Climbing/Talking to trees?

[Aedrais]

So, does anyone else here climb trees? Or talk to them? If you haven't, I highly suggest you try it. I feel safer up a tree than I do on ground... and some of the best memories of my life involve climbing trees.

The nice thing about connecting with trees is that they work differently than we do. Their lives are so much slower and calmer... they're so much wiser in many senses. When you connect with them, that calmness seeps into your own life... and you can slow down for a minute and just appreciate the simple beauty of silence, and deep thought.

So, am I alone, or what?

[Starry Di]

I chose other. I want to climb a tree :( I don't think I've ever spoken with one though :$ And I have difficulties finding a tree to climb. Though I don't think I'd feel completely safe in a tree though :$ Cause I hate heights :$

[misschief]

i'm terrified of heights, so i have never in my life climbed a tree..... but i think i know what you mean. :)

[Aedrais]

I used to hate heights... but trees feel safe, because I feel like... they don't want me to fall. I don't climb extremely high... well, sometimes I do, but usually I'm just 10-15 feet off the ground. It's just getting away from the world, in a very small way... just enough for me to take a breather.

[Gwenhwyfar]

I love climbing trees, theres nothing better than taking a beer, a smoke, and a good book up in a tree. :)...I sometimes have a problem with the getting down part!

[Aedrais]

I love climbing trees, theres nothing better than taking a beer, a smoke, and a good book up in a tree. :)

Amen, girl. :D

[semi]

I used to climb all the time. Now there's just one specific tree that I climb. It's a very special tree, very old, and very alive. When I take on students who I'm trying to help open up spiritually I take them to the tree. The way they react tells me a lot. The woman who held the tree and cried then sat in it in the rain for an hour was was ready. The girl who walked up and kicked the tree was not.

Everyone should climb trees whenever they can. Good stuff.

[Aedrais]

The woman who held the tree and cried then sat in it in the rain for an hour was ready. The girl who walked up and kicked the tree was not.

Oh, my... poor tree!

I have a tree like that. A very spiritually calming tree. It's on a school property, though, and the school wants to cut it down. :wah: I'll be *very* upset if they do.

[Raivynne]

We used to have a tree in the backyard of the house I grew up in that I would climb. Well I shouldn't say used to have, because it's still there, but we moved. I really, really miss climbing trees and I don't have any around here that I can climb. I do talk to this little Chinadoll tree that my mom has in the backyard though. I love that little tree. :smile:

[WickedBttrfly]

I do!! I love trees. The bigger, the better. ....except I'm not going to climb a really tall tree cause I'm a little afraid of heights and accident prone.

[Akhkharu Asgard]

I don't really climb trees. But I love to walk in a forest and be surrounded by them. It is so calming and so serene. I love it!

[Tzhebee]

How about 2 and 3:

I used to climb trees when I was a kid, but I don't anymore.
I don't climb trees, but I do talk to them.

[Laurelei]

Why of COURSE! I love going down to the woods with my dog and sitting in the branches of a tree reading a good book... it makes life worth living!

And there's a massive tree on a large patch of woodland sort-of near where I live. Whenever I go there I visit this tree and talk to it :). It's got dips by the trunk that are perfect for sitting on with your back up against the tree, and it feels like you're really connecting with it.

[Mab]

I don't climb (mostly b/c the ones around me are too young to support much weight), but I do talk to them. Especially to this one right outside my apt bldg. It just seemed to smile at me one day, and now I feel like I have a new friend!

[Flaire]

If I had a good tree to climb, I would.
I'm not overly enthusiastic about climbing spruce trees.

[Tsuchimaru]

I'm terrified of heights...but i do talk to them. :)

[LadyAutumnCat]

I don't climb trees, but I talk to them and hug them. Call me crazy, but there's something there, they listen, and they know.

[OKmagnolia]

I love climbing trees, theres nothing better than taking a beer, a smoke, and a good book up in a tree. :)...I sometimes have a problem with the getting down part!


Now that sounds like my idea of a good time. Have to add that to my list of things to do.

[Aedrais]

I don't climb trees, but I talk to them and hug them. Call me crazy, but there's something there, they listen, and they know.

Crazy? Absolutely not!

:D I'm glad other people climb trees. No one I know in real life climbs trees, and I just really think they're missing out on something grand...

[Aelfoak]

I used to climb tree's all the time when i was a kid, but i just tend to lye under them now on a summers day. There's an Oak tree near Nottingham that is over 1,000 years old, imagine what that tree has seen in 1,000 years, amazing!

[HorseCrow]

I talk and climb- sometimes at the same time :lol: I adore trees and I have always been a mad climber- a little too brave at times (have the scars to prove it). I love the really tall trees, where you can get so far up that all the hustle and bustle is far below and the top winds gently rock you back and forth, while you have your arms and legs wrapped around the branches or rest against the trunk.

[Dove]

How about 2 and 3:

I used to climb trees when I was a kid, but I don't anymore.
I don't climb trees, but I do talk to them.Yup Yup …. This would be me too!!
There was a time in my life as a child, when if I went missing …
Anyone who wanted to find me, would be looking up in the old trees.

I used to climb tree's all the time when i was a kid, but i just tend to lye under them now on a summers day. There's an Oak tree near Nottingham that is over 1,000 years old, imagine what that tree has seen in 1,000 years, amazing!I can’t even imagine a tree being over 1,000 years old.
Are you sure about the age Aelfoak???
I’ll tell you this though … If that’s true …
Then I’ve added to my list of “Must Do’s” when I‘m in the UK next year!!!
> Conversation with ancient tree in Nottingham <

And I do Sooooooo agree with what you had to say Aedrais ….The nice thing about connecting with trees is that they work differently than we do. Their lives are so much slower and calmer... they're so much wiser in many senses. When you connect with them, that calmness seeps into your own life... and you can slow down for a minute and just appreciate the simple beauty of silence, and deep thought.This Was Very Well Said!!

By the way ….
This is a wonderful topic!!!

[Aleigh]

I used to climb them all the time when I was a kid. Haven't done it in years. But I do talk to them all the time. I have this one tree that I love to go sit under and chat to it. The kids look at me like I'm weird, but who cares? :p

[SacredWithin]

Oh, my... poor tree!

I have a tree like that. A very spiritually calming tree. It's on a school property, though, and the school wants to cut it down. :wah: I'll be *very* upset if they do.

This thread is begining to inspire me to go back to climbing or someting. Especially now with the fall colors, the trees are gorgeous.

I have very old trees all around my property...branches are falling all the time. I have a beautiful willow tree that overhangs over this very huge rock in my front yard. I didn't realize how lucky I was to have such a scene, but I think it's too close to the road. I'm not sure if it's very spiritual though. Perhaps I'm not in tune with the trees as I "should" be. Nevertheless, I try to find a nice calming tree in my yard. But the damn branches are too freakin' high to start climbing b/c the people b4 me used to cut the limbs all the time. :sniffsnif

[Thalias_Smile]

Some months ago, I was in Woodward Park, located in Fresno, CA, and I came across a clump of trees I proudly christened "the Ent Wives". :hehehe: There was one old tree in particular, that had a thick branch jutting out from the trunk, making a sort of half L, half V shape...a perfect chair. _witchball Anyway, I could sit on that branch for hours, whispering to the tree. That was really the only one I talked to...she is something special... :loveydove

[DragonMystic]

i talk to my cat who is buried under a tree, that count?

[stormyray]

I speak and dance with trees. Up inthe mountains we see trees that are twisted as if dancing and sometimes we join in.
In town there is a HUGE old maple that all groups seem to gather around. on any given day(warmer months) there is always a group sitting under her it is truly a blessing to have her there .

[Thalias_Smile]

I speak and dance with trees. Up inthe mountains we see trees that are twisted as if dancing and sometimes we join in.
In town there is a HUGE old maple that all groups seem to gather around. on any given day(warmer months) there is always a group sitting under her it is truly a blessing to have her there .

You are so lucky to have such a tree. As I have just moved, I have yet to find such a tree, but I know I will find it... :broomride

[cyber_fairie_king]

I climb trees to go see my mate. (He's homeless and I made him a tree house in the woods near me) :drinking:

[WynterSpirit]

So, does anyone else here climb trees? Or talk to them? If you haven't, I highly suggest you try it. I feel safer up a tree than I do on ground... and some of the best memories of my life involve climbing trees.

The nice thing about connecting with trees is that they work differently than we do. Their lives are so much slower and calmer... they're so much wiser in many senses. When you connect with them, that calmness seeps into your own life... and you can slow down for a minute and just appreciate the simple beauty of silence, and deep thought.

So, am I alone, or what?

Oh wow! You are so not alone! :loveduv:

I love trees......your description of them is exactily how I think of them as well. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[Aedrais]

i talk to my cat who is buried under a tree, that count?

:hugz:

I love your signature blinkies!

Lol, I just noticed that this thread was move. :P

[MoonDust]

I'm a tree talker

[Shanti]

I said other.
I talk to trees all the time. I have many of them in my yard.
I used to love climbing them. My kids climb them all the time. I would love to sit in a tree but due to my disability its not possible anymore. I settle for hugs instead! :)

[Silver_Undine]

I used to climb trees when I was younger. I would take a pillow and a book and just read for hours. I don't have any good climbing trees where I live now. :(

[Aedrais]

I used to climb trees when I was younger. I would take a pillow and a book and just read for hours. I don't have any good climbing trees where I live now. :(

I used to drag my pillow up there, too.

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to climb trees. Everyday at lunch, however, my best friend and I would climb. Everyday we would get dragged down, and sent to opposite ends of the school for the rest of lunch, and the next day we'd be back blimbing. We never climbed high, though, and in the end they seemed to realize that we were safe up there, so both my grade 7 teacher and the lunchtime guards just let us be. :D We finally wore them down!

[Tajemnica]

I have never climbed a tree in my life. :( I had to settle for the jungle gym if I wanted to climb, or sitting under a tree if I wanted to be near a tree. The trees at the urban park near here are not really climb-friendly, they're all either too small, or if they do have great branches, are impossible to climb up unless you're eight feet tall or have sticky Spiderman hands.

I don't really talk to trees, but they are awesome and I'll often sit under one and take advantage of the shade and the beautiful view overhead. They're really amazing, if you think about it.

[Joshua]

I'm afraid of heights too, but I don't let it stop me from scrambling up a good climbing tree. It's almost a compulsion; I'll see a tree that's built for climbing, and it says something like 'climb me right now!', to which I enthusiastically comply. As far as talking to them, some trees are better for conversation than others so I wait for them to talk to me.

The trees around here are not good for climbing, unfortunately. The growing season is quite short so they only grow straight up.

[KimberSly]

I WANT to climb trees... but all the trees around here and too tall... and I don't know how. :(

I think it would be a cool way to bond with them. :smile:

[Celtique]

I talk to them often. Some more than others. They're all so beautiful...

[Aedrais]

I'm so proud, this is my first multi-page thread. XD Joy of all joys!!!

[violet rain]

I love climbing trees and taking to them!!!! When my hubby is with me he always pretends that he doesn't know me when I climb up them (jokingly acts) its funny he really thinks its cute tehehehe

[Lunamoth]

I used to climb trees as a kid, but now I don't yet I do still talk to them. There is a humongous Texas Ash in my backyard (the reason I bought this house) that I go visit with regularly. During the early summer, a deposit of quartz crystal points emerged from the ground, right at the roots. It was pretty neat!

Incidentally, the reason I don't climb anymore is that I have developed a serious fear of heights, even though I didn't have this as a child. Not sure why either.

[halfwaynowhere]

i have never climbed a tree. I have always wanted to, but my parents never let me, so i became afraid to. I am extremely paranoid about falling from anything, so i still won't climb a tree. If i could get past that fear, i would be climbing them all the time! I talk to trees though, my friends think i'm crazy.

[DarkHeart13]

When I was in gradeschool, there was this HUGE oak tree out back. We'd have recess and that's the only place I'd be. I loved sitting under that tree. The branches were way too high up to reach but that was okay cuz it's leaves would always shade me. Most of all I loved hugging the tree. I shared many emotions with that tree. Now I can't connect with trees at all because I've suddenly become afraid of everything. Even slugs freak me out. Sounds funny, sure, but you should see me when I'm around one. I start twitching and screaming and I can't even walk another step until it's gone. Things like this prevent me from spending time with the trees. Do you know of any way to get over these fears? Also, how do you talk to trees? I mean, is there a certain way like through meditation or do you just talk to them as if they were human? When I was in gradeschool that's what I used to do..lol
Blessed Be,
Jada Raine

[Elaira]

i've never climb a tree before, most of the time because it's too hight for me ;)
but i like to stand beside the tree and just listen to them, you know? i don't talk much, eitheir, though i chose that in the polls ;) it seemed to fit more than others.

[DarkHeart13]

You know, one day when I have my own house I'm going to have a room built onto it just for my spiritual practices. I'm going to have a dirt floor with a tree in one corner and the roots spread across the floor. I'm going to make the ceiling really high so I can climb into my tree house to meditate or whatever. I think it's a neat idea and hopefully I'll have enough money to make such a place. I think I might even sleep there sometimes just to be closer to my tree.
Blessed Be,
Jada Raine

[Stormcall]

I am so lucky to live in a rural area, we have 44,000 acres of beautiful forest right behind the house... I climb the trees like a squirrel, not uncomfortable with heights in the least. I also talk to them, my mom is very in tune with nature and always taught me to talk to plants...I don't really have many friends, but the people in this town all think I'm wierd anyway, so it's all good :).

[Aedrais]

When I was in gradeschool, there was this HUGE oak tree out back. We'd have recess and that's the only place I'd be. I loved sitting under that tree. The branches were way too high up to reach but that was okay cuz it's leaves would always shade me. Most of all I loved hugging the tree. I shared many emotions with that tree. Now I can't connect with trees at all because I've suddenly become afraid of everything. Even slugs freak me out. Sounds funny, sure, but you should see me when I'm around one. I start twitching and screaming and I can't even walk another step until it's gone. Things like this prevent me from spending time with the trees. Do you know of any way to get over these fears? Also, how do you talk to trees? I mean, is there a certain way like through meditation or do you just talk to them as if they were human? When I was in gradeschool that's what I used to do..lol
Blessed Be,
Jada Raine


I just talk to them like people. I talk to everything in my life like it understands... my animals, plants, plushies, inanimate objects in my room... the stars, the sun, the moon... everything. And most of them do understand, I think.

[shenanigans]

I talk to the trees. They make for great listeners. I consider myself lucky in that I live on 20 acres in the middle of a forest.

[Kaylana]

I climb trees. My boyfriend likes to feel energy that the trees give off. He places his hands on them and feels the energy.

[LittleRhiannon]

I love to climb trees, I'm always up in them. I like to hug them too, but I've never talked to one before.

[arctic splash]

I don't climb trees, but I talk to them. I haven't climbed a tree since I was a kid, although I should climb trees (provided they give me permission).

[AlphaOmega]

i climb trees all the time...but i don't talk to them

[WeepingWillow]

I have only climbed a tree like 2 times before when I was little. There are some really big old trees at one park I could climb/talk to. I think some people might look at me like I'm nuts, though :awwman:

[Quercus]

I've never cared much for climbing trees, I'm rather afraid of heights. However, I do talk to trees. I have ever since I was a little girl. I also like to touch or hug particular ones that impress me in some way.

[Tarbh Nathroch]

I spend a lot of time with trees. In them, under them and walking in forests. Several people at work think I’m nuts because instead of sitting at the picnic table I eat my lunch in a tree. Climbing trees was a big part of my childhood. I loved it still do. I will climb up into a tree when I’m hiking to eat or take a nap. The slight bouncing and swaying is excellent for napping. I defiantly talk to trees, but I talk to just about every thing.

I can’t say enough good things about trees. I ware a silver tree on my neck, it was a gift to replace my worn out brass/copper colored tree I wore for most of my life. I have never worn a cross, pentacle or any other remotely religious symbol, but I will always ware a symbol of a tree.

[Sinatra]

I love climbing trees, but the ones around my house are all alders and Douglas Firs...either too small or the branches are too high and light. But I live about 20 minutes away from the Redwoods. Redwoods are amazing...not exactly climbing material (unless you're in for a tree-sit!) but wonderful to just sit against and talk or meditate to.

[QUEEN OF THE DAMNED]

So, does anyone else here climb trees? Or talk to them? If you haven't, I highly suggest you try it. I feel safer up a tree than I do on ground... and some of the best memories of my life involve climbing trees.

The nice thing about connecting with trees is that they work differently than we do. Their lives are so much slower and calmer... they're so much wiser in many senses. When you connect with them, that calmness seeps into your own life... and you can slow down for a minute and just appreciate the simple beauty of silence, and deep thought.

So, am I alone, or what?

I'm with you Aedrais, I love trees and I agree entirely about the calmness seeping into your life. Go trees :steppy:

[CheshireSmile]

I havent talked to a tree anytime in the recent past hehe But I am half monkey and climb trees every chance I get.

[Morien]

No, I don't climb trees. I hate heights. Especially if it's a height I've never safely been able to jump down before (plane rides don't count). And that's part of the reason why I liked Rivendell over Lothlorien in the LotR movies. It's a pretty place, yes, but my heart started beating faster just watching them climb up and I nearly died when they got to the top. That gaping hole. O_o;

I don't talk to trees, but I usually touch the trunks or the leaves when I walk by.

[Dawa Lhamo]

Oh yes, definitely both. Actually, I tend to prefer the company of trees to that of people. ^_^ I was a big climber when I was younger, but I still climb them when I get a chance. And I talk to them all the time. It may seem a bit lame, ^_^, but sometimes trees are my best friends.

Here on campus we have some great big oak trees that are just fantastic. And big old ginkgos, too. But I think my favorite is the old Scotch elm (the oldest elm on campus) that hangs over the path like an umbrella. It's where the campus pagans do all our outdoor rituals. We call her Sylvia. Not very imaginative, I know, but it fits.

I suppose the natural question that follows is: Do the trees talk back to you? If so, how? What do they say?

Tashi delek!
Dawa Lhamo

[gwendar]

Other...
I used to climb trees when I was a kid, and I still would if I had any climb-able trees around!


ETA: I do hug trees sometimes! :hahugh:

[SilentDreams]

I chose "I don't climb trees but I talk to them"(thats not exactly it but close enough). Although I don't really talk alot. Just like one I was caressing a leaf on a tree and my friends scared me and I jumped and tore the leaf off so I apologized. I can't remember all the details but I talked to a tree another time as well. I did climb the tree outside my uncles alot when I was 9. But then he moved and it was the only tree that I liked to climb.

[Ninjakitten]

I would climb trees, but I am so Earth centered that I'm afraid of being too far from the ground, and the trees around me are the giant redwoods of Northern California. I do talk to them, though. In their awesome majesty, I couldn't help to 1) become more interested in magick because there is so much of it around here and 2) talk to the trees because they communicate with me on some level (still working out that one) and talking is a way for me to communicate back.

[mattolsen]

I have always enjoyed climbing trees or otherwise. Trees do hold a special place in my heart though.

[Doodlebug]

I don't climb trees but I have talked to them in the past. Only once or twice though.

[elfmage]

Talk to and climb. Whenever I am feeling really annoyed, I go talk to a tree!

Or when you are just hanging around.... they are great company.

[KaimelarFeylove]

I have climbed a few trees, but i pefer to just sit at the foot o fthem or lean on them and talk to them

[Moonlight's Daughter]

I talk to trees, sort of.. its more like a feeling, peace, love. I can tell when plants are releived to get out of the pot and into the ground, stuff like that. I used to climb trees all the time when I was a kid.. I love trees. just love them.

[IndigoMoon]

Yeah I don't climb trees, but I do talk to them. There is one in my front yard that I am very fond of.

[Sonic Seamus]

A three year old runs to his mother arms outstretched saying "Mommy! Huggie!" and the mother swoops him up into a big hug and kiss.

Climbing trees (with their permission of course) can be the same thing.

[BabblingImp]

I have four big Oak trees in my front yard, and when I'm not in them I sit under them ans just talk! I even study under them when the wheather is nice, I think they would do better on my tests then I do! My Greatgrand Mother always talked to her plants and we have one of thoughs plants now, it is over 70 years old! My mom and I always talk to our trees and plants.........As a matter of fact we saved ten trees from being up rooted when I was about 9 years old, they were building a new brigde and trafic was stopped, there was this old Oak tree they grabbed it and pulled it right out of the ground. I have never cryed so hard and have never felt so sick to my gut nor had I ever felt so angry at anyone like that before! to this day I can still here trees roots screaming. To save the other trees from that fate, that night my mom and I snuck up the road and cut all of the bands marked them for cutting (or as I call it muder :shot: ) To this day they are still there all ten of them! I will never forget that and I will always save a tree if it is in my power. :uhhuhuh:

[oakowl]

So, does anyone else here climb trees? Or talk to them? If you haven't, I highly suggest you try it. I feel safer up a tree than I do on ground... and some of the best memories of my life involve climbing trees.

The nice thing about connecting with trees is that they work differently than we do. Their lives are so much slower and calmer... they're so much wiser in many senses. When you connect with them, that calmness seeps into your own life... and you can slow down for a minute and just appreciate the simple beauty of silence, and deep thought.

So, am I alone, or what?
Yes I talk to trees everyday on the way to work and the gym. I have atree in the house I talk to. Of course I also briefly greet squirrels and rabbits I come across riding my bike. As an advancing pagan I have tried to see myself and all nature around me as part of the same tapestry. Feels good.

[Myrrh_Topaz]

I selected I have never climbed a tree even though I should.

I chose that even though I have climbed a Tree because the last time I climbed a tree was well over 10 years ago(I am 21 now). Further I feel that it is high time I start Climbing trees again. I also feel that I need to get into better sink with one of the natural worlds longest lived lifeforms(the tree).

Imagine the knowledge some of those trees could impart if the could physically talk :hmmmmm: . Well I guess we will need to settle for the spiritual enlightenment that can be given us if we can bring ourselves into harmony with those trees! At least thats one thing I am going to start working on!

[wakywitch]

Haven't climbed a tree since I was a kid.
Have been known to talk to them tho.

[Aeres_Stormcrow]

Not too good at climbing but maybe soon I'll give it a try! I love trees, and have long before I called myself Pagan. They feel more aware then many are led to believe. And while we are on the subject of trees, did anyone here see 'The Two Towers' and get a chill run down there spine when Treebeard and the Ents attack Isengard for Sarumans horrid treatment of trees? One of the best moments in any movie every!

[Cadabuz]

Trees..... The word kind of rolls off the tongue and makes you feel warm doesn't it? I love Trees. I always have. I always will. I do climb trees pretty often but not often enough for my taste but I think in today's society living in a tree and never coming out would not be fitting. LOL.

Talk to them? It only seems like the polite thing to do. They might be slow in their nature but they make up for that with the wisdom and love they hold for everything. I talk to them all the time. Sometimes aloud sometimes in my head. They hear either way.

Dawa Lhamo asked if they talk back. They do but to hear them you must be patient. Trees do not do anything fast well at least not fast by human standards. They talk to me both aloud and in my head just as I do with them.

Honestly some of the trees I know are better friends than some of the people I know.

There is one particular tree that holds a very special place in my heart. She was kind of like a mother to me growing up. She was in our side yard and is the kindest tree I have ever known. She especially loved it in the spring as there was a pair of birds that would nest in her top branches every year. She would start talking about them way before winter was over every year. I used to go back and see her well after I moved out of that house but now there is a fence around the yard and I know the guy who lives in the house behind and he said they were grouchy people that moved in. I probably should still go ask if they will let me go visit her. See now I am thinking about her and I will have to do that. (making a mental note to do just that once the holiday craze has past)

Well I enjoyed this thread a whole lot.

I am glad so many of you have found good company in trees as I have!

Blessed Be,

Cadabuz

[6th Angel]

I don't talk to them, but I climb them. :smile:
I sometimes think I´m a 10 year old in the body of a 23 year old. I´m a kid at heart.

[Fang of Loki]

I don't climb them, but I do talk to them on occassion. (that doesn't always mean they saw something back though)

[Karma Chameleon]

I am a tree hugger. :smile: I love hugging trees and talking to them. I used to climb trees, when I was younger.