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Hazel
Jul 5, 2007 11:01:41 GMT -5
Post by Mysti on Jul 5, 2007 11:01:41 GMT -5
Hazel According to Celtic lore, Fintan 'the White Ancient' was able to take the form of animals, one of which was the salmon. Salmon are associated with the Hazel in Irish legend, swimming in the River Boyne under the overhanging hazel tree from which the nine nuts of petic wisdom fell. These were eaten by the salmon who absorbed the inspiration they encapsulated. The Hazel is also strongly associated with meditation and mediation. The Druids were the inheritors of the knowledge of measurement and calculation of the earlier 'dodmen', the prehistoric surveyors of the ley lines and trackways portrayed in the ancient chalk-cut figure of the Long Man of Wilmington, shown holding staves or rods. Also skilled in the law, the Druids were called upon to mediate in disputes concerning property and land boundaries, much as present-day surveyors. Magickal Associations: Manifestation, spirit contact, protection, fertility
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