A Gift From The Faerie Realm

"A Forest Faerie" A Painting by Guenn Eona Nimue​

I'm eighty-six now and not ashamed to say I've been communicating with trees for over sixty years, and yes, they definitely do talk back (to me anyway). So do other kinds of plants. When I was a child, believe it or not, I even had a conversation with a single blade of grass, but nothing could have prepared me for this! ​

I wrote this in a forum called Oak & Mistletoe lamenting the recent loss of a dear friend of mine, the eighty-five year old Maple tree that was just outside the bedroom window of the apartment I have lived in for the last thirty-five years. Ever since the day I moved in, the first thing I did each day when I woke up in the morning was to open my curtains and say "Good Morning!" and tell her how I was feeling, what I was going to do that day and how beautiful she was.... ​

She told me once a long time ago she would have a surprise for me one day, but I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams what Faerie Magick was to come. ​

I lost you, my old friend, a few days ago. For thirty-five years we together unfailingly marked the glorious changing of the seasons, and you kindly shaded the backside of my building during the heat of many a summer. ​

You were the picture of health towering seventy feet high, about the same age as me (85) from what I have been told. Numberless generations of squirrels and birds had called you home. So many happy memories.... the squirrels scurrying and leaping about.... the raccoons and possums that once found rest among your inviting branches.... all the birds nests that erupted with the delightful chorus of baby birds each year.... and the fascinatingly intricate freshly spun spider webs, glistening with morning dew, among your limbs in the light of the rising sun! ​

I loved you so very, very much.... Oh! My dear beloved old Maple Tree, how I wish I could have saved you!​

You my old friend.... who brought such joy into my life, and the lives of so many others for so many years.... are gone."​

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Not long after I posted that little eulogy showing the tree that had been cut down, it was suggested by a member of the forum in Australia calling herself "Crystal" that some part of my old friend should be preserved and that perhaps a wand, a bowl or a pendant could be made. ​

Since my youngest son is an artist and former wood worker, he volunteered and began to search for just the right piece of wood. He found one that he liked but I rejected it because it didn't "feel" right. He continued to search and as he did he noticed a hollow near the center of the tree trunk that was exposed when it was cut down. It must have formed many, many years ago, probably seventy or eighty, while I was still only a child. ​

Clearly two tree trunks once close together had merged, becoming one. He cleared it of saw dust and made the most remarkable discovery.... Within the tree all these many years had been hidden a secret! I watched from the second floor walkway of the building as he carefully pried it loose.​

When he brought it in I could hardly believe my eyes.... it was like a dream. It's about two and three quarters inches across at the widest point and has all the subtle beauty of a great Emerald, my fovorite gem! On closer examination several very small bubbles could be seen and it became obvious that it is made of glass, perhaps naturally formed, perhaps man made, there is no way to know.... and there is no way to determine its actual age with any certainty either. What a wonderful mystery! ​

It was made clear to me over the course of several meditations that there really was no ritual or consecration that I or any one else could possibly perform that would in any way enhance or improve on the rich, slow and penetrating consecration the Nature Spirits and the Tree Spirit itself had already so skillfully accomplished.​

There was only a brief meditative visualization.... in silence.... and it was not one of consecration, but rather one which both honored and gave loving thanks to the Tree Spirit and the Nature Spirits.​

Several small pieces of glass had fallen off of the main piece, and one of the larger ones was simply returned to the hollow during this meditative visualization, establishing a strong permanent connection between the Tree Spirit, the Nature Spirits, and myself.... It was then placed on my altar, resting upon a small simply carved pedestal whittled by my son from a branch he saved....​

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Here's a better image of the hollow where it was found.... Wishing you all wonderful things! Guenn​

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Oh my....what an incredibly lovely story. Thank-you for sharing it with us
...windy...

 

I enjoyed this!

Thank you

 

Not sure where I've read this before....

 

Wow! That's an amazing little tale:sunny: ... thanks for sharing it here ... :daisy:

 

Thanks windy.... and thanks Heather!

Tyrsonwood "Not sure where I've read this before...."

I confess! If you "Google" my name (Guenn Eona Nimue) you'll see that I've been spamming the internet with my work ever since I got on the internet a couple of years back. Is it spam if no one objects? Anyway I'm having a wonderful time.... love meeting and talking with so many wonderful people! It has buoyed my spirits immeasurably and I think it's added years to my life. Thanks to you all.

starrybee "Wow! That's an amazing little tale...."

It really is. It's been over a year now and I'm still all aflutter! As I now near the end of this incarnation (I'm 86 now, have had two strokes and now I'm fighting skin cancer), I think this may be one of the most inspiring and rewarding confirmations that's come my way, and as a Druidess whose connection with the nature kingdoms (and especially trees) has always been central, it has even deeper significance.

Detail from "Jabeh The Elf " A Painting by Guenn Eona Nimue​

 

I'm sorry that you lost your friend

 

I wasn't being negative, I was just wondering where I had seen this... It was kinda a deja vu feeling. Are you in any of the Indigo Adults groups?

 

I have seen this before too. Maybe Aerianne found it and posted it here in HF the last year. I have only been here since March last year. Maybe in a conversation to do with crystals.

I love seeing it again. :2thumbsup:

 

How beautiful!

 

Maybe that was it... Great story where ever it was.

 

I think maybe the artist has posted the crystal story here before.

 

Yes, you've been here before "spamming" under a different user profile but the same work and story.

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=453467

 

Oh dear.... must be getting old! Thanks for the heads up Aerianne. I hope the moderators can forgive me. It would appear that my "complete recovery" from that last stroke wasn't as complete as I thought!

Feeling a bit foolish.... Is there anything I should do?

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I just want to say OP, that I admire you for being courageous enough to post your experiences. I've tried many times to post my few experiences even on here and they have been met with literally nothing but scorn and spam.

 

It was wonderful to see this again. Keep on posting.

 

Thank you all so much for your kind encouraging words! I really love sharing my work with you.

As far as spamming goes drumminmama, the reference I made to "spamming the internet" earlier was only meant to be humorous. My understanding of spam is that it's primarily aimed at pushing some agenda or trying to sell something by means of unsolicited advertising (like shampoo for instance).

I'm not pushing any agenda and none of my work is for sale.... it's all free. There are no security features installed and anyone can download it as "wallpaper" or even "burn" it to a disk if they like and have a poster made for about twenty dollars or so at any almost any copy center.

As a disabled artist I enjoy joining forums of various kinds and showing my work in much the same way as artists arrange to have shows at one gallery after another and see nothing wrong with that.

That said, I thought I saw somewhere that you're a painter too.... anywhere on the web I might view your work?

Love to you all... Guenn​

Detail from "Ymanko" A Painting by Guenn Eona Nimue
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I like owls

 

Very straight-jacket worthy.