Here is a list of the sacred
woods of the Celts...
Rowan
Powerful wood of the sidhe, great for wands
and cauldron fires, used for magickal divination and protection.
It's berries feed the Faeries.
Alder
Bran's tree. Death-in-life aspect because it
doesn't die in Winter. Good for sovereignty wand and for strength.
It's flowers make green dye, and it's bark red dye.
Willow
Wands are used for weddings and Witch brooms.
Good for beauty and love.
Ash
Protector. Never cut down by the Celts.
It's wood is used in many staffs for psychic strength, power, and healing.
Hawthorn
Only brought into the house at Beltane. It harbors
the Faeries and should never be destroyed. Good for music, poetry,
and psychic ability.
Oak
Mighty and sacred. Oak groves are great places
to do magic. Oak struck by lightning is most powerful. Acorn
is for invisibility, all magickal powers, strength, and fertility. Merlin's
favorite tree.
Holly
Sun-King. Used for fertility, protection, is
steadfast in adversity, increases strength, and helps you to win against
hardships and challenges.
Hazel
Helps you to become a person of many arts and skills.
Heightens the five senses.
Apple
Sacred tree of Avalon or Apple Land or Island of Apples.
Three apples are hung on the sacred silver branch want. Good for
healing the sick, helping you to sleep, protecting your heart. An
apple cut through the middle forms the Witch's star, a pentacle in the
middle.
Grapevine
Underworld and Merrow associations. Power of
the Triple Goddess, the Morrigan. Giver of life.
Ivy
The feminine side of holly, but very strong.
Symbol of endurance, stability, and deep psychic powers. Ruled by
Saturn.
Water reed or broom plant
It's flexible twigs bend and connect this world with
the underwater realms.
Blackthorn
Weapon of protection, neutralizes anything bad that
can happen.
Elder
Symbol of the "Good God," the Dagda. Good for
many skills and arts and stability. It's berries are used for rouge
and coloring skin.
Fir
A sacred tree of life and death. Merlin and Vivian's
tree. Symbol of sovereignty and the gift of knowledge.
Furze (gorse)
Good for protection because it's stalk has thorny spikes.
It's golden blossoms are symbols of the Sun. Also is used for chastity
and faithfulness.
Heather
For wealth, protection, knowledge, open-mindedness,
luck, and flower crowns.
Aspen
Good for relieving pain, strong against weather or
wind, helps you to pass on to Avalon.
Yew
Life-in-death and death-in-life aspects of the Goddess.
The eternal cycle of life.
~*~NEVER
AGAIN
THE
BURNING
TIMES~*~
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