In preparing this special issue for seniors, it was noteworthy that essences made from trees
dominated so many of the articles -- noteworthy, but maybe not surprising. It takes a heap of
living -- and a lot of years -- to make an adult tree, and they last and last, despite all kinds of weather.
The same could be said about a great number of today's amazing seniors!
And yes, that is repeated, almost word for word, from Donna Cunningham's editorial, but
the advantage of writing for seniors is they won't remember when you're repeating yourself.
To celebrate just one remarkable tree, in December's fierce, days-long wind and rainstorms, we lost the oldest tree in the state of Oregon,
the oldest living thing in Oregon and one of
the oldest living things in the United States, a Sitka Spruce Tree known as The Klootchy Creek Giant,
which stood 206-feet tall and was a seedling when the Magna Carta was signed in 1215. It was a
living legacy of the primeval coastal old-growth rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. It rated
obituaries in the Oregonian and Willamette Week newspapers. Alas poor Klootchy, we knew him well.
TREES FROM DR. BACH'S REPERTORY
Dr. Bach apparently recognized the healing powers of trees, for there were 15 of
them among his repertory of 38 remedies -- 40%! They were:
Aspen, Beech, Chestnut Bud, Crab Apple, Elm, Hornbeam, Larch, Oak, Olive, Pine,
Red Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut, Walnut, White Chestnut, and Willow. Our authors have contributed
many in-depth portraits of trees in that group over the years. They are linked below, starting
with still another Oak article.
Oak: A Balm for the Driven
Jonathan Keyes
Willow: It's Your Fault -- The Smoldering Fire
by Connie Barrett
Elm: The Last Straw
by Connie Barrett
Larch: You Can Do It!
by Connie Barrett
Larch -- A Help for Students with Confidence Problems
by Barbara Mazzarella
Olive
for Exhaustion: Massage Applications
Daniele Lo Rito, MD
Trees Get Tired Too! Is Olive Essence Losing Its Pep?
A Panel Discussion
Red Chestnut--How a Single Essence Can Impact a Whole Family
by Donna Cunningham
White Chestnut--A Balm for the Worry Wart
by Shirley Li-Raun
Bach's Four Chestnut Types and How they Handle Change
by Annabeth Meister
Flower Essence Acupuncture and Walnut Essence
by Deborah Craydon, CFEP, and Warren Bellows, Lic.Ac.
Journeying with a Dying Willow Tree
by Dr. Deborah Bier
EXOTIC TREE BRETHEREN
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Because Vibration is an international journal with authors from six continents,
we've also had articles about trees from far-flung places, and it turns out they
are quite remarkable as well. Here are some of them.
Tapping into the Life Force of Trees
by Carly Wall
Cathedral of the Ancient Forests
by Sophia Katy Savich and Richard Witteman
The Great and Holy Banyan Tree of Meherabad, India
by Patricia Caswell, co-founder of Light Spirit Essences
Monkeying Around with Monkey Puzzle Essence
by Ivory Phoenix
Ashoka -- The Sorrowless Tree of India
by Rupah Shah
REPEAT OFFER -- A FREE EBOOK
Can Ebooks Save Our Forests?
by Donna Cunningham
DESIGN CREDITS: This page was designed by Deborah Bier and Donna Cunningham; photos are from Clipart.com.
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