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the light green of new healthy leaves starting.
Feel yourself being swayed and rocked again. It slows down and eventually stops.
Thank the Dryad for her nurturance and healing.
Talking to Dryads
Talking to Dryads is one way to begin establishing a relationship with them.
Look to the trees that are around you. The one that sticks out the most or the one that seems
shyest is always a good starting place. I ve found that sitting with legs crossed in front of the
tree s trunk with my forehead against the bark is an excellent way to begin discussion.
Tell her about the day s events, share a memory or two, just let all your feelings and thoughts
pour out to her. When you are finished, thank her for listening.
Go back to that tree often and talk to the Dryad. As she gets to learn more about you, she will
become more real and may eventually show herself to you.
Never lie or try and deceive the Dryad. It is disrespectful and it will lose you her trust and
friendship.
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Releasing Anger
The Dryads are well aware and familiar with anger. Never be afraid to approach them and tell
them about your anger. Whether it be for society or a spousal problem, they will listen and
they will help you through the anger. Anger can be ugly, but like a weed, it can also be medic-
inal and it can even bloom into something constructive if channeled correctly.
Dryads can teach you how to channel those negative energies into something productive.
First, you must tell them what has you angered and why it has you angered. After you have
poured your heart out to the Dryad, sit back and just relax and contemplate a moment. Keep
watch. She will show you the answer to your problem. She will show you the solution.
A Dryad will not magically make problems disappear. She will show you and tell you how to
do this. It is up to you to take her well-given advice.
Calling a Dryad to a Tree
Dryads are elemental spirits that have taken up residence within a tree. They are energy with-
in a tree that has taken form. When the tree dies, that energy is once again released.
Most older trees have a Dryad living within it but often the younger trees do not. Trees bought
from a nursery almost never have a dryad within them.
You can not force elemental energy to be trapped inside a tree. You have to call out and
invite the energy. When you offer it a respected home, it will come and you will know it simply
by looking at the tree. There will be a certain spark and feeling to a tree that has a Dryad liv-
ing within it. It is what gives that tree an almost human quality.
You can invite a Dryad to your tree by simple means. Keeping the tree healthy is a must. A
dryad will not come to a tree that is unhealthy.
Create a wreath for the tree and set it down at it s base. Wreaths can be made out of any
vine and it needn t be elaborate. The wreath is a female yoni or birth symbol.
You can say something along the lines of:
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Element of Earth, I call you.
Element of Air, I call you.
Element of Fire, I call you.
Element of Water, I call you.
Combine and conjeal.
Bless this tree with life.
Surround the tree with white pebbles.
A tree spirit might not enter the tree right away but if the tree is kept healthy and is taken care
of, a tree spirit will come.
Wishes
Dryads do NOT make wishes magically appear. Instead, they will listen to your well thought
out wish and then present or show windows of opportunity to you to fulfill those wishes. Never
carve your wish on the tree.
One way to present a wish to a Dryad is to take a small piece of quartz crystal to her along
with an offering. Sit beneath her canopy and tell her what your wish is. Visualize it as you
speak it. Then leave the crystal with her overnight in a place where you will be able to find it
and leave her the offering you brought. Thank her and leave. Upon the next day, come back
for the crystal, thank the Dryad once again, and carry the crystal on your person. She has
programmed the crystal with her song to open your eyes to the windows of opportunity in ful-
filling your wish.
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Male Tree Spirits
Greeks believed that all Dryads are female. But this does not include all belief systems.
Elemental energies are basically genderless and can form into either the male or female gen-
der. Tree spirits can indeed be male. Often they are brotherly companions or guiding fathers,
tall and sometimes stern yet loving.
Approach male tree spirits the same way as you would a Dryad, with respect and honesty.
Honesty
I mention honesty so often that I have to write a little of my thoughts on the matter.
Most of us, if not all of us, are blinded by society, by the way we are supposed to behave,
supposed to dress, what we are supposed to do and learn. All these things that society
expects from us further clouds us from our true inner selves and desires. We are afraid that
by wanting something we are being greedy and we worry others might see that. We are
ashamed that we want to be loved both physically and/or emotionally. Our bodies are sinful
and are easily led to temptation. We are in constant denial of our true nature.
While working with and speaking to Dryads, you will begin to catch these illusions of the self.
Simply by keeping honesty in mind, you will begin to catch the lies you tell yourself. Dryads
illuminate and open the inner eye to the world around us. They clear the path for us as long
as we, too, strive to seek the truth.
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