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I find that Oak trees are marvellous, as they seem almost regal and very mighty. Oak Trees even I can get away with climbing and that is a good buzz. No wonder they are highly thought of by Druids and Pagans.
I also prefer the world of Ash trees as they are straight and erect, no messing about clogging up the skyline. I myself loathe Birch trees they are just so messy, the bark though,hmm, very interesting - useful for Sigils.
I like spending time in the woods, when i lived in the countryside I used to collect dead wood with my bow saw for my woodburner-stove, and I appreciated the atmosphere. It's tranquil, good enough for a sit-down and a cigarette, to ease the tranquiisation. Sounds very very hippy but never the less a jolly good form of exercise and meditation.
You should always ask Mother Nature or Gaia her permission if you take something from her. It stands to reason.
When I used to go and collect wood (wooding, we called it) you would get instantly drawn to certain power areas like an electromagnetic pull. It was like a Re-enactment of a Hunter-Gatherer Atavism, forraging amongst the squirrels and the wildlife, just to get some wood to get heat and cook food on. It was a Ritual that sometimes happened twice in the day, living in the city of Glasgow now I miss it, I miss the exercise, my arm muscles are for shit, and it was a good excuse to take the dog out for a good exercise - silences the Mind, and lets one know what it is like to Work with Nature as a force, and not like a Mega Corporate Vampire that just rips trees out of forests for money or for cash crop exploitation.
I bumped into a person once I think who was meditating in the woods, when me and the dog went wooding. Odd. They looked startled. I thought it was funny.
I have lived in alot of woods I wouldn't say they are the best places for a sense of the other, they can get very ionised at night, and you have to overcome across this "Blair Witch Effect," nice though communing with all of nature. Interacting with Deer, Foxes, etc..
Mountains and hilltops are good, you can see for miles and when the wind hits you you can feel it like a good dose of Magick Mushrooms or a Bass Bin at a 40K Reggae Sound System.
Underground grottoes are good, we would have free 24 hour acid house parties at this squatted Chicken Farm we squatted, we were all parked in the woods. We'd have the decks set up in these chambers, they must have been left over from WW2, they were wicked, powerfull on Ketamine and MDMA - like guttural, like better than a house, the energy was infused and intense, perfect for Chemognosis and Neo-Dervishes (ie Dancing).
To go near a running stream or water is perfect for a good vibe, as the water clears up the atmosphere if you are in the woods. Woods are like antennae they are like a duplicate of the dendrtite pathways within our Brains, they "receive" alot, hence a big wood can get scary, hence the myths around tree spirits and the elementals. The bigger the woods the less sunlight gets in.
I make my pantacles out of woods that I get from the forest and will get wands from there as well.
Now I take my dog out to the park and the woods for silence and to get away from the Rat Race. I didn't get on with that Urban Shamanism type thing, but i do grok it.
Like if you go for a walk in the city you could attempt to divine from the pixelation that the lights make in the distance on the skyscrapers. Like magnified pixels sometimes they remind me of.
I rememeber as a little lad I'd go in to Glasgow City Center and you know what stuck me the most prominent of logos amongst all the billboards (think Bladerunner), it was the Barrs Limeade Drink Logos. I mean goto London and you have the Canary Wharf or Birmingham with its Post Office Tower. Glasgow has changed alot since I moved away and came back, as a city center it is very built up on. |
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