Churchyard Yew Power Wand
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The Yew tree,sometimes called the Death Tree,holds a sacred place in many cultures,including Germanic and Celtic.For some this is the ancestral tree,commonly planted in older churchyards,or remaining from pre-christian pagan sites,and believed to be a guardian and gateway to the dead.It's said that Celtic chieftains and wisemen were buried beneath the Yew in the hope that thier wisdom would be retained in the tree for future generations.There are some that claim the Germanic World Tree was a Yew and not an Ash,as commonly held..either way you cannot dismiss the fact that all parts of the yew are highly toxic and ,so some say,naracotic.A tree favoured by the shamanic element of many cultures,perhaps for it's very toxicity.Know as the Immortals,yew trees are some of the oldest living things on the planet and have the ability to rejuventae themselves,one tree growing inside the older hollowed tree.They twist with age..into sinister and eldritch forms,human faces and mythical beasts are seen in the bark..it's little wonder then that our ancestors saw their beloved dead in the Yew Tree and used it as a gateway tree..for ancestral communication and rites of honouring.We only use churchyard yew in the making of our wands and charms,and we only use the oldest of these.Consequently yew wood wands are often twisted,bearing strange gnarls and
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