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LIFESTYLE AND ECOLOGY Sacred Groves and Sacred Trees of Uttara Kannada M. D. Subash Chandran Madhav Gadgil There has been, of late, enormous interest in the study of nature conservation by traditional societies. The protection of patches of forest as sacred groves and of several tree species as sacred trees belong to the religion-based conservation ethos of ancient people all over the world.

SACRED TREES TULSI Every year in the month of Kartik, the Vaishnavas marry a Tulsi plant to a Shalgrama stone with great fanfare. This year, on 8th November 2000, Tulsi vivah marked the day to worship the tulsi plant. A big procession of the event was held in Baroda and other places this day. The most widely accepted legend about the origin of tulasi is in the Devi Bhagavata Purana. According to ...

World Trees By Hazel Minot From the days of myth and legend to the busy whirl of modern life, the tree has been venerated. The oak and pine, palm, laurel, and silvery olive have had their devotees. The oaks surrounding Dodona in ancient Greece voiced through their whispering leaves the will of Zeus, and groves of this mighty tree were held sacred by the Druids of Britain and Gaul. The palm was a ...

The Power of the Willow Tree By Glennie Kindred (Originally Published at Imbolc 1997) The Willow is the tree most associated with the moon, water, the Goddess and all that is feminine. It is the tree of dreaming, intuition and deep emotions. Symbolically it belongs to the beginning of spring, when all of life is stirring in the depths and begins to shoot outwards once again. In the ogham ...

The Rowan Tree Tree of Imbolc, Divine Inspiration and Seership By Glennie Kindred (Originally published at Imbolc 1998) The Rowan (sorbus aucuparia), Mountain Ash, Quickbeam, has the ability, perhaps more than any other tree, to help us increase our psychic abilities and connections. It has a beneficial energy which will increase our abilities to receive visions and insights which in turn will ...

The Hawthorn Tree - Queen Of The May By Glennie Kindred (Originally published at Beltane 1997) The Hawthorn (Crataegus mongyna), Whitethorn, Haegthorn, Quickthorn or May Tree, is one of the most wild, enchanted and sacred of our native trees. Known as the faerie tree , this beautiful, often gnarled, thorny little tree can live to a great age, and can be found growing in the wildest and harshest ...

Lady of the Woods - the Birch By Martin Blount of Treespirit (Originally published at Beltane 1994) The birch, or Beth as it was known to our Celtic ancestors, or Bedwen as it is known in Wales, is truly a native tree of these islands. It thrived here before the Ice Ages and was one of the very first trees to recolonise Britain after the ice had retreated. Massive tracts of forests, consisting ...

The Juniper Tree (In Folklore, Healing and Cannibalism) by Rowan Originally published at Beltane 1996 One of the characteristic heathland shrubs of the chalk and limestone country is the Juniper - Juniperus communis. The shrub typically grows from 4 - 6 feet high with the trunk or stem often being contorted and twisted. The leaves take the form of needles of a deep green colour sometimes with a ...

The Oak Tree King of the Greenwood By Glennie Kindred (Originally published at Beltane 1998) THE OAK (QUERCUS ROBOR) is deeply connected in our hearts as representing the very essence of England, and especially the pwer of te High King and his ancient and spiritual link to the land. It would be hard not to think of this tree as a masculine energy - mighty, strong, enduring and steadfast. The ...

The Spirit Of The Elder Tree By Glennie Kindred First published at Samhain 1996 Of all the native trees of the British Isles, it is the elder tree which evokes my deepest affection. Of all the trees, I talk readily to the elder and feel the presence of its spirit in a tangible way. It is easy to be thankful for it for all its abundant herbal, magickal an dculinary gifts, and easy to feel and ...

The Wisdom of the Apple Tree by Glennie Kindred (Published at Lughnasa 1997) Our folk memory and country lore is rich with reference to the apple tree's virtues. This beautiful tree provides abundant food which can be stored for winter use, and has many uses both in the kitchen, as a herbal remedy and as a remedy acting on our subtle energies. The crab apple (Pyrus malus) is native to Britain ...

The Yew Sacred Tree of Transformation and Rebirth By Glennie Kindred (Originally published Samhain 1997) The Yew, Taxus baccata, is an ancient tree species that has survived since before the Ice Age and as such as been revered and used by humankind throughout the ages. All races of the Northern Hemisphere, especially the Celts, the Greeks, the Romans and the North American Indians, have a right ...