A Druid's Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine by Hopman Ellen Evert

Author:Hopman, Ellen Evert [Hopman, Ellen Evert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inner Traditions Bear & Company
Published: 2011-07-14T23:00:00+00:00

SPIRITUAL ASPECTS

Firs, like all conifers, have long been understood as symbols of immortality; their evergreen branches defy the seeming death of winter. Their cones are “tree-eggs” that grow in a sunwise spiral, showing their connection to the solar year and making them an ideal magical “sender” when placed on the tip of a magic wand.

In Greek tradition, Attis, the young god of spring, was reborn each year as a conifer, his blood transformed into violets at his feet. At the spring rites of Kybele, a pine tree was carried to the Phrygian sanctuary decorated with violets. Egyptian priests of Osiris hollowed out a pine tree and placed within it a carved statue of their god, whom Isis had restored to life.14

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