The Aspen Times last week ran a picture of Jerome Osentowski, noted Basalt permaculturist, nestled in the limbs of an ancient juniper — one of his sacred trees. The accompanying article detailed the ...

Trees are a very important part of world culture and have been at the centre of ideological conflict for hundreds of years. Over this time they have taken the form of Sacred trees, Christmas trees and ...

When we speak of the Ramayana, we often think of battles, vows, and journeys. Yet alongside those events, there were silent ...

Most native trees of the Northcentral Texas and Southwestern Oklahoma area shed their leaves during fall and winter but there are exceptions. Some local evergreens belong to an ancient plant group ...

Discover the profound ecological impact of trees, from shaping the environment to their sacred significance in human ...

Sacred fires perpetually burn in all Zoroastrian temples. The ancient Indian religion uses wood exclusively from the baval tree (acacia nilotica va indica) for these ritual fires. In Spring 2001, the ...

Bhubaneswar, The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration of Puri has issued a show cause to a senior servitor over the alleged use of surplus sacred wood of the 12th-century shrine in crafting idols in ...