I did not see a tree thread so I decided to start one.
@Jeanne You need to watch this!
This story is incredible! Almost spiritual. Lots of symbolism.
Some ancient extinct renowned date palm tree seeds were discovered at the ruins of Masada and were recently given a rebirth.
Forests of Judean date palm trees once covered ancient Israel, from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea.
The fruit of the tree symbolised life and prosperity and was praised in ancient literature for its unique medicinal properties. But the dates of Judea were made extinct by the Middle Ages.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09m0v4x/extinct-tree-from-the-time-of-jesus-rises-from-the-dead
I did not see a tree thread
Here you go, Lovendures!
https://www.jeannemayell.com/community/q-a/trees-nature-druidry/paged/4/#post-46576
@coyote @lovendurs that palm date tree story was INCREDIBLE. I can’t even imagine what it must have been like to get that first seed to germinate and sprout! Wow. Wow. Just wow.
I love that there is a male and female. That is just like cannabis. And I love all the healing properties, again like cannibis. I would love to buy these dates.
I would LOVE to buy those dates too! Everything about the story is incredible including the names chosen, where the seeds were found and why they were there as well as the female energy making it all happen.
@lovendures You said this story was filled with symbolism and that's an understatement! The extinction and resurrection of these ancient dates is another story of the cycle that is unfolding in our civilization. I have posted ad nauseam, my visions of the fall of destructive patriarchy and the rise of nurturing matriarchy around 2125 AD. The Hindu Khali Yuga astrology also fits these dates. In the first century AD, the Romans destroyed the date trees in order to enslave the people of Judea. But 2000 years later, these nurturing healing fruits of the earth were resurrected by two woman. The Mayans also foretold these shifts although without a time period.
The Romans destroyed all the date palm trees of Judea that were used for food and medicine, but one small group of Jewish rebels hid out and stashed some seeds. Rather than falling to the Romans, these rebels made a pact to end their lives so they would never become enslaved. The seeds were found among ruins 2000 years later, and placed in a museum for forty years before a woman decided to see if they could be germinated.
The first seed they germinated was a male plant. Go figure. And the male plant cannot produce more seeds or fruit. This male/female aspect is similar to cannabis, another plant with huge undiscovered medicinal properties. So it took many years for them to sprout, test, and find female date seeds, and then pollinate them before they produced the precious dates.
As you said at the beginning, this is such a wondrous story and symbol.
Doesn't it make you wonder what other extinct plants may be found and brought back again, ones which have healing or high nutritional properties?
It is like there was a 2,000 year old plan to save a species. I wonder how different ancient wheat and corn found in Egyptian tombs is from today?
@lovendures A lot of grains in subsistence farming are similar to what was around at the dawn of cultivation as a lifestyle. Pearl millet, einkorn wheat, buckwheat, amaranth, and a host of other foodstuffs are a lifeblood in several of the drier African nations. Amaranth is near and dear to me personally, as it is a beautiful crop, and I grew up eating allegria (a tasty Mexican dish made with popped amaranth and honey; tastes a lot like a rice crispy treat). A lot of people grow love-lies-bleeding without realizing it's not just a flower, it's a foodstuff. And in the summer, you can use the leaves just like spinach (which we can't grow past April or May in most of the South).
Meanwhile, if you don't find trees spiritually uplifting, you're not trying.
@lovendures This is so fabulous. I just watched the video. I especially liked the women who are responsible for bringing back this ancient date. ❤️❤️❤️
I love amaranth cereal! I can't say I know much about allegria though I had a friend in high school named Allegria haha. She is the only Allegria I have know.
Yes, trees are definitely spiritually uplifting.
SO glad you loved the video. It is quite inspiring and there seems to be a strong divine energy running through the story.
I love everything about this story! Thank you so much for sharing it.