La Forêt Magique - Les arbres sacrés
The Magical Forest - The Sacred Trees
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| The Elm Tree: the Healer - L'orme, le guérisseur |
So the dump was gone, cleaned up and the place
purified. It retrieved its ancient shine. But now the forest had to grow and prosper for the
future, so with the power of belief in natural strength and potential, I
started to create the protectors of the sanctuary.
Le hêtre : le gardien - The Beech Tree: the Watcher
Painted on a beech tree, one
of the seven sacred trees of the Druids, the Watcher ensured to let in the
woods only the animals, the wilderness and the pacific souls.
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| The Beech Tree: the Watcher - Le hêtre : le gardien |
Interestingly enough, when I
finished the creation of the Watcher and took the picture, a natural haze
appeared, captured by the camera, as if a supernatural spirit was watching
already.
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| L'esprit du gardien - The Watcher's Spirit |
L'orme, le guérisseur - The Elm Tree: the
Healer
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| The Elm Tree: the Healer - L'orme, le guérisseur |
A dreadful disease has
decimated half of the elm trees of the woods in France for more than fifty
years. The elms at the entry of the magical forest were touched. Elms incarnate
wisdom and spirituality. It was my duty to attempt healing them. I thus
prepared a mix of white wash, copper sulphate, oil and plants, and brushed it
on the sick trunks.
Once the mixture dried, I
painted the Healer whose fearful face will frighten off parasites and future attacks.
L'arbre de vie des celtes - The Celtic Tree of Life
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| L'arbre de vie celte - The Celtic Tree of Life |
The Celts believed the
branches and roots of trees to enliven the cycle of life. Once the proper
stones selected, at the bottom of hazelnut trees, old elms, beeches, ashes and
a great alder, all of them sacred, I painted the potent symbol.
Le chemin blanc de la paix - The White Path of Peace
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| Le chemin de la paix - The White Path of Peace |
Nature cannot survive without
peace. Along with the proper runes and symbols painted in pure white, I
arranged the stones along the path of serenity.
Les offrandes à la nature - The Offerings to Nature
All rituals require offerings.
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| Les offrandes à la nature - The Offerings to Nature |
Le nid d'espoir - The Nest of Hope
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| Le nid est accroché au noisetier - Hanging the Nest of Hope to the Hazelnut Tree |
Le panier des sorts - The Basket of Spells
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| Le panier des sorts - The Basket of Spells |
