SageWoman No. 90 • the Magic of Trees
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SageWoman
Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman
the
Magic of Trees
Natalia Barashkova ©2016 via shutterstock.com
Issue 90
Features
6 My Friend, Elin Shannon Murray
I think to myself, “Wow, what a cool transcendental experience I
just had.” Then I clearly hear a new voice: “No, my dear, that wasn’t
your vision, those were my memories.”
9 Whispered Wisdom
Sandra Kynes
Trees speak to us in many ways. Sometimes their messages can
seem obvious, but clear communication only occurs when we are
consciously open to their energy.
12 Blessings of the Elder
Danu Forest
Look to the Spirit of the Forest, and you see once again this rolling
balance between the individual and the collective: each facet an integral
part of the whole.
15 Trees are Our Friends
Sofia Karin Axelsson
I have spent the better part of my life on the hot humid coast,
or in the foggy wet mountains of the eastern U.S., and the desert
world of this visit was truly new to me.
17 Song of the Desert Tree
Ginger Hollingsworth-Cox
If you don’t know where to start on a journey, if you are
confused or feel lost in a strange land, I suggest that you begin a
conversation with a tree. They always know just what to say.
19 Becoming a Tree Priestess
Kathryn Ravenwood
“You come here apologize to this tree,” I demanded, my voice
quivering with righteous anger. “You have made her bleed.”
22 Lady of the Sycamore
Llyn Roberts
As we settle our minds and open our hearts, nourishing energy
will flow from us like the waters of the goddess’s sacred tree: it is a
natural force of love.
28 She is a Tree of Life
Jill Hammer
Trees are our companions, a Jewish legend says. Their grounded
wisdom gives me comfort as I walk upon the earth.
Lara Vesta ©2016
Interview
31
Holly Bellebueno: Finding Our Natural Rhythms
interview by Jamie Wood
Columns
3
Living the Dream
Anne Newkirk Niven
34 Our Lady of the Trees
43
Diana L. Paxson
Herbal Adventures: Mind Medicine
Susun Weed
45 Forever Maiden: Planting Pennies
Alison Leigh Lilly
49 Mama Bear: On Climbing Trees
Janet Callahan
51 Queen of Myself: Mother of Trees
Donna Henes
53 Crone Songs: Magical Trees
Lizann Bassham
55 Weave of Our Lives: Sleeping Under the Trees
Anne Hill
57 Turning the Wheel: Wise Elder
Danielle Blackwood
59 Thealogy with an “A”: Durga Prehistory (II)
Nancy Vedder-Shults
63 Colors of the Goddess: For the Love of Redwoods
Crystal Blanton
65 Child of Artemis: The Antlers of Sovereignty
Leslie J. Linder
69 Living on Earth: Grandmother Tree
Departments
71 Sage Reviews
79 The Rattle: short pieces by
Kayla Williams, Winddancer,
Melinda Peto, and Hunter Liguore.
87 Women at the Well
88 A Pinch of Sage Corrine McEachern
Rebecca Bailey
Poetry
8 The Woods of Home Carol L. Gloor
14 Song of the Cedar Tree Terry Hadley Ward
27 Tree Jericho M. Hockett
30 Butterfly Woman Gina Valdes
42 Be Still Merideth Allyn Wood
48 Cedar Sighting Zoe FitzGerald-Beckett
80 A Green Beauty Jennifer Pratt-Walter