Remembering When We Were Trees gathers reflections, stories, and insights inspired by sacred tree myths such as Yggdrasil, the Baobab, and the Tree of Emergence. Rooted in myth, symbolism, philosophy, and seasonal wisdom, this category explores belonging, transformation, resilience, and remembrance through the living language of trees.
There are some stories that do not simply explain the world. They reorient us within it. The Tree of Emergence has grown, for me, in conversation with the symbolic depth of the Diné emergence story — a story not of one beginning, but of layered beginnings. A story of worlds within worlds, a story of …
There are some trees you admire, and then there are trees that recognise you. Trees that remind you of a world that you knew even better than this one. The Baobab is not a tree I “study.” It is one I feel. In this season of our Remembering when We Were Trees series, I love …
The Source of the Myth: Grímnismál and Wisdom Under Pressure One of the most important sources for our understanding of Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds is the Old Norse poem Grímnismál, found in the Poetic Edda. What makes this poem extraordinary is not only what it describes, but where it is spoken from. It is …