Trees provide breathable air, timber, fuel, food, shelter, medicine and beauty. Without trees, we could not live. They can help us think better — Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the olive groves around Athens, Buddha found enlightenment beneath a Bo tree, and Isaac Newton realized his theory of gravity when an apple fell from the tree under which he was sitting — and they can help us feel better.
Our pagan ancestors worshiped trees, but for many of us nature has been pushed out of our lives. ‘In the folk tradition of Europe trees were attributed magical healing powers,’ says Cassandra Eason, an expert on earth energies and author of ‘Encyclopaedia Of Magic & Ancient Wisdom’. ‘I’m a busy working mother and whenever I feel stressed, unwell or unloved, I sit against the trunk of a tree, making a connection with the ground and through the bark with the energy flowing upwards from the earth. I put my hands on the ground and press down with my feet, picturing negative feelings as dark light sinking into the earth.’
With Arbor Day here, lets all take a walk among the trees, feel the earth at our feet, feel the healing energy of a mighty tree and find our spirit once again.
For the love of trees ~ Holly
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