tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post6538574627963516831..comments2022-04-26T20:46:46.128-07:00Comments on Elizabeth and Maeve: Requiem for a Holy TreeElizabeth Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14307027953779753978noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-16273628534764908452010-12-19T22:10:38.945-08:002010-12-19T22:10:38.945-08:00Beautiful, and sad. This is a moment, where all I ...Beautiful, and sad. This is a moment, where all I can say is 'when all else fails consult a poet--like Elizabeth' It is just too sad to absorb, someone besides lightening (which is somehow forgivable) zapping a tree-- but what a beautiful eulogy here. <br /><br />Maeve, keep Elizabeth in good comfort, like you keep me. I am now embarking on your jouney in Bright Dark Madonnna, which will bring me up to date and ready for your next installment!<br /><br />You've been under some duress, with a little PTS. Can relate. Feeling inspired how you just keep on moving--and how you keep thinking your story is (or shoud be) done and that you don't know any more stories, and out pops another one for you to walk through, and I am sure you couldn't have predicted any of it. <br /><br />Thank you for helping me love the surprises around the corner!<br /><br />Thank you for giving me allegory to deepen love and connection with the trees.Brooke https://www.blogger.com/profile/16569793565975815862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-80031463494603108022010-12-13T08:39:35.210-08:002010-12-13T08:39:35.210-08:00Beautiful commentary, Elizabeth.
It's hard to...Beautiful commentary, Elizabeth.<br /><br />It's hard to believe that someone would actually do that, cut down a living tree that millions venerate.<br /><br />I cut wood for firewood, and sometimes our forester marks living trees for cutting (it's called selective cutting, and it's supposed to strengthen the forest, giving other trees more space to grow: it does work). I never like cutting a living tree, though, and would never consider cutting one like the thorn tree of Glastonbury.<br /><br />I hope the rage that motivated such a violent act will be calmed and deflected into something useful. It's amazing that no one saw him in the act.<br /><br />I just cut down a large dead ash tree in our back yard, and thanked it for all the fuel it will provide to keep us warm this winter.<br /><br />I certainly hope there are cuttings in the Glastonbury community that can and will be replanted, to revive the thorn tree for future generations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05942539860342568543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-21989028279608272952010-12-12T10:09:13.339-08:002010-12-12T10:09:13.339-08:00tears across the world will nurture the life of th...tears across the world will nurture the life of the new tree... may the wounds that caused whoever committed this violent act be healed...and the symbolism of man's fury enacted on life not be lost on those who can make a difference...<br />(holding you and Maeve close to my heart Elizabeth...this is a time of transformation and the cuttings of Maeve grow in hearts all around the world -and we owe you deep gratitude for that)faerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585095937433199961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-57665959689487304512010-12-11T09:08:43.336-08:002010-12-11T09:08:43.336-08:00I have this strange vision of Maeve seeing her fut...I have this strange vision of Maeve seeing her future descendants live on: brief flashes of one fighting the Gulf War with girl power, and another living in quiet contemplation of nature, giving art a whole new meaning and supporting herself in true Vine and Fig Tree style. Her life is within history, and yet contains it. And at its core, every story is love passed on from one age to the next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-47146127804877913332010-12-10T18:35:39.271-08:002010-12-10T18:35:39.271-08:00we are all assaulted when any of us act in rage or...we are all assaulted when any of us act in rage or vengeance toward a living thing.Man Named Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299332753447389139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-58192425128195553822010-12-10T14:06:37.783-08:002010-12-10T14:06:37.783-08:00"The townspeople replanted the tree from cutt..."The townspeople replanted the tree from cuttings, as they no doubt will again. "<br /><br />I sure hope so. I too am saddened by this arboricide...don't these vandals have any respect?<br /><br />" It is sacred because it connects faith and myth, past and present, nature and miracle. It is sacred because it is a tree, with its roots in the earth and its branches in the sky, because it mediates those two worlds and draws sustenance from both, because, like all trees, it shows us how to do the same. "<br /><br />beautifully said...i almost teared up. :)<br />and i am wearing a tree pendant right now.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16555059684553329492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287418096544149672.post-26705974976996172322010-12-10T11:08:40.975-08:002010-12-10T11:08:40.975-08:00Maeve here. The story is complete, but I can still...Maeve here. The story is complete, but I can still mouth off here. I may write blog posts again, too. Eliz had to get a new computer and huffpo doesn't recognize her anymore, so we probably won't be cross-posting there.<br /><br />As to the Thorn Tree, I mourn its destruction. You can meet the tree when it was still a staff in Red-Robed Priestess where I give an account of its transformation to a tree.<br /><br />BTW Eliz is pretty much of a mess since finishing our twenty year labor of love. She has been wondering around singing: Sometimes I feel like a Maeve-less child a long way from Tir na mBan.<br /><br />Really she's not Maeve-less. None of you ever need be Maeve-less. I am with you always. But I know what she means. I miss her, too.Elizabeth Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14307027953779753978noreply@blogger.com