Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:29 Dryads & Tree Etiquette 08:27 Astral Work 14:39 Tree Tasting Ceremony 18:46 Folk Magic Rituals 21:40 Celtic Tree Rituals 24:20 Crafting Tools 28:21 Tree Wards 31:40 Book Recommendations
Over a year ago I started giving offerings to local trees and requesting their help in my spell work. One night my dream self opened my eyes and I was still lying in my bed, but at least 6 beautiful ethereal women were around my bed. They were green from head to toe. I have been wondering what or who they were this entire time and realized after watching this video that they were dryads! I am so happy to know this now...wow!
I love that you mention using fallen branches or leaves. Others have said not to use fallen branches because they claim the branch doesn't have energy. I use a stick I found while on a walk as my wand. I have no idea what the wood is but I liked the feel of it.
I'm a truly blessed witch living amongst trees is amazing. Old man oak and mister holly are a couple strong spirited ones but the maples , pines, walnuts, beech, poplars, and so many others will really surprise ya 🌳🌲🍃 such powerful spirits , in their silence you'll hear everything. Great video Ivy 🔮✨🌜
I live amongst trees as well on 2 acres in Portugal. The sweet chestnut, oaks and fruit and nut trees were already here. We added Holly, Bay, and for some feminine energy Cypress, Willow and a Lilodendron tree. We bought it 6 years ago, its 30ft high and has just flowered for the 1st time. She is my Summer goddess and the Cypress is my winter tree... I feel blessed at the more we've done here, the trees give back. We were evacuated in the big fire of 2017....The fire had stopped at the chicken wire fence behind our donkey stable home. No-one could believe it, the flames were 50ft high around it. Witchcraft works❤
not fair: my celtic tree is not even a tree, it's just a Reed. but that's ok, reeds helped to invent writing, so they did their part. - i've never tasted Birch, but we have many birch trees in missouri. they are beautiful, strange, and dangerous; i highly recommend. - i kinda wish you just did a two hour video, and gave it the title "Advanced Tree Magick". thank you for doing this, esp with summer starting, perfect timing as always. - i'll be sending a package, expect a tracking number soon. one of the items is wood from a tree struck by lightning. 🪐
Hahaha reeds are powerful though! I think they have a connection to the underworld if I'm not mistaken. Which makes sense and correlates with your Scorpio. And THANK YOU, that is so kind! Wow, wood from a tree struck by lightning... That is so beyond cool and I am honored!! That is so generous of you.
This was so great!! I had a practice for a couple of years, took a break for another couple of years . . . now I'm back and exploring what works for me with a more mature and intuitive eye. I started thinking about trees; I have always loved trees. When I was young I had a swing between two great spruces. It was my favourite place, one of the few places I felt peaceful and happy in my abusive home. I woke up one morning to the sound of a chainsaw, and ran out of my room to see my father cutting my beloved trees down. I started crying and asked why. My mom said the trees were sick. I don't know if that was true or just an excuse, but I mourned the loss of those trees like I had lost friends. I'm 30 now and I still love trees, as if they are conscious and alive. To me they have such a powerful energy--defying gravity and trying to touch the clouds. Living for hundreds of years, enduring nature sometimes for centuries. They can grow in the harshest places. They can even break through concrete foundations. I don't really believe in spirits, but I've been curious in picking up my practice again about working with trees. It was something I never saw mentioned in any of the reading or research I did the first time I was practicing, so I didn't pursue it. Now I realize how silly that was, given my connection to them. Thanks for this video, it gave me a lot of ideas I'd never considered before!
Your videos are FABULOUS! Thank you so much for sharing the wealth of knowledge you've acquired. It can be really hard to find information that moves beyond "101", let alone accurate AND accessible. Thank you again, it really is a gift you're giving us.
I’ve definitely felt a very different type of spirit energy with trees at the ancient sacred sites in Britain & ancient woodlands compared to younger forests. I’ve often wondered if the tree spirit/Dryad of the tree & the actual tree have totally become one in these ancient places. Hard to explain. Funnily enough I’ve always found oak trees that have a Dryad, unlike other tree species where only some have Dryads. Others seem to have fae rather than a Dryad/elemental but of course it could just be the fae showing itself first. I always enter the astral via a tree trunk going either up through the branches or down with the roots. For the last couple of years disability has prevented me from exploring woodlands/visiting ancient sacred sites but several young trees have popped up in my tiny back garden (in actual flower pots) & at my allotment (in raised beds). This has been such a blessing & a privilege to create a relationship with the baby trees as they grow. I don’t know if the birds brought them to me but I’m very grateful. I have been gifted oak, birch, willow. I’m recovering from knee surgery & really looking forward to getting back deep into a forest. I will start right back at the beginning with sitting with one of the oldest trees asking the land spirits if I am welcome 😊
I so agree with this!!! Every oak tree seems to have a dryad, even if it's a young oak tree. So strange... I am glad to see that you have experienced the same thing. It's strange that other tree species may or may not have a Dryad. And I love that you are creating relationships with the baby trees in your yard. 🖤 To be gifted oak, birch, and willow is a magnificent thing. That is a really powerful combination! Hope you recover quickly 😊
And here I thought that I was weird that I talked to my plants and tress ('m outside and I'm talking to no one but I know i'm heard) For my entire life I have touched/hugged/and asked tress to protect the house while I'm away and home and it has always felt comfortable being here. I don't know how others feel, but when I see tree clearing or a tree being cut down I cry or feel saddened by the loss...thank you for a wonderful video
I've always felt deeply connected to the Pine Spirit. I grew up in Italy (L'Aquila, an hour east of Rome) in a small town in the mountains and I would spend hours running through the forest by myself, going on all sorts of adventures... As an adult, pine trees make me feel safe and protected. I feel that the Pine Spirit is very aware of me and is very much conscious. I often find myself yearning to be alone amongst a sea of pine trees again... Much love to you, Ivy! I find your videos incredibly helpful and insightful. Every day I play one of your videos while I cook. I particularly love the way you organize and deliver information. I deeply appreciate the work you put into these videos!!
Just got to this video from last year. Oh. My. Goodness! I need all the books! Last fall, there was a group of 3 trees in the park I stop at in the mornings that started to “call” to me. Because they were in a grouping by themselves, I call them “Mother and Aunties” because Mother is different than the other two. Since it was late fall, I didn’t find out what they were until this spring when they popped out their leaves. So I cultivated a relationship with them without being able to look anything up. Turns out Aunties are silver maples and Mother is a mulberry tree! Now was. Look them up online to see if I get the same vibes as tradition says. Cool!!
There's an old oak tree in my town that I love. He's a dear friend of mine and I do believe he could be a dryad. I feel this grandfather energy from him and like he's the guardian of that forest and the other trees are all connected to him and he helps them grow? Not sure how to explain 🤔 I definitely believe that not all trees have dryads living in them, but why some do I'm not 100% sure.. what I do know is that I love all trees so much 😊 I see them as friends and they are honestly so amazing.
Thank you. I really like your videos and knowledge. So I had read a book by 2 sister's who interviewed beings from the fae realm . A king and different beings and elementals, dragons and even tree spirits. They all wanted humans to know about them and how we effect them in their world. So when a tree dies or is cut down the spirit of that tree finds a seedling to inhabit. It was very fascinating and talked also about the dark fae and their way of life.
Loved this video I learned so much. I never thought of tasting. I am such a visual and tactile person this really appeals to me. Thank you for sharing ❤
Another fascinating topic and a great and informative video! ❤ Thank you Ivy! 🙏🏼 In my practice, I use birch bark as "paper", e.g. in candle magic to write down my intentions. Have also been using pine needles and thorns in protection magick or simply around my candle, when doing candle spells. I tend to use my intuition before looking up any correspondences and love the infinite possibilities of including various parts of trees in everyday magick. 💚🌿🌳🌱🌲🍃
I always climbed the maple trees when I was young and one of my OBE experiences I found myself standing in front of one in the yard where I live now. It didn't communicate but i remember looking down at my hands waving them and couldn't see them lol.
You could not have timed this video more perfectly! I've just booked a campsite to head to in a few days in the most beautiful river valley, a heavily wooded site full of native Australian trees. I'm going on my own for 2 nights just to sit in nature and soak up the energy and vitality of the river, trees and bushland around me. I'm taking my carving knives with me to make a wand from a fallen twig, my camera, some awesome food and wild birdseed to make some feathered friends - I can't wait!
Great video, I love how you always give book recommendations. I also love the idea of using a bonsai tree if you don't have trees. I live in a skyscraper so not a lot of trees. I'm about to do a deep dive on bonsai trees and see how hard they are to keep alive! My not very green fingers are crossed .😁
What am incredibly beautiful video! Thank you so much for presenting such wonderful information, including book suggestions. I love your videos, and this one really resonated with me. 🙏🏻🙏🏻many thanks 🙏🏻🙏🏻
The part were you talk about the trees dying and their ‘designated’ spirit as well… well… trees never die apparently. 20 years ago I met an extremely elderly woman who had a couple of dead trees in her living room. She was a firm believer of eternal tree energy and a scientist. Anyways. All those ‘dead’ trees were somehow wired and produced electricity. Electricity is energy at the end of the day. Now, you may argue that just because they conducted energy, that doesn’t mean they are alive, but only when the wires touched the trees, only then, light would be produced. No plugs, no sockets… NOTHING. She also had a small electrical system that worked with and through mycelium.
Hi picked up tree Magic by Sandra on the 7th after watching this can't wait to go through it, btw I loved your content found you cause of Olivia through a meeting of the minds chat you guys did with Nike and Marshall. Love your vibe and the way you go about explaining and presenting the topics you dive into.😃
Awesome video! Tree magic had never been on my radar, and you made this so interesting.. something is tugging at my heart to check out a couple of these books so thank you for the recommendations! And amazing content as always! 🧡
It's been extremely dry in my area, and I just had the idea of going to visit my oak friend and pour some water by him as offering, but then I felt bad for the other trees 😂 I don't want them to feel sad but I cant exactly go around watering the entire forest lol
This is sooo wonderful! Thank you! I was telling a friend whos daughter is going through some difficulties to meditate with a tree for strength, stability, grounding and energy. You explained so well and in many more ways how to work with trees. I'm going to forward this video to her. You rock.
This was FANTASTIC! I've believed in tree spirits my entire life. I had heard of elementals in trees on paranormal shows, but dryads are new to me. Love the info, and I believe it. I noted the books, too! Thank you so much, Ivy. I LOVE your necklace and top! ❤❤❤ Until the next video. Peace! ✌️❤️🕯🪬🃏🔮🪄🧿❤️
Wow, I been in love with my trees. Everyday I wake up I thank the trees when I leave my house. On the weekends I have a traditional sigils that I use when am hiking. Hug them kiss them.
I cant thank you enough for making this🤍 Trees can make magnificent friends and are a great access point for very beautiful magickal experiences. I live in a big city, so I spend time when I walk the dog picking up trash from areas with plants and trees. One tree in my old neighborhood always stuck out to me, a fig tree, and its spiritual energy was so potent that I was drawn to it yet also pretty intimidated by it, the elemental spirit within was very present and direct. One day I was picking up trash from its base and as I did this was sending it love through my hands and heart. As I turned to leave it, I felt the distinct presence of the entity, I could feel it “touching” my energetic field. Right as I got chills from this, a beautiful, colorful bird, a species I had never seen before, flew out of the underbrush right in front of me. It was such a magical moment. Another time when I communed with the fig tree, I got the impression of a very specific name. I wasn’t sure what the information meant, until a month or so later a person with that exact name appeared suddenly in my life, and ended up being a huge catalyst in my life that radically changed my direction. I’ve since moved to a new neighborhood but I will always think of and miss that beautiful fig🤍
Beautiful video🖤💫🤍 I work with tree spirits and its a beautiful thing! I feel a spirit in each one but its different. Seems to me the older and bigger the tree the bigger the spirit. I work with an Oak and Dogwood tree that are in my yard. I connected with them while meditating and doing candle magic on Ostara. I also made a pentacle with branches from 5 different trees and placed a clear quartz in the center to boost my magic❤
Loved this video! I grew up with a forest all around our property and I so enjoyed playing in the forest. I have always been connected to the Earth. I always loved the old trees with moss and lichens growing on them. According to the Celtic Tree Calendar, I am an Oak tree. I have always loved Oak trees and felt a connection to them. I have always been drawn to protection magic and money magic. With the money magic we all know I can get money, but I have a hard time holding on to it 😂 I don’t have any Oak trees on my property, but perhaps I can add some this fall. Thank you for the book recommendations! I love that you always tend to give book recommendations in your videos. What I am looking for now is a really good green witch book. There are so many out there on the market, but they don’t seem to have any substance to them. If you have any recommendations, I will take them! ❤❤❤
I have been looking for a really good green witch book, too! The ones I have read were not that great in my opinion... It seems that all of them are full of fluff and lack substance. I will let you know if I come across a good one!
in the uralic tradition it says a lot when they claim that the birch spirit is more powerful than the sky god! trees are like places of origin, origin of tribes and humans in general (a lot of the older creator spirits were birds, so it´s places where they lived and nested). not all trees were sacred however, only the ones that were dedicated to spirits or used by family members (regular trees were used for great many things while nothing could be taken from the shrines, only added). even if it was your own soul tree (or birth tree) you could make magical items out of it (as long as you didn´t kill the tree, they believed it had a counterpart in the otherworld). the birch tribe believed that all living birches were their relatives (hence no cut rules). there´s beliefs how some trees lead upwards, others downwards while others host the spirits of the middle world (like an earth spirit might come forth from a willow). life trees were usually birch or larch (under them grew plants from which all plants were believed to come, it´s the tree spirit that reveals the medicinal values of the plants). even from their branches the witches made drums and other sacred items (given to humans by the trees, in return they crafted a song for the tree). the life water was believed to flow under the life tree and also in the otherworld (that´s how you get one of the death concepts, life / death tree as the axis of the local world, river being the other common center, and do those concepts work together, no they don´t). i just like trees, why do they have to complicate everything, fucking shamans, living walking religions :)
This is such an interesting topic! If possible, an interview with J. Allen Cross would be really fascinating. His recent book, "The Witch's Guide to the Paranormal" touches on the subject of elementals, but because of the publisher's word count limit there's so much more he could probably discuss. I can totally see you picking his brain in all sorts of directions! 😂💚
This is so funny😊 I just bought oak bark and birch bark for spellwork a few days ago, because I've never actuallly worked with them before but I didn't know that you can also make tea from barks! :-) which I think would be good for me to ground. I guess roots are maybe better for that, but bark also seems very sturdy😁 There's also birch juice, perhaps you've heard of it. It's a popular drink in Scandinavia. They tap the trunk and it looks like water, containing a lot of nutrients. Very curious about this drink. I was wondering if you could include a tea ceremony in spellwork as a kind of invocation of a tree spirit. Or any plant spirit for that matter. I'm so glad you made this video😇really enjoyed it❤ Trees are such powerful, mysterious beings. I would love to build a connection with one and get to know their spirit and personality on a deeper level💚🌳 I don't know much about dryads, but I can imagine that they are drawn to certain trees depending on the specific energy of that tree. It's a fascinating topic to explore more! :-) There's a willow in my local park with a twisted hollow trunk. I wouldn't be surprised if someone lived there🙂❣🧚♀️
Just a thought.... and to be plain, I am not speaking from experience... perhaps all trees do have Dryads, but not all are able to communicate. Or perhaps they do not want to communicate.
I am very late to this, and I don't know if anyone will see this comment or reply, but I have a genuine question and this is one of the only spaces where I feel safe asking it. Growing up, I had a deep connection with the trees around my home. But this connection was severed because I grew negligent of it(this was before witchcraft found me), and then I prayed for the rain to stop after it came at the end of some particularly hot heat waves. I always knew, instinctively, that asking the rain to stop would be fatal to our relationship, but I was a reckless kid who just detested the wet rain. For some reason, I also to this day love hot weather and hate the rain. The thing is, I feel very guilty about it now, but ever since I betrayed the trust of my friends, I have found it hard to approach another plant spirit for friendship and guidance. Is there a way for me to heal this relationship? I don't live in the same house anymore, and it is not possible to go back and ask for forgiveness as that property isn't in my family anymore.
There is this guy I am subscribed to named Arith Härger, he has some sort of degree in I think Nordic history or something plus he's pagan and has a magickal practice. He has many videos talking about Animism and in one of his videos he saya that we as a modern society get Animism wrong. Animism isn't the belief that everything has a spirit, the colonizers went to other countries heared that they believe that somethings have spirits gut they comprehended it incorrectly thinking that they meant everything had a spirit. I hope I tyoed that out where you can understand my point 😂 I'm trying to connect with that since that is what true Animism is but its touch because almost everyone says that Animism is that everything has a spirit. When you said a plant tasting ceremony. My immediate thought was going up to a tree and lick the bark of the tree 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 in a magickal/ symbolic way its cool that the pine tastes a little joyus, citrus like and light because the pines magickal properties are Healing (light), Exorcism/cleansing (citrus) and pepper like for the pine is Protective and (again) cleansing/exorcism.
Hahahah I mean you could definitely go lick some bark if you wanted to! 😂 That's interesting about the animism conversation. I'm sure it's nuanced and depends on the culture. As in, maybe Nordic animism is different than Native American animism? Who knows! That's really interesting though, I wonder what his definition of animism is then
Recently I went to a park sat at the base of a tree I was called to. It really soothed me and when I was calm and my mind was clear the tree spoke to me and he eventually called my attention to a tree across the street a very poofy well kept tree with flowers and vines swirled beautifully at the base. My tree told me he was in love with her. Anyone ever have this? I thought it was sooooo beautiful beyond words something I didn't expect 😊🪄🔮🧡
I LOVE foraging and gathered spruce tips a couple weeks ago when they were bright green 🥹. In a state park area, in full public view, I gave an offering and asked her permission. I could feel her chuckle at me and shrug. I'm sure there were a couple passersby who gave the crazy lady, standing in the park, eating a tree, a weird look 😂 I get tenacity and endurance from most of the pine family. Birch has a softeness, very feminine. My reiki master passed on a visual of a mighty oak in a storm, bending but not breaking, during one of my first sessions and it proved very accurate shortly after. I've offered energy and water to the forest guardians and feel better in their company than most humans. My landlords cut down an ash in my yard last year (she was infested and dying). They kindly left a stump where I could put birdseed. But she wasn't ready to go, just wanted the sick parts removed, and all I could do was tell her how sorry I was and would miss her. I bawled my head off. From ash I get endurance through anything as she has sprouted suckers forming a beautiful ash bush.
Foraging is the best! I can definitely see what you mean about pine and birch. That pepper aftertaste of pine definitely felt like it could endure quite a bit. And birch definitely felt feminine after my second taste! So sad about that tree being cut down. I love that you have an ash bush to work with still ❤️
i feel so lucky to have grown up with a very folksy herbalist mom - since i can remember, i was taught to ask permission from plants before picking anything from then, and to listen to their answers. i think it’s a practice that can feel silly at first for some people but when consistent the effects are SO tangible. when i was really struggling with health, around 15, i started drawing a few specific poisonous plants (foxglove, belladonna, wolfsbane primarily). i had no idea at the time but i was channeling the medicine i needed!! a few years later, i found incredible results and healing in the homeopathics of those exact plants. they propelled me into deep somatic trauma healing and allowed me to get where i am now. plants are so, so, so powerful. now i’m studying (at home lol) botany for my botanical illustrations and it’s awakening my understanding of life and nature so much more!! i’m so excited to be learning new ways of connecting to plants in a more intentionally witchy manner. it really feels like an infinite area of learning and expansion. also that clip of running your selenite atheme through smoke gave me asmr, it was soooo soothing lol! for some reason, whenever i see selenite, i get lots of tingly chills…should probably be working with selenite ❤️
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:29 Dryads & Tree Etiquette
08:27 Astral Work
14:39 Tree Tasting Ceremony
18:46 Folk Magic Rituals
21:40 Celtic Tree Rituals
24:20 Crafting Tools
28:21 Tree Wards
31:40 Book Recommendations
Over a year ago I started giving offerings to local trees and requesting their help in my spell work. One night my dream self opened my eyes and I was still lying in my bed, but at least 6 beautiful ethereal women were around my bed. They were green from head to toe. I have been wondering what or who they were this entire time and realized after watching this video that they were dryads! I am so happy to know this now...wow!
I have made wands from fallen sticks from special trees. I really enjoyed creating and consecrating these wands.
Yes!!! Wands from fallen sticks are the best!
I love that you mention using fallen branches or leaves. Others have said not to use fallen branches because they claim the branch doesn't have energy. I use a stick I found while on a walk as my wand. I have no idea what the wood is but I liked the feel of it.
I personally prefer to take fallen branches for wands for my craftwork, because I don't want to bring any more harm than we already are to the tree.
I'm a truly blessed witch living amongst trees is amazing. Old man oak and mister holly are a couple strong spirited ones but the maples , pines, walnuts, beech, poplars, and so many others will really surprise ya 🌳🌲🍃 such powerful spirits , in their silence you'll hear everything. Great video Ivy 🔮✨🌜
I live amongst trees as well on 2 acres in Portugal. The sweet chestnut, oaks and fruit and nut trees were already here. We added Holly, Bay, and for some feminine energy Cypress, Willow and a Lilodendron tree. We bought it 6 years ago, its 30ft high and has just flowered for the 1st time. She is my Summer goddess and the Cypress is my winter tree...
I feel blessed at the more we've done here, the trees give back.
We were evacuated in the big fire of 2017....The fire had stopped at the chicken wire fence behind our donkey stable home. No-one could believe it, the flames were 50ft high around it.
Witchcraft works❤
not fair: my celtic tree is not even a tree, it's just a Reed. but that's ok, reeds helped to invent writing, so they did their part. - i've never tasted Birch, but we have many birch trees in missouri. they are beautiful, strange, and dangerous; i highly recommend. - i kinda wish you just did a two hour video, and gave it the title "Advanced Tree Magick". thank you for doing this, esp with summer starting, perfect timing as always. - i'll be sending a package, expect a tracking number soon. one of the items is wood from a tree struck by lightning. 🪐
Hahaha reeds are powerful though! I think they have a connection to the underworld if I'm not mistaken. Which makes sense and correlates with your Scorpio. And THANK YOU, that is so kind! Wow, wood from a tree struck by lightning... That is so beyond cool and I am honored!! That is so generous of you.
Consider that reeds are hollow, they are channels that energy can flow through. Shamanic Reiki energy comes to mind
This was so great!! I had a practice for a couple of years, took a break for another couple of years . . . now I'm back and exploring what works for me with a more mature and intuitive eye. I started thinking about trees; I have always loved trees. When I was young I had a swing between two great spruces. It was my favourite place, one of the few places I felt peaceful and happy in my abusive home. I woke up one morning to the sound of a chainsaw, and ran out of my room to see my father cutting my beloved trees down. I started crying and asked why. My mom said the trees were sick. I don't know if that was true or just an excuse, but I mourned the loss of those trees like I had lost friends.
I'm 30 now and I still love trees, as if they are conscious and alive. To me they have such a powerful energy--defying gravity and trying to touch the clouds. Living for hundreds of years, enduring nature sometimes for centuries. They can grow in the harshest places. They can even break through concrete foundations. I don't really believe in spirits, but I've been curious in picking up my practice again about working with trees. It was something I never saw mentioned in any of the reading or research I did the first time I was practicing, so I didn't pursue it. Now I realize how silly that was, given my connection to them. Thanks for this video, it gave me a lot of ideas I'd never considered before!
Your videos are FABULOUS! Thank you so much for sharing the wealth of knowledge you've acquired. It can be really hard to find information that moves beyond "101", let alone accurate AND accessible. Thank you again, it really is a gift you're giving us.
I’ve definitely felt a very different type of spirit energy with trees at the ancient sacred sites in Britain & ancient woodlands compared to younger forests. I’ve often wondered if the tree spirit/Dryad of the tree & the actual tree have totally become one in these ancient places.
Hard to explain.
Funnily enough I’ve always found oak trees that have a Dryad, unlike other tree species where only some have Dryads. Others seem to have fae rather than a Dryad/elemental but of course it could just be the fae showing itself first.
I always enter the astral via a tree trunk going either up through the branches or down with the roots.
For the last couple of years disability has prevented me from exploring woodlands/visiting ancient sacred sites but several young trees have popped up in my tiny back garden (in actual flower pots) & at my allotment (in raised beds). This has been such a blessing & a privilege to create a relationship with the baby trees as they grow. I don’t know if the birds brought them to me but I’m very grateful. I have been gifted oak, birch, willow.
I’m recovering from knee surgery & really looking forward to getting back deep into a forest. I will start right back at the beginning with sitting with one of the oldest trees asking the land spirits if I am welcome 😊
I so agree with this!!! Every oak tree seems to have a dryad, even if it's a young oak tree. So strange... I am glad to see that you have experienced the same thing. It's strange that other tree species may or may not have a Dryad. And I love that you are creating relationships with the baby trees in your yard. 🖤 To be gifted oak, birch, and willow is a magnificent thing. That is a really powerful combination! Hope you recover quickly 😊
And here I thought that I was weird that I talked to my plants and tress ('m outside and I'm talking to no one but I know i'm heard) For my entire life I have touched/hugged/and asked tress to protect the house while I'm away and home and it has always felt comfortable being here. I don't know how others feel, but when I see tree clearing or a tree being cut down I cry or feel saddened by the loss...thank you for a wonderful video
This was such a good one. Thank you. I’ve always loved trees but that’s not enough lol. This was helpful❤
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Your TH-cam name made me smile.
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I've always felt deeply connected to the Pine Spirit. I grew up in Italy (L'Aquila, an hour east of Rome) in a small town in the mountains and I would spend hours running through the forest by myself, going on all sorts of adventures... As an adult, pine trees make me feel safe and protected. I feel that the Pine Spirit is very aware of me and is very much conscious. I often find myself yearning to be alone amongst a sea of pine trees again... Much love to you, Ivy! I find your videos incredibly helpful and insightful. Every day I play one of your videos while I cook. I particularly love the way you organize and deliver information. I deeply appreciate the work you put into these videos!!
Thank you so much; that just warms my heart thinking about you cooking on the other side of the screen! Much love! ❤️
Just got to this video from last year. Oh. My. Goodness! I need all the books! Last fall, there was a group of 3 trees in the park I stop at in the mornings that started to “call” to me. Because they were in a grouping by themselves, I call them “Mother and Aunties” because Mother is different than the other two. Since it was late fall, I didn’t find out what they were until this spring when they popped out their leaves. So I cultivated a relationship with them without being able to look anything up. Turns out Aunties are silver maples and Mother is a mulberry tree!
Now was. Look them up online to see if I get the same vibes as tradition says. Cool!!
There's an old oak tree in my town that I love. He's a dear friend of mine and I do believe he could be a dryad. I feel this grandfather energy from him and like he's the guardian of that forest and the other trees are all connected to him and he helps them grow? Not sure how to explain 🤔
I definitely believe that not all trees have dryads living in them, but why some do I'm not 100% sure.. what I do know is that I love all trees so much 😊 I see them as friends and they are honestly so amazing.
Thank you. I really like your videos and knowledge. So I had read a book by 2 sister's who interviewed beings from the fae realm . A king and different beings and elementals, dragons and even tree spirits. They all wanted humans to know about them and how we effect them in their world. So when a tree dies or is cut down the spirit of that tree finds a seedling to inhabit. It was very fascinating and talked also about the dark fae and their way of life.
Loved this video I learned so much. I never thought of tasting. I am such a visual and tactile person this really appeals to me. Thank you for sharing ❤
Another fascinating topic and a great and informative video! ❤ Thank you Ivy! 🙏🏼
In my practice, I use birch bark as "paper", e.g. in candle magic to write down my intentions. Have also been using pine needles and thorns in protection magick or simply around my candle, when doing candle spells. I tend to use my intuition before looking up any correspondences and love the infinite possibilities of including various parts of trees in everyday magick. 💚🌿🌳🌱🌲🍃
I use bay leaves in the same way. 😊❤
I always climbed the maple trees when I was young and one of my OBE experiences I found myself standing in front of one in the yard where I live now. It didn't communicate but i remember looking down at my hands waving them and couldn't see them lol.
The Hidden Life of Trees!!! It’s fantastic 🤗
As per usual, you’re awesome/appreciate you so very much 😋 *chefs kiss* 😘
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You could not have timed this video more perfectly! I've just booked a campsite to head to in a few days in the most beautiful river valley, a heavily wooded site full of native Australian trees. I'm going on my own for 2 nights just to sit in nature and soak up the energy and vitality of the river, trees and bushland around me. I'm taking my carving knives with me to make a wand from a fallen twig, my camera, some awesome food and wild birdseed to make some feathered friends - I can't wait!
I hope you have the best time ever!!
Great video, I love how you always give book recommendations. I also love the idea of using a bonsai tree if you don't have trees. I live in a skyscraper so not a lot of trees. I'm about to do a deep dive on bonsai trees and see how hard they are to keep alive! My not very green fingers are crossed .😁
Start with a Ginseng Ficus! They're so cool looking and very easy to care for indoors! ❤️
Thank you so much for this video! I enjoyed it so much!
Such a amazing video .Thank you for sharing
What am incredibly beautiful video! Thank you so much for presenting such wonderful information, including book suggestions. I love your videos, and this one really resonated with me. 🙏🏻🙏🏻many thanks 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Ditto! ❤
The part were you talk about the trees dying and their ‘designated’ spirit as well… well… trees never die apparently. 20 years ago I met an extremely elderly woman who had a couple of dead trees in her living room. She was a firm believer of eternal tree energy and a scientist. Anyways. All those ‘dead’ trees were somehow wired and produced electricity. Electricity is energy at the end of the day. Now, you may argue that just because they conducted energy, that doesn’t mean they are alive, but only when the wires touched the trees, only then, light would be produced. No plugs, no sockets… NOTHING. She also had a small electrical system that worked with and through mycelium.
I love this! So fascinating❤
Hi picked up tree Magic by Sandra on the 7th after watching this can't wait to go through it, btw I loved your content found you cause of Olivia through a meeting of the minds chat you guys did with Nike and Marshall. Love your vibe and the way you go about explaining and presenting the topics you dive into.😃
Love you too! I'm so happy you like my art and it was such a joy to make it for you!
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Awesome video! Tree magic had never been on my radar, and you made this so interesting.. something is tugging at my heart to check out a couple of these books so thank you for the recommendations! And amazing content as always! 🧡
It's been extremely dry in my area, and I just had the idea of going to visit my oak friend and pour some water by him as offering, but then I felt bad for the other trees 😂 I don't want them to feel sad but I cant exactly go around watering the entire forest lol
This is sooo wonderful! Thank you! I was telling a friend whos daughter is going through some difficulties to meditate with a tree for strength, stability, grounding and energy. You explained so well and in many more ways how to work with trees. I'm going to forward this video to her. You rock.
Thank you so much, I hope she finds it helpful!!
Love ur jewlery ❤️
Tree Magic by Sandra Kynes is such a great book! I enjoy how she profiles the trees!
This was FANTASTIC! I've believed in tree spirits my entire life. I had heard of elementals in trees on paranormal shows, but dryads are new to me. Love the info, and I believe it. I noted the books, too! Thank you so much, Ivy. I LOVE your necklace and top! ❤❤❤ Until the next video. Peace! ✌️❤️🕯🪬🃏🔮🪄🧿❤️
Thank you!!! I was feeling stylish that day so I appreciate that! 😆❤️
Wow, I been in love with my trees. Everyday I wake up I thank the trees when I leave my house. On the weekends I have a traditional sigils that I use when am hiking. Hug them kiss them.
Ivy!! Wow girl! Cannot thank you enough for the depth of information. I am a lover of trees and thank you!
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Wonderful video, we should always treat nature with care.😊
I cant thank you enough for making this🤍 Trees can make magnificent friends and are a great access point for very beautiful magickal experiences. I live in a big city, so I spend time when I walk the dog picking up trash from areas with plants and trees. One tree in my old neighborhood always stuck out to me, a fig tree, and its spiritual energy was so potent that I was drawn to it yet also pretty intimidated by it, the elemental spirit within was very present and direct. One day I was picking up trash from its base and as I did this was sending it love through my hands and heart. As I turned to leave it, I felt the distinct presence of the entity, I could feel it “touching” my energetic field. Right as I got chills from this, a beautiful, colorful bird, a species I had never seen before, flew out of the underbrush right in front of me. It was such a magical moment. Another time when I communed with the fig tree, I got the impression of a very specific name. I wasn’t sure what the information meant, until a month or so later a person with that exact name appeared suddenly in my life, and ended up being a huge catalyst in my life that radically changed my direction. I’ve since moved to a new neighborhood but I will always think of and miss that beautiful fig🤍
Hi Ivy Thank you
Beautiful video🖤💫🤍 I work with tree spirits and its a beautiful thing! I feel a spirit in each one but its different. Seems to me the older and bigger the tree the bigger the spirit. I work with an Oak and Dogwood tree that are in my yard. I connected with them while meditating and doing candle magic on Ostara. I also made a pentacle with branches from 5 different trees and placed a clear quartz in the center to boost my magic❤
WOW that pentacle sounds amazing!!
Very helpful! TY!!!!!!
Loved this video! I grew up with a forest all around our property and I so enjoyed playing in the forest. I have always been connected to the Earth. I always loved the old trees with moss and lichens growing on them. According to the Celtic Tree Calendar, I am an Oak tree. I have always loved Oak trees and felt a connection to them. I have always been drawn to protection magic and money magic. With the money magic we all know I can get money, but I have a hard time holding on to it 😂 I don’t have any Oak trees on my property, but perhaps I can add some this fall. Thank you for the book recommendations! I love that you always tend to give book recommendations in your videos. What I am looking for now is a really good green witch book. There are so many out there on the market, but they don’t seem to have any substance to them. If you have any recommendations, I will take them! ❤❤❤
I have been looking for a really good green witch book, too! The ones I have read were not that great in my opinion... It seems that all of them are full of fluff and lack substance. I will let you know if I come across a good one!
@@IvyTheOccultist I agree! I’ll let you know if I find one as well!
in the uralic tradition
it says a lot when they claim
that the birch spirit is more
powerful than the sky god!
trees are like places of origin,
origin of tribes and humans
in general (a lot of the older
creator spirits were birds,
so it´s places where they lived
and nested).
not all trees were sacred
however, only the ones that were
dedicated to spirits or used by
family members (regular trees
were used for great many things
while nothing could be taken
from the shrines, only added).
even if it was your own soul
tree (or birth tree) you could
make magical items out of it
(as long as you didn´t kill
the tree, they believed
it had a counterpart in the
otherworld).
the birch tribe believed that
all living birches were their
relatives (hence no cut rules).
there´s beliefs how some trees
lead upwards, others downwards
while others host the spirits
of the middle world (like an
earth spirit might come forth
from a willow).
life trees were usually birch
or larch (under them grew plants
from which all plants were
believed to come, it´s the
tree spirit that reveals the
medicinal values of the
plants).
even from their branches the
witches made drums and other
sacred items (given to humans
by the trees, in return they
crafted a song for the tree).
the life water was believed to
flow under the life tree and
also in the otherworld (that´s
how you get one of the death
concepts, life / death tree
as the axis of the local world,
river being the other common
center, and do those concepts
work together, no they don´t).
i just like trees, why do they
have to complicate everything,
fucking shamans, living walking
religions :)
This is such an interesting topic! If possible, an interview with J. Allen Cross would be really fascinating. His recent book, "The Witch's Guide to the Paranormal" touches on the subject of elementals, but because of the publisher's word count limit there's so much more he could probably discuss. I can totally see you picking his brain in all sorts of directions! 😂💚
Thank you, I will have to check him out!! ❤️
This is so funny😊 I just bought oak bark and birch bark for spellwork a few days ago, because I've never actuallly worked with them before but I didn't know that you can also make tea from barks! :-) which I think would be good for me to ground. I guess roots are maybe better for that, but bark also seems very sturdy😁 There's also birch juice, perhaps you've heard of it. It's a popular drink in Scandinavia. They tap the trunk and it looks like water, containing a lot of nutrients. Very curious about this drink.
I was wondering if you could include a tea ceremony in spellwork as a kind of invocation of a tree spirit. Or any plant spirit for that matter.
I'm so glad you made this video😇really enjoyed it❤ Trees are such powerful, mysterious beings. I would love to build a connection with one and get to know their spirit and personality on a deeper level💚🌳
I don't know much about dryads, but I can imagine that they are drawn to certain trees depending on the specific energy of that tree. It's a fascinating topic to explore more! :-) There's a willow in my local park with a twisted hollow trunk. I wouldn't be surprised if someone lived there🙂❣🧚♀️
thank you
Just a thought.... and to be plain, I am not speaking from experience... perhaps all trees do have Dryads, but not all are able to communicate. Or perhaps they do not want to communicate.
I have made two wands with my granddaughter out of tree sticks.
i'm enjoying the videos! f your going to try teas, =make sure they wont interact with any meds
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What a weird coinsidence. I put this video on as I was planting tree seed kits.
How serendipitous; I love it! ❤️
I am very late to this, and I don't know if anyone will see this comment or reply, but I have a genuine question and this is one of the only spaces where I feel safe asking it. Growing up, I had a deep connection with the trees around my home. But this connection was severed because I grew negligent of it(this was before witchcraft found me), and then I prayed for the rain to stop after it came at the end of some particularly hot heat waves. I always knew, instinctively, that asking the rain to stop would be fatal to our relationship, but I was a reckless kid who just detested the wet rain. For some reason, I also to this day love hot weather and hate the rain. The thing is, I feel very guilty about it now, but ever since I betrayed the trust of my friends, I have found it hard to approach another plant spirit for friendship and guidance. Is there a way for me to heal this relationship? I don't live in the same house anymore, and it is not possible to go back and ask for forgiveness as that property isn't in my family anymore.
Perhaps watering trees during drought... or when they need watering would help. Maybe ask a few trees how you can help them.
There is this guy I am subscribed to named Arith Härger, he has some sort of degree in I think Nordic history or something plus he's pagan and has a magickal practice. He has many videos talking about Animism and in one of his videos he saya that we as a modern society get Animism wrong. Animism isn't the belief that everything has a spirit, the colonizers went to other countries heared that they believe that somethings have spirits gut they comprehended it incorrectly thinking that they meant everything had a spirit. I hope I tyoed that out where you can understand my point 😂 I'm trying to connect with that since that is what true Animism is but its touch because almost everyone says that Animism is that everything has a spirit. When you said a plant tasting ceremony. My immediate thought was going up to a tree and lick the bark of the tree 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 in a magickal/ symbolic way its cool that the pine tastes a little joyus, citrus like and light because the pines magickal properties are Healing (light), Exorcism/cleansing (citrus) and pepper like for the pine is Protective and (again) cleansing/exorcism.
Hahahah I mean you could definitely go lick some bark if you wanted to! 😂 That's interesting about the animism conversation. I'm sure it's nuanced and depends on the culture. As in, maybe Nordic animism is different than Native American animism? Who knows! That's really interesting though, I wonder what his definition of animism is then
ooooooo I want a disk for my caldron .
Like before i even watched the video 😏
Recently I went to a park sat at the base of a tree I was called to. It really soothed me and when I was calm and my mind was clear the tree spoke to me and he eventually called my attention to a tree across the street a very poofy well kept tree with flowers and vines swirled beautifully at the base. My tree told me he was in love with her. Anyone ever have this? I thought it was sooooo beautiful beyond words something I didn't expect 😊🪄🔮🧡
That sounds so sweet! ❤️❤️ I have never experienced that, but I could totally see one tree having love for another!
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Yeah I wouldn't have thought that either and I'm a really creative person so I'm like awww those sweet
I LOVE foraging and gathered spruce tips a couple weeks ago when they were bright green 🥹. In a state park area, in full public view, I gave an offering and asked her permission. I could feel her chuckle at me and shrug. I'm sure there were a couple passersby who gave the crazy lady, standing in the park, eating a tree, a weird look 😂
I get tenacity and endurance from most of the pine family. Birch has a softeness, very feminine. My reiki master passed on a visual of a mighty oak in a storm, bending but not breaking, during one of my first sessions and it proved very accurate shortly after. I've offered energy and water to the forest guardians and feel better in their company than most humans.
My landlords cut down an ash in my yard last year (she was infested and dying). They kindly left a stump where I could put birdseed. But she wasn't ready to go, just wanted the sick parts removed, and all I could do was tell her how sorry I was and would miss her. I bawled my head off. From ash I get endurance through anything as she has sprouted suckers forming a beautiful ash bush.
Foraging is the best! I can definitely see what you mean about pine and birch. That pepper aftertaste of pine definitely felt like it could endure quite a bit. And birch definitely felt feminine after my second taste! So sad about that tree being cut down. I love that you have an ash bush to work with still ❤️
i feel so lucky to have grown up with a very folksy herbalist mom - since i can remember, i was taught to ask permission from plants before picking anything from then, and to listen to their answers. i think it’s a practice that can feel silly at first for some people but when consistent the effects are SO tangible.
when i was really struggling with health, around 15, i started drawing a few specific poisonous plants (foxglove, belladonna, wolfsbane primarily). i had no idea at the time but i was channeling the medicine i needed!! a few years later, i found incredible results and healing in the homeopathics of those exact plants. they propelled me into deep somatic trauma healing and allowed me to get where i am now.
plants are so, so, so powerful.
now i’m studying (at home lol) botany for my botanical illustrations and it’s awakening my understanding of life and nature so much more!!
i’m so excited to be learning new ways of connecting to plants in a more intentionally witchy manner. it really feels like an infinite area of learning and expansion.
also that clip of running your selenite atheme through smoke gave me asmr, it was soooo soothing lol! for some reason, whenever i see selenite, i get lots of tingly chills…should probably be working with selenite ❤️