title: Whispers from the Woods: The Lore & Magic of Trees
author:  Sandra Kynes 
description: Kynes, who has written about pagan spirituality previously in <i>Gemstone Feng Shui</i> and <i>A Year of Ritual, </i>helps readers to incorporate the wisdom of trees in this how-to guide. She begins with an overview of the biological and historical importance of trees, touching on multiple ancient mythologies in a breathless and rather unfocused introductory survey. Better are the subsequent chapters, which elucidate various techniques for trying tree magic. She begins by suggesting that readers forge connections with trees through means both physical (the yogic tree pose) and spiritual (performing "tree meditation," though it's not clear that this differs substantially from traditional meditation). She offers a tree calendar, discussing which trees are associated with which months and seasons, makes suggestions for using trees in spellwork and explores how to engage trees in shamanic journeys and quests. The book's second half offers specific information on 50 kinds of trees and their magical properties. Kynes's book is carefully researched and generally well presented, though sometimes she loses the literal forest for the trees. For example, her chapters on the Ogham, an ancient Celtic musical scale, can be overly detailed for the novice practitioner who may not be initially aware of how the Ogham relates to trees. Overall, though, this is a useful guide for druids and pagans. <i>(Feb.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Chasing Destiny
  
  
  ## Linda Eble-Swain
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  **Published:** 2011  
  
  
  **Tag(s):** "ancient curse" redhead witch "magical sword" "love
  
  
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  **Prologue**
  
  
  
  
  
  She comes. It was whispered by the fairies to the trees in
  
  
  voices that were beyond musical in their beauty.
  
  
  She comes. It was whispered from the trees to the waving
  
  
  blades of grass.
  
  
  She comes. The voices seemed to grow as the news passed to
  
  
  the animals hidden deep within their burrows or high in the
  
  
  thickets where deer watched with perked ears, or foxes peeked from
  
  
  their dens.
  
  
  The entire dimension waited with baited breath as a woman
  
  
  struggled to bring life into their world. Red hair lay in
  
  
  damp, lanky curls, her hand grasping that of the tall man with
  
  
  midnight hair and dark eyes that was her husband, her soul mate,
  
  
  her very life. Without Nicholas, Katherine Ravencroft Cassidy
  
  