Thank you and wishes for a faery magical day with their most sacred tree. Oak, ash and thorn … see all three and you know the Fae are near!
Hawthorn branches and leaves
In honor of Samhuinn, a festival of beginnings and endings, today we’ll explore the most sacred of trees–the hawthorn. This is the 6th post in my “Sacred Trees in the Americas” series where I examine abundant trees in the Eastern and Midwestern parts of the USA, exploring their many qualities: physical, magical, herbal, mythological, and so on. Previous posts have include Eastern Hemlock, American Beech, Sugar Maple, Eastern White Cedar, and Hickory. Each of these posts takes 20-30 hours to research and write, not to mention the countless hours I spend with the trees to understand them and share their stories as best I can. And now friends, let’s enter the forest and visit the hawthorn.
There are few trees quite so enigmatic in either western herbalism practice or contemporary druidry as the sacred hawthorn—and this is the first of the…
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Posted by manyhahama1955 on October 31, 2015 at 4:00 pm
Lovely!! Thank you!
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Posted by Kieron on November 1, 2015 at 2:29 pm
This was *really* informative. Some of the links take the information even further. It’s not unlike the proverbial rabbit hole… 🙂
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Posted by Anthony on November 3, 2015 at 2:25 am
Hi, best and most thorough info on Hawthorne I’ve seen in one place. Thank you both.
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Posted by laurabruno on November 3, 2015 at 2:41 am
You’re welcome! Glad it’s helpful. 🙂
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Posted by Anthony on November 3, 2015 at 2:28 am
The best info in one place..thank you both.
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