A smooth, gold-coloured wood with a wavygrain, the yew is an ancient tree species that hassurvived since before the Ice Age and, as such,has been revered and used by humankindthroughout the ages. Beca...
Also known as mountain ash, witchwood, sorbapple and quickbeam, the rowan has long been known as an aid and protection againstenchantment by beguiling. Sacred to the Druidsand the Goddess Brigit, it i...
The pine tree is an evergreen and is known forits ability to cleanse the personal environment.It is one of the seven chieftain trees of the Irish.There are numerous ways it can be used. Topurify and s...
Oak is such an all-purpose tree, providing food,shelter and spiritual regeneration, that it isconsidered sacred by just about every culture that has encountered it. The oak was the ‘Kingof Trees’ and ...
Also known as birdlime, all-heal and GoldenBough, mistletoe is probably the most wellknown and sacred plant of the Druids. It rulesthe winter solstice, when bunches of mistletoecan be hung around the ...
An evergreen coniferous tree, which has pricklyleaves and dark purple berries, juniper is used innumerous incenses. Berries were used withthyme in Druid and Grove incenses for visionsand manifestation...
Ivy is evergreen and represents the everpresent aspects of the human psyche.Traditionally regarded as the harbinger ofdeath, ivy is associated by the Celts with theirlunar goddess Arianrhod and her ri...
A white wood with an almost invisible grain,holly is similar in appearance to ivory.Associated with death and rebirth, holly maybe used in spells to do with sleep or rest, and toease death’s transitio...
The hazel tree has long been magical and isused to gain knowledge, wisdom and poeticinspiration and the art of communication. It issaid that it was the nine magical hazelnuts thatgave the Salmon of Kn...
The charm ball that you make represents yournew self with all its dreams and aspirations.Each year, as you replace it with a new one, itthen becomes a representation of the troublesand difficulties of...
Also known as May tree, white thorn,haegthorn and quickthorn, this is one of themost wild, enchanted and sacred of trees. It canlive to a great age, becoming gnarled in theprocess. Hawthorn is traditi...
A slightly fibrous, tan-coloured wood with aslight sheen, elm wood is valued for itsresistance to splitting. The inner bark was usedfor cordage and chair caning. Elm is oftenassociated with Mother and...
METHOD✤ Scatter elder leaves and berries to the fourdirections, and over the object or person to beblessed.✤ Say:Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess of Mystery,Third of the Threefold,Bless now this [person/obj...
Also known as ellhorn, elderberry and ladyelder, this is a tree the Druids used to regulatetheir communities and to bless. Elder wandscan be used to drive out evil spirits or thoughtforms. Music playe...
Also known as the tree of life, arbor vitae andyellow cedar, this tree grows to a great heightand has a very imposing spread. The wood isreddish-white, fragrant, and close-grained,particularly in olde...
Also known as Scotch broom or Irish broom, itcan be substituted for furze (gorse) at the timeof the spring equinox. Sweep your outsideritual areas with it to purify and protect them;burning the blooms...
Known as Lady of the Woods, paper birch andwhite birch, the birch tree, being symbolic offertility and new birth, is closely associatedwith the waxing phase of the Moon. Girlswould often give their lo...
Since ancient times, some have believed thatthe first man was created from the branchesand flesh of the ash tree. Druid wands wereoften made of ash, for they were good forhealing and general and solar...
This is another tree sacred to the Druids. Thereare several magical uses for the apple. An applewood wand is the appropriate one to use if youwant to make shamanic journeys, since the appleis used as ...
This tree was sacred to the Druids. To this day,some water diviners still use its forkedbranches, traditionally called ‘wishing rods’. Itis still considered a crime to cut down a sacredalder tree and ...