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During this walk you will meet the trees who gave birth to the Silent Political Party of Trees. These trees are part of the Forêt de Soignes/ | During this walk you will meet the trees who gave birth to the Silent Political Party of Trees. These trees are part of the Forêt de Soignes/ | ||
- | The trees that belong to this forest enjoy exclusive rights compared to other trees in the Brussels' | + | The trees that belong to this forest enjoy exclusive rights compared to other trees in the Brussels' |
- | That made them decide | + | They decided |
You can read more on the construction of the arboreal persona [[http:// | You can read more on the construction of the arboreal persona [[http:// | ||
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- | By chosing to walk and become a member of the Party of Trees, you're not joining any regular type of political party you know. Trees are networked species. They aim for their own survival, but they will always realise this in collaboration with others. | + | By chosing to walk and become a member of the Party of Trees, you're not joining any regular type of political party you know. They will not represent their ego nor short term views. Trees are networked species. They aim for their own survival, that is true, but they will always realise this in collaboration with others. |
Giving your trust to trees is very easy: they will not abuse your rights, you will still have the right to cut their limbs, when that seems to be necessary for your own survival. | Giving your trust to trees is very easy: they will not abuse your rights, you will still have the right to cut their limbs, when that seems to be necessary for your own survival. | ||
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So if you're happy with all this, just put one foot in front of the other, and take the Sentier des Endymions/ | So if you're happy with all this, just put one foot in front of the other, and take the Sentier des Endymions/ | ||
- | The best way to listen to the oak, is to stand against it, touching its strong scarred skin. | + | |
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- | ** * Oak** | + | ** * Oak, Eik, Chêne, Quercus robur** |
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+ | // The best way to listen to the oak, is to stand against it, touching its strong scarred skin. // | ||
Please meet the oak, the father, priest and the guardian of the world. | 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 | + | Tree 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 climate |
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 different communities of species living in, on, around and from him. |
- | 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 the world. It is the representative of truth and justice. |
It is a slow grower. So it is all about time. | 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 | + | 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, we will take on the habit of looking back, living now and projecting ourselves in a far future, and all this at the same moment. We will discover |
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+ | Take your own time with the oak. Once you're done, walk on and concentrate on yourself, your breath, your heartbeat, your body, your rhythm. | ||
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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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