Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:29 Dryads & Tree Etiquette
08:27 Astral Work
14:39 Tree Tasting Ceremony
18:46 Folk Magic Rituals
21:40 Celtic Tree Rituals
24:20 Crafting Tools
28:21 Tree Wards
31:40 Book Recommendations

The spirits of the Giant Redwoods in Northern California are MAJESTIC! So powerful I couldn't speak

I love hour long documentaries from you btw!

Over a year ago I started giving offerings to local trees and requesting their help in my spell work. One night my dream self opened my eyes and I was still lying in my bed, but at least 6 beautiful ethereal women were around my bed. They were green from head to toe. I have been wondering what or who they were this entire time and realized after watching this video that they were dryads! I am so happy to know this now...wow!

This was so great!! I had a practice for a couple of years, took a break for another couple of years . . . now I'm back and exploring what works for me with a more mature and intuitive eye. I started thinking about trees; I have always loved trees. When I was young I had a swing between two great spruces. It was my favourite place, one of the few places I felt peaceful and happy in my abusive home. I woke up one morning to the sound of a chainsaw, and ran out of my room to see my father cutting my beloved trees down. I started crying and asked why. My mom said the trees were sick. I don't know if that was true or just an excuse, but I mourned the loss of those trees like I had lost friends.

I'm 30 now and I still love trees, as if they are conscious and alive. To me they have such a powerful energy--defying gravity and trying to touch the clouds. Living for hundreds of years, enduring nature sometimes for centuries. They can grow in the harshest places. They can even break through concrete foundations. I don't really believe in spirits, but I've been curious in picking up my practice again about working with trees. It was something I never saw mentioned in any of the reading or research I did the first time I was practicing, so I didn't pursue it. Now I realize how silly that was, given my connection to them. Thanks for this video, it gave me a lot of ideas I'd never considered before!

I love that you mention using fallen branches or leaves. Others have said not to use fallen branches because they claim the branch doesn't have energy. I use a stick I found while on a walk as my wand. I have no idea what the wood is but I liked the feel of it.

And here I thought that I was weird that I talked to my plants and tress ('m outside and I'm talking to no one but I know i'm heard) For my entire life I have touched/hugged/and asked tress to protect the house while I'm away and home and it has always felt comfortable being here. I don't know how others feel, but when I see tree clearing or a tree being cut down I cry or feel saddened by the loss...thank you for a wonderful video:goodvibes:

I found a sassafras seedling in my yard sprouted in an area that the lawnmower was certain to find, so I transplanted it to a shady spot in my back garden. It survived, and grew quite quickly and happily. After a few  years, I felt inspired to cut it down to make a walking stick (my favorite one by far), and turned part of it into what has become my favorite wand. Sassafras trees of course do survive easily from sending up shoots from its root system, so now it's a small stand of around a dozen smaller trees, the largest of which will likely be ready to provide me yet another staff and wand should I wish it.

I hadn't really formed a formal relationship with it, but never felt weird about taking even such large portions of the tree down for those creations. I think it's mostly just thankful that I saved its life to begin with. I've trimmed off the lower branches and though it's a suburban back yard, the few square feet beneath them feels foresty and magical in its own way. If not for the vicious swarms of mosquitos out there, it'd be my favorite meditation spot!

Your videos are FABULOUS! Thank you so much for sharing the wealth of knowledge you've acquired. It can be really hard to find information that moves beyond "101", let alone accurate AND accessible. Thank you again, it really is a gift you're giving us.

I would say that the older a tree is and the more energy is in the specific place it grows in, the more powerful and individualised it feels. Especially if it stands alone in the landscape. Newly planted threes in a city seem almost hollow and unreal to me on a energetic level

I'm a truly blessed witch living amongst trees is amazing. Old man oak and mister holly are a couple strong spirited ones but the maples , pines, walnuts, beech, poplars, and so many others will really surprise ya 🌳🌲🍃 such powerful spirits , in their silence you'll hear everything. Great video Ivy 🔮✨🌜

I have made wands from fallen sticks from special trees.  I really enjoyed creating and consecrating these wands.

Just got to this video from last year. Oh. My. Goodness! I need all the books! Last fall, there was a group of 3 trees in the park I stop at in the mornings that started to “call” to me. Because they were in a grouping by themselves, I call them “Mother and Aunties” because Mother is different than the other two. Since it was late fall, I didn’t find out what they were until this spring when they popped out their leaves. So I cultivated a relationship with them without being able to look anything up. Turns out Aunties are silver maples and Mother is a mulberry tree!
Now was. Look them up online to see if I get the same vibes as tradition says. Cool!!

Love ur jewlery ❤️

I've always felt deeply connected to the Pine Spirit. I grew up in Italy (L'Aquila, an hour east of Rome) in a small town in the mountains and I would spend hours running through the forest by myself, going on all sorts of adventures... As an adult, pine trees make me feel safe and protected. I feel that the Pine Spirit is very aware of me and is very much conscious. I often find myself yearning to be alone amongst a sea of pine trees again... Much love to you, Ivy! I find your videos incredibly helpful and insightful. Every day I play one of your videos while I cook.  I particularly love the way you organize and deliver information. I deeply appreciate the work you put into these videos!!

Love you too! I'm so happy you like my art and it was such a joy to make it for you!

it says a year since you posted. Pine and Berkano are both big in Norsk majik and myth. Im sure by now you know just how spot on your taste testing and what you picked up really was. always finish your videos inspired and with ideas how i can make it more my own. red ceder wood chips, white pine needles, all ive used as incense. Ive a few times asked the forest spirit for walking sticks, herbs, other raw materials for bowls, spoons, craft tools.  Thank you for your wisdom and time

The Hidden Life of Trees!!! It’s fantastic 🤗

As per usual, you’re awesome/appreciate you so very much 😋 chefs kiss 😘

i feel so lucky to have grown up with a very folksy herbalist mom - since i can remember, i was taught to ask permission from plants before picking anything from then, and to listen to their answers. i think it’s a practice that can feel silly at first for some people but when consistent the effects are SO tangible.

when i was really struggling with health, around 15, i started drawing a few specific poisonous plants (foxglove, belladonna, wolfsbane primarily). i had no idea at the time but i was channeling the medicine i needed!! a few years later, i found incredible results and healing in the homeopathics of those exact plants. they propelled me into deep somatic trauma healing and allowed me to get where i am now.
plants are so, so, so powerful.

now i’m studying (at home lol) botany for my botanical illustrations and it’s awakening my understanding of life and nature so much more!!
i’m so excited to be learning new ways of connecting to plants in a more intentionally witchy manner. it really feels like an infinite area of learning and expansion.

also that clip of running your selenite atheme through smoke gave me asmr, it was soooo soothing lol! for some reason, whenever i see selenite, i get lots of tingly chills…should probably be working with selenite ❤️

There's an old oak tree in my town that I love. He's a dear friend of mine and I do believe he could be a dryad. I feel this grandfather energy from him and like he's the guardian of that forest and the other trees are all connected to him and he helps them grow? Not sure how to explain 🤔
I definitely believe that not all trees have dryads living in them, but why some do I'm not 100% sure.. what I do know is that I love all trees so much 😊 I see them as friends and they are honestly so amazing.