Sunday, March 13, 2011

apple tree : fertility rite

Planning the apple, pear, and plum orchard with help from Cloud Mountain Farm and the Leasons.



Even the formation of the tree trunk in her various poses was said to have a female form to it, and was considered a beacon of fertility. Indeed, apple wood was often burned during fertility rites and festivals carried out in the winter months. These were demonstrations to beckon bountiful abundance upon the return of spring as well as symbolically insure continuation of large, healthy families. -here

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