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+ | The trees in the Forêt de Soignes are the arboreal persona with most rights in the Brussels' | ||
+ | //History// | ||
+ | //EU Green corridor// | ||
When you walk down the Drève du Comte from the parking space, you find a beautiful oak at your left hand side, just before taking to path that leads you to the field with picnic tables. | When you walk down the Drève du Comte from the parking space, you find a beautiful oak at your left hand side, just before taking to path that leads you to the field with picnic tables. | ||
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- | //**Please meet the oak, the father, priest and the guardian of the world. | + | {{: |
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+ | Please meet the oak, the father, priest and the guardian of the world. | ||
Three of the past, the present and the future. This oak has lived more than 100 years and will survive us by another 150 to 200 years if the climat does not change too drastically. | Three of the past, the present and the future. This oak has lived more than 100 years and will survive us by another 150 to 200 years if the climat does not change too drastically. | ||
- | Oak grows as deep as it grows tall.//** | + | Oak grows as deep as it grows tall. |
- | //**It provides shelter and food to millions species in the forest. | + | It provides shelter and food to millions species in the forest. |
- | One grown oak is equivalent to a metropole as big as New York. It can have up to 350 species living in, on, around and from him.//** | + | One grown oak is equivalent to a metropole as big as New York. It can have up to 350 species living in, on, around and from him. |
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+ | Among the sacred trees in many legends, the mighty oak stands noble and tall as The Tree of Life. The oak tree in folklore and myths represents great symbolic meanings to the pantheons of mythology, to the druids, the faeries, and many cultures around the world. | ||
- | //**Among the sacred trees in many legends, the mighty oak stands noble and tall as The Tree of Life. The oak tree in folklore and myths represents great symbolic meanings to the pantheons of mythology, to the druids, the faeries, and many cultures around | + | It is a slow grower. So it is all about time. |
+ | Just imagine growing trough your life so slowly that 500 years can fly by. Imagine species, landscape situations you could witness. Well Oak does. It is a time machine. If we learn its language maybe we we could learn a very different history from the one we know now. | ||
- | //**It is a slow grower. So it is all about time. | ||
- | Just imagine growing trough your life so slowly that 500 years can fly by. Imagine species, landscape situations you could witness. Well Oak does.//** | ||
- | It is a time machine. If we learn its language maybe we we could learn a very different history from the one we know now.**// | ||
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Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. | Throughout the major cultures of Europe the oak tree has been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes the oak was foremost amongst venerated trees, and in each case associated with the supreme god in their pantheon, oak being sacred to Zeus, Jupiter, Dagda, Perun and Thor, respectively. Each of these gods also had dominion over rain, thunder and lightning, and it is surely no coincidence that oak trees appear to be more prone to lightning strikes than other trees, whether because of their wood's low electrical resistance or the fact that they were frequently the largest, tallest living things in the landscape. | ||
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Please meet the pharmacist of the forest. | Please meet the pharmacist of the forest. | ||
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Not only enjoying the sweet smell and the taste of the blossom in teas and syrups, but also making jams and jenever from the berries. | Not only enjoying the sweet smell and the taste of the blossom in teas and syrups, but also making jams and jenever from the berries. | ||
- | //Healing power// | + | |
+ | **//Healing power//** | ||
The entire tree is to be used for healing purposes. | The entire tree is to be used for healing purposes. | ||
Flowers and berries are used in treating the flu, alleviating allergies, and boosting overall respiratory health. | Flowers and berries are used in treating the flu, alleviating allergies, and boosting overall respiratory health. | ||
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Washing her face in dew gathered from elderflowers was believed to enhance and preserve a woman' | Washing her face in dew gathered from elderflowers was believed to enhance and preserve a woman' | ||
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Branches from the elder are also used to make the flutes. Magic flute? Sounds can heal deepest illnesses... | Branches from the elder are also used to make the flutes. Magic flute? Sounds can heal deepest illnesses... | ||
In common with other trees with white blossom, such as hawthorn and rowan, the elder had strong associations with Faery- and Goddess-centred mythology. | In common with other trees with white blossom, such as hawthorn and rowan, the elder had strong associations with Faery- and Goddess-centred mythology. | ||
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Please meet the witch of the forest. | Please meet the witch of the forest. | ||
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Hazel has long been a favourite wood from which to make staffs, whether for ritual Druidic use, for medieval self defence. Hazel shafts were used for water divining, and this practice evolved into the making of pilgrims’ staffs, shepherds’ crooks and walking sticks. | Hazel has long been a favourite wood from which to make staffs, whether for ritual Druidic use, for medieval self defence. Hazel shafts were used for water divining, and this practice evolved into the making of pilgrims’ staffs, shepherds’ crooks and walking sticks. | ||
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Known as the Tree of Knowledge in Norse mythology, the hazel was sacred to the god Thor. In Irish and Welsh folklore, the hazel was believed to be a fairy tree, and it still grows near many holy wells. Tara, the seat of ancient Irish kings, was located close to a hazel wood. and it is said that members of the Fianna, a legendary band of Irish warriors, learned to defend themselves with only a hazel stick and a shield. | Known as the Tree of Knowledge in Norse mythology, the hazel was sacred to the god Thor. In Irish and Welsh folklore, the hazel was believed to be a fairy tree, and it still grows near many holy wells. Tara, the seat of ancient Irish kings, was located close to a hazel wood. and it is said that members of the Fianna, a legendary band of Irish warriors, learned to defend themselves with only a hazel stick and a shield. | ||
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In Roman mythology the Hazel is attributed to the god Mercury (Mercurius), | In Roman mythology the Hazel is attributed to the god Mercury (Mercurius), | ||
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+ | **//Magical Uses//** | ||
The use of Hazel divining rods (dowsing rod) to detect water and mineral veins comes down from antiquity, the art of which is called “rhabdomancy”. Typically a divining rod has two forks off its main stem shaped like the letter “Y”.The two forks of the rod are gripped with the fore fingers along the forks, so that the tail end of the rod points down toward the ground to begin searching. Another method was to peel the bark of the rod and simply lay it on the palm of the hand. The same method was used to find treasure, thieves and murderers. | The use of Hazel divining rods (dowsing rod) to detect water and mineral veins comes down from antiquity, the art of which is called “rhabdomancy”. Typically a divining rod has two forks off its main stem shaped like the letter “Y”.The two forks of the rod are gripped with the fore fingers along the forks, so that the tail end of the rod points down toward the ground to begin searching. Another method was to peel the bark of the rod and simply lay it on the palm of the hand. The same method was used to find treasure, thieves and murderers. | ||