European Tree lore & medicine

a 7 week journey into the wisdom & medicine of trees
spring equinox - Beltane | 20th of March - 1st of May | seven Fridays
19:00 - 20:30 CET

About the journey

In this online journey we will explore and uncover the important role that trees played within European society before christianisation. We will journey through cultural history, enter into direct animist practice with trees, and you will receive plenty of opportunity to steep into the medicine that these trees hold.

The intention of this journey is for us to reclaim the memory of a culture where deep reverence was held towards the green kingdom and the profound medicine that is stored within its saps.

This journey will teach you how to recognise, name and identify many different trees native to Europe. You will learn the stories, folklore and history surrounding these trees, as well as the medicine and food these trees bring and how you can benefit from it for your personal as well as communal use.

You will learn how to create meaningful relationships with trees, how to recognise their wellbeing, how to make offerings, and how to receive songs and insights from them.

The prayer this journey is built on is the one of cultural regeneration. The regeneration of a society filled with reciprocity with the entire web of life, of which we are an integral part, and the trees provide solid guidance.

You are warmly invited to weave the threads of belonging, together.

Course Curriculum

In our first gathering on the eve of the spring equinox, we will sit with the medicine of rebirth, of renewal and of hope with Birch. We will explore pioneering species and the changing European ecology after the last Ice Age.
In this call we will explore the role of the Oak in European culture. We will dive into how Trees have filled the role of Elders within our societies: across Germanic, Celtic, Nordic and Slavic cultures.
In this session we will explore some of the important stories around Hazel, both from folklore & mythology as well as ethnobotany. We will explore the role Hazel has played in the survival of our ancestors as well as enter into direct communication with our ancient ancestors.
This session we will explore the art of governing assemblies in early Germanic society, and the role that Linden has and continues to play in the way justice is achieved.
In this session we will enter into story and creative exploration around The World Tree, and how this Elder can serve as an anchor for our communication with the world at large.
In this session we will explore the regenerative capacity of Willow and the waters that run through and connect us all.
In this session we listen to the continuity we are being asked to tend to in the fertile playgrounds of our own lives. We will dive in with the medicine of Hawthorn and many-a-story around this one, who will be in bloom as we close this journey together.