ALDER
This tree was sacred to the Druids. Used to entice Air elementals.

 

APPLE (Domestic)
A sacred tree to the Druids. Use apple cider in any old spells calling for blood or wine. Apple indicates choice, and is useful for love and healing magic.

ASH
A Druid sacred tree. Druid wands were often made of ash. Ash wands are good for healing, general and solar magic.

BIRCH
It is unwise to use this incantation and ritual directed toward a specific person as that would violate the rule. If a love is to come to you, it must be of that person’s free will to do so.

BLACKTHORN

 Its thorns are used to pierce waxen images. Blackthorn indicates strong action of fate or outside influences that must be obeyed.

BROOM
 Sweep your outside ritual areas with this to purify and protect.

 

CEDAR
Known as the Tree of Life. To draw Earth energy and ground yourself, place the palms of your hands against the ends of the leaves.

ELDER
Known as Elderberry. Sacred to the White Lady. The Druids used it to both bless and curse. Elder wands can be used to drive out evil spirits or thought forms. Elder is the Lady's Tree, burn it not or cursed ye be!

ELM
Often associated with Mother and Earth Goddesses, and was said to be the home of faeries. Elm adds stability and grounding to a spell.

FIR

Fir indicates high views and long sights with clear vision of what is beyond and yet to come.

FIR (SILVER)
Also known as the Birth Tree.

HAWTHORN
Also known as May Tree. Wands made of this wood are of great power. The blossoms are highly erotic to men. Hawthorn can be used for protection, love and marriage spells.

HAZEL
Wands made of this wood symbolize white magick and healing. Magically, hazel wood is used to gain knowledge, wisdom and poetic inspiration.

HOLLY
Associated with the death and rebirth symbolism of winter. Holly may be used in spells having to do with sleep or rest, and to ease the passage of death.

 

JUNIPER
Its berries were used with thyme in Druid incenses for visions.

 

MISTLETOE
It was the most sacred tree of the Druids. The berries are used in love incenses.

OAK
Oak has been considered sacred by just about every culture, but held in particular esteem by the Celts due to its size, longevity, and nutritious acorns. Magick wands were made of its wood. It can be used in spells for protection, strength, success and stability.

PINE
The Pine tree is an evergreen, its old title was "the sweetest of woods." It was known to the Druids as one of the seven chieftain trees of the Irish. Mix the dried needles with equal parts of juniper and cedar and burn to purify the home and ritual area. The cones and nuts can be carried as a fertility charm. A good magickal cleansing and stimulating bath is made by placing pine needles in a loose-woven bag and running bath water over it. To purify and sanctify an outdoor ritual area, brush the ground with a pine branch.

ROWAN
Also known as Mountain Ash, Witchwood and Sorb Apple has long known as an aid and protection against enchantment. Sticks of the Rowan were used to carve Runes on. Rowan spays and crosses were placed over cattle in pens and over homes for protection. Its lovely red berries feed the birds in winter. The berries have a tiny pentagram on them and are especially poisonous. The pentagram is the ancient symbol of protection. The Rowan tree indicates protection and control of the senses from enchantment and beguiling. The Rowan was sacred to the Druids and the Goddess Brigit. It is a very magical tree used for wands, rods, amulets and spells. A forked Rowan branch can help find water. Wands are for knowledge, locating metal and general divination.

WILLOW
Also known as White Willow, Tree of Enchantment and Witches' Asprin. Once of the seven sacred trees of the Irish, a Druid sacred Tree. The willow is a Moon tree sacred to the White Lady, Its groves were considered so magickal that priests, priestesses and all types of artisans sat among these trees to gain eloquence, inspiration, skills and prophecies. For a wish to be granted, ask permission of the willow, explaining your desire. Select a pliable shoot and tie a loose knot in it while expressing what you want. When the wish is fulfilled. return and untie the knot. Remember to thank the willow and leave a gift.

YEW
Also known as English Yew and European Yew. Another important tree to the Winter Solstice and the deities of death and rebirth. It is a beautifully smooth, gold-coloured wood with a wavy grain. The Irish used it to make dagger handles, bows and wine barrels. The wood or leaves were laid on graves as a reminder to the departed spirit that death was only a pause in life before rebirth. All parts of the tree are poisonous except the fleshy covering of the berry, and its medicinal uses include a recently discovered treatment for cancer. The yew may be the oldest-lived tree in the world. Ancient yews can be found in churchyards all over Britain, where they often pre-date even the oldest churches. There are some convincing arguments for it being the original 'World-tree' of Scandinavian mythology. The Yew may be used to enhance magical and psychic abilities, and to induce visions.