A BIRCH NEMETON

by contemplativeinquiry

It’s as if these birches are drawing  me further into their world. A Nemeton has been growing in silent slowness beside our home.  As they continue to grow, I notice a change in me.

These trees have decisively burst out of their official role as ‘landscaping’. They have shown themselves to me as vividly alive in this more than human world. In response I’m feeling a stronger embodied link to the birches, beyond simple recognition.

This sense of connection, which Elaine also feels, has been growing for some time, and I have written about it before (1,2,3). But it’s only recently that I have sensed an invitation from this group of trees to deepen the connection. Now, I can envision an active sacred space – a Druid grove. A place for energetic attunememt with the trees and of contemplation.

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WAXING

(2) https://contemplativeinquiry.blog/2026/03/25/lady-day-birch-in-full-leaf/

(3) https://contemplativeinquiry.blog/2025/06/11/the-feeling-of-home/