rub the cut side
on warts, saying: "Out warts, into apple." Then bury the pieces and as the apple
decays, the warts will disappear. Use apple cider in any old spells calling for blood or
wine. Apple indicates choice, and is useful for love and healing magic. "Take
an apple cut it through, contemplate what's twixt the two."
ASH
A Dynion Mwyn sacred tree.
Dynion Mwyn wands are often made of ash because of its straight grain. Ash wands are good
for healing, general and solar magic. Put fresh ash leaves under your pillow to stimulate
psychic dreams.
BIRCH
Known as Lady of the Woods,
Paper Birch and White Birch. Carefully gather strips of the bark at the New Moon. With red
ink, write on a birch strip: "Bring me true love." Burn this along with a love
incense, saying "Goddess of love, God of desire, Bring to me sweet passion's
fire." The specific name of a god/goddess may be added. Or cast the bark into a
stream or other flowing water, saying: "Message of love, I set you free, to capture a
love and return to me." ***Remember*** It is unwise to use this incantation and
ritual directed toward a specific person as that would violate the rule. If a love is to
come to you, it must be of that persons free will to do so.
BLACKTHORN
Blackthorn is a winter tree.
Its white flowers are seen even before the leaves in the spring. It is black barked with
vicious thorns and grows in dense thickets. The wood is used in the cudgel shillelagh and
Blasting Stick. Its thorns are used to pierce waxen images. Blackthorn indicates strong
action of fate or outside influences that must be obeyed.
BROOM
Also known as Scotch Broom or
Irish Broom. It can be substituted for furze (gorse) at the Spring Equinox. The Welsh and
Irish called it the "Physician's power" because of its diuretic shoots. Sweep
your outside ritual areas with it to purify and protect. Burning the blooms and shoots
calms the wind.
CEDAR
Also known as the Tree of
Life, Arbor Vitae, Yellow Cedar. Ancient Celts on the mainland used cedar oil to preserve
the heads of enemies taken in battle. To draw Earth energy and ground yourself, place the
palms of your hands against the ends of the leaves.
ELDER
Also known as Ellhorn,
Elderberry, Lady Elder. Sacred to the White Lady and Midsummer Solstice. Dynion Mwyns use
it to both bless and curse. Standing under an elder tree at Midsummer, like standing in a
Fairy Ring of mushrooms, will help you see the "little people." Elder wands can
be used to drive out evil spirits or thought forms. Music on panpipes or flutes of elder
have the same power as the wand. Remember the words of the Rede. "Elder be ye
Lady's Tree, burn it not or cursed ye be!
ELM
A slightly fibrous,
tan-coloured wood with a slight sheen. Elm is often associated with Mother and Earth
Goddesses, and is said to be the abode of faeries, explaining Kipling's injunction;
"Ailim be the lady's tree; burn it not or cursed ye'll be". Elm wood is valued
for it's resistance to splitting, and the inner bark was used for cordage and chair
caning. Elm adds stability and grounding to a spell.
FIR
Fir is a very tall slender
tree that grows in mountainous regions on the upper slopes. Fir cones respond to rain by
closing and the sun by opening. Fir can see over great distance to the far horizon beyond
and below. Fir indicates high views and long sights with clear vision of what is beyond
and yet to come.
FIR (SILVER)
Also known as the Birth Tree.
The needles are burned at childbirth to bless and protect the mother and baby.
FURZE
Also known as Gorse, Whin.
Its golden flowers are associated with the Spring Equinox. Wood and blooms are burned for
protection and preparation for conflict of any sort.
HAWTHORN
Also known as May Tree and
White Thorn. Wands made of this wood are of great power. The blossoms are highly erotic to
men. Hawthorn can be used for protection, love and marriage spells.
HAZEL
Wands made of this wood
symbolize white magick and healing. Forked sticks are used to find water or buried
treasure. If outside and in need of maigckal protection quickly draw a circle around
yourself with a hazel branch. To enlist the aid of plant fairies, string hazelnuts on a
cord and hang up in your house or ritual room. Magically, hazel wood is used to gain
knowledge, wisdom and poetic inspiration.
HOLLY
A beautiful white wood with
an almost invisible grain; looks very much like ivory. Holly is associated with the death
and rebirth symbolism of winter in both Pagan and Christian lore and is important to the
Winter Solstice. In Arthurian legend, Gawain (representing the Oak King of summer) fought
the Green Knight, who was armed with a holly club to represent winter. It is one of the
three timbers used in the construction of chariot wheel shafts. It was used in spear
shafts also. The qualities of a spear shaft are balance and directness, as the spear must
be hefted to be thrown the holly indicates directed balance and vigour to fight if the
cause is just. Holly may be used in spells having to do with sleep or rest, and to ease
the passage of death. A bag of leaves and berries carried by a man is said to increase his
ability to attract women.
JUNIPER
Its berries were used with
thyme in Dynion Mwyn and Grove incenses for visions. Juniper grown by the door discourages
thieves. The mature berries can be strung and hung in the house to attract love.
MISTLETOE
Also known as Birdlime, All
Heal and Golden Bough. It was the most sacred tree of Dynion Mwyn, and ruled the Winter
Solstice. The berries are poisonous! Bunches of mistletoe can be hung as an all-purpose
protective herb. The berries are used in love incenses.
OAK
Oak has been considered
sacred by just about every culture that has encountered the tree, but it was held in
particular esteem by the Celts because of its size, longevity, and nutritious acorns. The
oak was the "King of Trees" in a grove. Magick wands were made of its wood. Oak
galls, known as Serpent Eggs, were used in magickal charms. Acorns gathered at night held
the greatest fertility powers. The Dynion Mwyn Priestesses listened to the rustling oak
leaves and the wrens in the trees for divinatory messages. Burning oak leaves purifies the
atmosphere. It can be used in spells for protection, strength, success and stability; the
different varieties will lend their own special 'flavour' to the magic.
PINE
The Pine tree is an
evergreen, its old title was "the sweetest of woods". It was known to Dynion
Mwyn as one of the seven chieftain trees of the Welsh. Mix the dried needles with equal
parts of juniper and cedar and burn to purify the home and ritual area. The cones and nuts
can be carried as a fertility charm. A good magickal cleansing and stimulating bath is
made by placing pine needles in a loose-woven bag and running bath water over it. To
purify and sanctify an outdoor ritual area, brush the ground with a pine branch.
ROWAN
Also known as Mountain Ash,
Witchwood and Sorb Apple has long known as an aid and protection against enchantment.
Sticks of the Rowan were used to carve Runes on. Rowan spays and crosses were placed over
cattle in pens and over homes for protection. Its lovely red berries feed the birds in
winter. The berries have a tiny pentagram on them and are especially poisonous. The
pentagram is the ancient symbol of protection. The Rowan tree indicates protection and
control of the senses from enchantment and beguiling. The Rowan was sacred to Dynion Mwyn
and the Goddess Brigit. It is a very magical tree used for wands, rods, amulets and
spells. A forked Rowan branch can help find water. Wands are for knowledge, locating metal
and general divination.
WILLOW
Also known as White Willow,
Tree of Enchantment and Witches' Asprin. Once of the seven sacred trees of the Irish, a
Dynion Mwyn sacred Tree. The willow is a Moon tree sacred to the White Lady, Its groves
were considered so magickal that priests, priestesses and all types of artisans sat among
these trees to gain eloquence, inspiration, skills and prophecies. For a wish to be
granted, ask permission of the willow, explaining your desire. Select a pliable shoot and
tie a loose knot in it while expressing what you want. When the wish is fulfilled. return
and untie the knot. Remember to thank the willow and leave a gift.
YEW
Also known as English Yew and
European Yew. Another important tree to the Winter Solstice and the deities of death and
rebirth. It is a beautifully smooth, gold-coloured wood with a wavy grain. The Irish used
it to make dagger handles, bows and wine barrels. The wood or leaves were laid on graves
as a reminder to the departed spirit that death was only a pause in life before rebirth.
All parts of the tree are poisonous except the fleshy covering of the berry, and its
medicinal uses include a recently discovered treatment for cancer. The yew may be the
oldest-lived tree in the world. Ancient yews can be found in churchyards all over Britain,
where they often pre-date even the oldest churches. There are some convincing arguments
for it being the original 'World-tree' of Scandinavian mythology. The Yew may be used to
enhance magical and psychic abilities, and to induce visions.
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