In Search of Yew
Saturday, 30th October
We have two more visitors - Nell and Jane, from Stoke and Nottingham. We have been friends for years but have not seen them since we have moved so it was great to have them to stay and show them around.
One of the things we wanted particularly to share was our Samhain celebration, which we decided to do a night early because of their visit. After a long discussion about trees and their symbolic significance, Nell decided it would be good to see if we could find a piece of Yew so, just before sunset, all three of us women wandered off into the woods to find a Yew tree. I think it was the significance of the three of us; three women, wandering off and coming home in the dark empty handed, for we found no Yew, that made the whole experience more humorous. We were about to perform a ritual for Hecate, who amongst other things, is often portrayed as the triple-headed Goddess - maid, mother, crone - that sort of thing. It turned out to be a lovely ritual, without the Yew and the next day we all wandered off around the lake, where I was very pleased to be able to point out a Yew to those of us who didn't know what one looked like.
How stupid I then felt on returning home to find, right next to our house, its wee spindles actually touching the wall of our home, a large Yew bush!
Oh how we laughed. But I bet not half as much as Hecate!
We have two more visitors - Nell and Jane, from Stoke and Nottingham. We have been friends for years but have not seen them since we have moved so it was great to have them to stay and show them around.
One of the things we wanted particularly to share was our Samhain celebration, which we decided to do a night early because of their visit. After a long discussion about trees and their symbolic significance, Nell decided it would be good to see if we could find a piece of Yew so, just before sunset, all three of us women wandered off into the woods to find a Yew tree. I think it was the significance of the three of us; three women, wandering off and coming home in the dark empty handed, for we found no Yew, that made the whole experience more humorous. We were about to perform a ritual for Hecate, who amongst other things, is often portrayed as the triple-headed Goddess - maid, mother, crone - that sort of thing. It turned out to be a lovely ritual, without the Yew and the next day we all wandered off around the lake, where I was very pleased to be able to point out a Yew to those of us who didn't know what one looked like.
How stupid I then felt on returning home to find, right next to our house, its wee spindles actually touching the wall of our home, a large Yew bush!
Oh how we laughed. But I bet not half as much as Hecate!
posted by Brina Katz at 3:36 PM
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