A tree associated with several pagan Gods, it represented the letter �F,� (Fearn) in the Druidic tree alphabet. In medieval legend it was� sacred to the God Bran, brother of Branwen who kept the Cauldron of Regeneration.� The tree came to mean resurrection .� The Alder Tree begins the first month of the Druidic Tree Calendar of the solar year���������������������������������������������������������������� Apple
The apple tree bears a flower with five petals and the fruit itself has five lobes.� Upon cutting an apple in half vertically, the apple reveals a pentagram or five pointed star.��� Norseman used to bury their dead with an apple to serve as a resurrection charm.� The apple is often associated with eternal life.
Ash /A/Nion� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� The Ash was a sacred chieftain tree, said to "court the flash" as it was prone to lightning strike. Its wood was thought to be enchanted and was used for Druidic wands and spears.
� The Ash in� myth, had three huge roots.� One root stretched to the underground spring of Urd (Earth), where the three fates lived in their cave .� The three Norn sisters of Wyrd were known as "Urdhr" - past, "Verhandi" - present, and "Skul" - future.� They had the responsibility of keeping the yew tree, the Yggdrasil, watered, pruned and looked after so it would continue to grow.� At the foundation of the spiritual structure of the Yggdrasil, the Wyrd sisters represented all knowledge, were special patrons of the art of divination, and had the power to weave destiny.
The second root went to the well of Mimir in the land of the giants.� This is where Odin sacrificed one of his eyes for a drink from the well of enlightenment.
The third root of Yggdrasil produced a magic fluid called aurr which was probably the life giving female lunar blood that lies secretly at the root of all universal-elixir myths.� The tree was also the universal mother, source of unborn souls.
Aspen
Aspen is the letter �E,� (Eadha), in the Druids� Tree Alphabet.� Aspen, a light and resilient wood, was used to make arrows in medieval times.� Aspen trees were used� divination by leaf rustlings.� The tree talked if someone would listen!
Elder
In the Druid Alphabet� elder is� �R,� (Ruis).� This tree is sacred to the Elder Goddess, the Crone, the Caillech, who was Hel, queen of the underworld.� This tree became to be known as the witch tree and was said to imprison the spirits of the dead.� Elder was used to make witches� � broomsticks.�� In� medieval folk believed in the magic of elder leaves worn to cure every pain in the neck
Fir
The silver fir is �A,� (Ailm) in the Druidic Alphabet and represented the birth of the Sun.� Evergreens are powerful symbols of ongoing life and/or immortality.
Hawthorne ������������������������������ In the Druidic Alphabet, this tree represent the letter �H,� (Huath)� Referred to as the May tree, it represents the �White Goddess.�� An old wives tale said that sleeping with the blossoms of the hawthorne brought death.� Every May Day, the blossoms were picked and placed in a wreath representing the female around the Maypole representing the phallus .
Hazel
In the� Druidic alphabet letter is �C,� (Coll).� It�s wood became to be known as �Witch Hazel� because of it�s properties as a divining rod.� It was also considered symbolic of female wisdom .
Holly
The Druidic alphabet name the holly is the letter �T,� (Tinne). The medieval Holly King or Holly Knight, was also known as the Green Man or the Wild Man, who appeared at midwinter festivals in the guise of an anciet sacrificial God� .
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In the Druidic alphabet oak is �D,� (Duir) and represents power. The Oak was the sacred tree of the Druids, symbolising truth and steadfast knowledge. Doors made of Oak were thought to keep out evil.The tannin in the bark has long been used in tanning leather hides.
ROWAN
Rowan represents the second letter of the Druidic Alpahbet �L,� (Luis)� This tree stands for magic and is sacred to the Goddess Brigit.Rowans were planted near doors and gates to ward off evil and were thought to guard the gateway to the spirit world�
Willow
The willow was sacred to the Goddess Arianrhod in Celtic tradition and was called the letter �S,� (Saille) in the Druidic tree alphabet.� Willow bark is one of the world�s oldest� pain relievers� �Asprin�.� Willow wands were used in divination and a connection to the stars.
Yew
� The letter �I,� (Idho) in the Druidic Alphabet.� Yew is the traditional cemetery tree because the priests of the old Celtic religion regarded it as a symbol of immortality and planted it in their sacred groves.� In this way, the death-and-ressurection connotations of the yew were perpetuated.� Druids used wands of the yew for divination to fortell the future.
The �Yew Valley� was the abode of Odin as a death God, in his winter aspect as Ullr. Yew also symbolized hunting as the wood made excellent bows.
The 'OGMAN' used� for� transmitting� messages
lest he thereby become a monster.
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If thou gaze long into an abyss,
the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Nietzsche
is to instruct him to hold in higher regard those who think alike
than those who think differently . - Nietzsche
words we give to a concept that we� call time.
We all know the sayings, "Time flies" and "the minutes just crawled by."
Time flows forward and backward, swiftly and slowly.
It is a relative concept.
While journeying. You can experience hours in� what seems like minutes in the physical world.
Maybe� travel to the future to retrieve things or
change events from the past.
"Normal" Perception is kind of a simplified perception/range of reality.
But this perception does not cover the reality we fully interact with,�
society provides some methods to expand this somewhat closed perception.
Alchol,drugs ect.
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���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� A Real Psychic is one who perceive other people's aura or
feels other people's energies by their own developed� senses,
and have experiences with non-physical beings on visual basis,
which means they have expanded their visual-perception ( 3 rd. eye)
to be able to see into astral-realm already,
without any special relaxing preparation.
Full Trance is like moving the already enhanced perception more into astral-realm,
and being almost physically unconscious.
Self Realized is being conscious of physical, without denying or judging it,
but also being aware of the astral and more subtle realms.
One sign of a self-realized soul is that the person radiates a kind of presence which
attracts everyone, it's unconditional Love.
There are no condititions on perception!
Druids often used trance-ecstacy to achieve their purpose as well.
But in the myths very little attention is paid to summoning or
controlling spirits and gods,
instead, the Druids sought communication .
Aisling� is� A dream or a vision ).
Possibly, Aisling refers to altered states of consciousness.
Immram A journey to the realms where the Gods live, possibly by shaman flight.
Literally, Immram means "sea journey",� where� the� otherworldly paradises were located.
Imbas Inspiration, poetic frenzy, the "fire in the head"��
� possibly, Imbas referrs to altered states of consciousness.