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WORLD TREE NEWS

Wisdom traditions

The cultural history of the yew tree reveals surprising insights into the origins of the Nordic World Tree, Yggdrasil, usually hidden by orthodox doctrine.

Trees play a huge role in the personal and collective psyche of all humans, not just for obvious practical reasons (food, shelter, air quality) but also for being sacred gates to other realms of consciousness and experience.

The Birch tree plays a central role in the mythology, initiations and rituals of Siberian and Mongolian shamanism.

Trees are guardians that protect all life on earth. In all traditions, people have respected, loved and revered trees.

The Tree of Life aka the World Tree is an ancient and global symbol of the totality of a universe in which everything is imbued with spirit.

In November 2012, Canada's First Nations started a new incentive to raise their voices together. A new era of resourceful and peaceful protests has begun.