Walnut

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The walnut (Juglans regia) is an old tree considered sacred to Jupiter by the Romans. It provides nuts for food and oil, and the husks and leaves were used for dying clothing and hair. The wood is prised for furniture and veneers. The nuts were a vital food to Native Americans and were eaten whole, ground into meal, and made into a nut milk.

In addition to is historical importance as a food source, the walnut tree is also a healing tree. The leaves and bark have laxative, detergent and astringent properties. Dried, powdered bark was made into a strong purgative to expel tapeworm. When made into a plaster, the dried bark was reputed to heal boils, ulcers and abscesses. A juice from the leaves was used to treat coughs and headaches, as well as to expel intestinal parasites.
From: “Sacred Trees” by Nathaniel Altman

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Walnut energy is cool, a friendly energy, sees the good in all, helps the underdog. Native Americans used walnut wood for carrying people and frames for teepees and lodges. Elemental spirits love to find holes in this wood to create homes or safe places. Black Walnut gives us humour and laughter. Connected to the throat chakra, it helps with expansion of energy and encouraging the ability to laugh. It asks us to find humour in situations which might otherwise cause your demise. Laugh often, and fully.

Here are the meanings of Black Walnut from ten sources:
1. Friendly, positive, helps underdog.
2. Strength, haven for nature spirits.
3. Helps us to lighten up and find humour.
4. Linked with love and romance and divination for love and romance. Wards off lightning.
5. Opens us to new perspectives, knowledge of the mysteries of death and rebirth, doorway into the faerie realm that can initate change. Attracts and houses faeries.
6. Protection against sickness or pregnancy – contains protective power to harm if necessary.
7. Good for weather magick, attuned to crown chakra – ability to open to the fullest dimension of being, good for spells of teleportation, astral travel, and inspiration
8. Change, link breaker, transitions in life (menopause, puberty, moving, changing jobs), let go of the past. Protection from outside influences and energies, helps you to adjust to major changes.
9. Thoughtful and serious wood, geared towards introspection and helps with inner clarity.
10. Combines reason and intuition to induce spiritual growth and healing from within. Helps get us in touch with ourselves and the earth.
From: “Tree Spirits and Wood Wisdom” by Thomas Freese

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