Tag: Nature
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Top 3 Magical Herbs for Protection (And How to Use Them in your Practice)
I’ve been sharing a lot about trees recently, so today I wanted to shift focus and spotlight some magical plants and herbs for protection. Protection magic is one of the foundations of any witchcraft, magical or spiritual practice. And the best part? Mother Nature provides everything we need for free! Even better, you probably already Read more
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Top Five Tips You Need to Know to Meet the Fae Folk!
Meet the Fae Folk with these simple Do’s and Don’ts. Are Faeries real? Have you always thought maybe they were? Did you love fantasy movies when you were growing up about unicorns, dragons, elves, dwarves, fairies, mermaids, wizards and so on? Have you ever seen something out of the corner of your eye like lights Read more
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The Yew Tree
The Yew Tree The Yew Tree is known as a tree of death, but also of rebirth and immortality. It is another tree associated with connecting you to your ancestors and to the Underworld. Therefore, it can be associated with the Season of Autumn and the Sabbat Samhain. Interestingly, this tree often grows in graveyards, Read more
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The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan The Horned One. To the Greek he is known as Pan. In Celtic mythology, Cernunnos. In English Folklore, he is called Herne the Hunter. And sometimes he is associated with the Green Man, the Holly King or the Oak King. Some may see these as different names of one being and Read more
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The History and Folklore of the Alder Tree
The Alder Tree The magical, mystical Alder Tree. Not to be confused with the Elder Tree. (Please feel free to check out my blog on the Elder Tree if you want to learn more about him). grovewitch.com/the-elder-tree/ The Alder Tree is associated with the Season of Fall/Autumn and the element of Water in all its Read more
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How to Communicate With Trees
How to Communicate with Trees If you’ve been following my blog, you know I have been sharing about different types of trees, their folklore, magical properties and health benefits. But now I want to talk about how to actually connect to and communicate with the trees. And to all elemental and nature spirits. Trees = Read more
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Magical Properties and Uses of the Apple Tree
THE APPLE TREE Who doesn’t love a good crispy, juicy apple?! There are so many varieties; Macintosh, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Fuji, Gala, Braeburn, Cortland, Empire, Pink Lady, and my all time favorite, Honey Crisp! And there are more than that too, along with little tart crab apples. And all of them are good for Read more
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The Ash Tree
THE ASH TREE We are now on to our 3rd tree in the sacred ‘magical trilogy’ of trees, the Oak, Ash and Thorn series. Where the three trees grow together, there the Fair Folk will surely be. The Ash is associated with wisdom, protection and the Eldar Futhark Rune, ‘Ansuz’ which stands for communication, guidance, Read more
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The Great Mighty Oak Tree
The Mighty Oak Tree Today I am writing about the second tree in the “Magical Trilogy” of trees – Oak, Ash and Thorn. It is said when these three trees are found together, you will find the Fae Folk for sure. Please feel free to check out my blog on the first tree, The Hawthorn Read more
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The Hawthorn Tree
The Hawthorn Tree I had to choose the lovely little Hawthorn Tree to talk about next, as it is also sometimes referred to as the “May” tree. And as I write this, we’re about to be in the month of May. It is therefore also associated with one of my favorite Sabbats, Beltane, which happens Read more