sorbus acuparia

The Rowan tree
(Luis)

If a rowan tree should take root in your garden,
then your home and all who dwell therein are blessed,
for the garden is under the special protection of the fairies.
The rowan is a witch or wicken tree,
which means that it is the tree of the Goddess.
It is said that the wicken tree thrives upon land made
sacred by ancient stone circles and forgotten Druidic rites.
Should you happen upon a flourishing rowan, which is most
bountifully hung with cluster of delicate red berries,
then you may be sure that some saintly soul
lies buried close by.

For the Garden
Boot and Shoe Rowan Berry
~@~

Charm
Drop a palmful of rowan berries
gathered upon Rowan Tree Day (13 May)
into any number of old boots and shoes
you wish to discard-only they must be of leather.
Take them and bury them deep,
choosing a spot where your bedding plants best flourish,
and say this little charm over them as you work;

Rowan fruit, boot and shoe
Bless my flowers the summer through;
Fairies of the wicken tree
Work this growing charm for me

Work by the light of a waxing moon,
upon a Friday for a Wednesday,
these being nights of Venus and Mercury
and under the guardianship of their angels,
Anael and Raphael.
Then you may look forward
to a veritable Eden of summer flowers.



SOURCE(S)
Decoction
Home-blessing
In Druidry
Lady Tia

Lust, John
The Herb Book
©1974, Benedict Lust Pulications
Bantam Edition December 1974
Published in the USA and Canada

01212002

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