Green Man

During the Middle Ages, stone masons carved the Green Man's likeness into the walls and arches of the finest cathedrals; there are thousands of Green Man heads carved across Europe.

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The Green Man's wisdom is that of the eternal truths, cycles, and passages. He embodies the cycle of birth, growth, death and rebirth, and teaches us the sacred truths of nature. He is a magickal bridge between nature and ourselves for he is both vegetable and animal at once. From him we learn the mysteries of all growing things, and he is present in all things green and growing. His energy fills the trees that make the oxygen we breathe. At harvest, he surrenders himself for the good of the tribe, to sustain them trough the long cold winter. In the spring, his seed is planted in the warm moist earth and the Green Man is reborn.  

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The Greenman is the legendary pagan God who roams the woodlands. He usually is depicted as a horned man peering out of a mask of foliage, usually the sacred oak. He represents the spirit of vegetation which returns to the Earth in Spring and flourishes in Summer. He is present wherever crops are grown and harvested. He is there when animals mate and give birth. He is there when the seasons change and the Sun shines. We worship the spirit of the Green Man in which we recognize the mystic energy of nature and vegetation.

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I call to you now, spirit of nature, strong and free

Come and teach me, I am ready to honor you

I celebrate your gifts; I am ready to learn your truths,

As my ancestors did before me,

I see your power and your pain, beneath the green mantle

Of the scars on your body and the great sadness in your eyes.

You are no longer abandoned, we hear you again;

We are ready, to honor your ways.

Reveal yourself, Green Man,

Weave your spells of green magic.

Teach me and I will listen for your voice;

I will celebrate your sacred wisdom ways.

By Abby Willowroot