{"id":9316,"date":"2024-01-03T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/?p=9316"},"modified":"2024-01-01T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T18:40:46","slug":"elder-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enchantedlivingmagazine.com\/elder-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Elder Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Grandmother Elder, that\u2019s what they call me.<\/h1>\n<p>They can\u2019t seem to agree if I am a tree or a shrub, which is fitting really\u2014I\u2019ve always dwelled on the edges, the boundaries between the wild places and where you humans live. A weed, that\u2019s what they say\u2014dig me up, rip me out, but once \u2026 once I was a fairy queen. I\u2019ve always been silver-haired, gnarled, but beautiful nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>Hyldemoer, they named me. Radiant queen of Midsummer, ancient queen of Samhain. I\u2019ve been a shelter for witches and a healer of the folk\u2014they named me the Medicine Chest of the People, did you know that? I\u2019m the Mother of Life, Death, and Rebirth\u2014the Great Wheel, though you\u2019d never think it to look at me. I can help you see into Faerie, but remember: If you look into Faerie, Faerie looks into you, and you may never be the same again. My blooms bring visions. When you become trapped in a maze of thoughts with no way out, you may call on me. If you need healing, I can help. I can bring fire and channel water, just another example of my duality. Just like you, I\u2019m not all good or all bad, but a harmonious blend of both. Speak to me gently and I\u2019ll guide and guard you.<\/p>\n<p>They say I dwindled after Judas was hanged from my branches. Don\u2019t believe everything you hear though\u2014I\u2019ve always been this size. Closer to the underworld, and why not? That\u2019s where my power comes from, after all. There are so many tales about me, and some of them even hold a grain of truth. They say I\u2019ll pull out any babies laid in a crib made from my wood, and while that\u2019s not absolutely true\u2014 I bear them no ill will after all, poor wee bairns\u2014it\u2019s not entirely false either. I\u2019ve always dealt with death and rebirth and wisdom, and babies are too close to the source.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll give you my wisdom, if you ask me\u2014but be polite, child, always be polite. I\u2019ll tolerate no disrespect. I\u2019ll give you my berries and my flowers, if you ask me nicely\u2014I\u2019ll take some of your berries and flowers and wood when you become a tree, and consider it a fair bargain. I\u2019ll watch over a family from the shadows and protect them without them ever knowing about it. I\u2019ll protect your beasts from being hagridden too, if you ask me. I\u2019ll reach into the underworld and speak to the Norns and bring back fairy wisdom, but I\u2019ll only share it sparingly with you mortals\u2014you live such fleeting lives, after all, and some of their lessons are too deep and wide and wild for most mortals to bear. 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