

It’s where we come together in a community to share, grow and connect with one another over countless topics. Hit the links in the previous sentence to check out pictures and the spell.ĭo you want to dive deeper into this topic with other like-minded Witches? We would love to have you join our FREE private forum, The Witches Gathering. Note: The October Divination Box 2017 contained 5 Blackthorn Thorns for a Protection Spell for Samhain. As a protector, Blackthorn is potent for the protected and ominous for the would be perpetrator. It is the wielder of this magick that decides how that power will be used. Blackthorn can be used to inflict strife in any direction. It is associated with chthonic and protective deities. Blackthorn dispels negativity, toxins, old wounds, and impurities. Magickal Energetics: Blackthorn is a winter tree and used in protection against evil, creating boundaries, purifying, confronting our own dark side. Ogham Tree Meaning: Discipline, Control, Perspectiveįolk Names: Sloe, Sloe Plum, Wishing Thorn, Faery Tree Or (in the longer term) give the wildlife enough time to evolve just enough to be able to survive on a different tree species.Magickal System: Celtic, Druid, Ogham (Celtic Tree Alphabet) Give wildlife enough time to wait for a forester to plant a foreign tree species that it can survive on 3. Give wildlife a fighting chance of finding a healthy ash to live on 2. Although it’s not what we hope for, even if an ash we plant is not able to reach maturity (because it succumbs to dieback), it can still provide a habitat for dependant wildlife. We’ve also funded ash where surrounding, diseased trees have been removed (and therefore the pathogen has been removed from the area) and the proportion of ash in the mix is relatively low. If we stop planting ash altogether, any wildlife that relies on it will also die. For example, we’ve funded ash planting from genetic stock that is thought to be resilient to Ash dieback disease.

It has already wiped thousands of these elegant trees from our landscape, and experts are trying to stop it. You have probably heard of ash dieback disease, a fungus affecting both the leaves and crown. The ash’s leaves, and indeed its whole crown, can move in the direction of sunlight. The ash is the third most common tree in Britain and thrives in rich, fertile soil where it provides a home for woodpeckers and owls.
