THE CYPRESS
[Cypress, Latin; Yew, Old English; Ioho, ancient Welsh]
CYPRESS means, “Doorway to Wisdom”
Its motto is: “Knowledge is Our Strength”
The Cypress is considered to be the most potent tree for:
* protection against evil
* a means of connecting to your ancestors
* a bringer of dreams and Otherworld journeys
* a symbol of the old magic & ancient wisdom.
Because the ancients believed the spirit of the Cypress was eternal, they were traditionally planted in graveyards as GUARDIANS of the dead. And their roots went deep, and so absorbed the knowledge and wisdom of all those buried there. The Cypress stands for deep, accumulated wisdom over time.
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Vincent Van Gogh & the Cypress Tree
“I must admit I am both captivated and fascinated by the Cypress Tree... as beautiful of line and proportion as any Egyptian obelisk. It is a splash of black in a sunny landscape, but is one of the most interesting black notes, and the most difficult to paint exactly that I can imagine."
Gallery of Van Gogh's Cypress paintings:
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The story of Cyparissus
The name comes from Greek Mythology: The story of Cyparissus, tells the tale of a young man who was Apollo’s lover; as the result of a hunting accident, he was transformed into a tree which would always guard the Underworld. Through this story, Cyparissus has come to symbolize eternal guardianship and knowledge.
His scared animal: crow/raven.
Gallery of Images:
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OUR CYPRESS GALLERY
Cypress (Latin), Yew (Old English), Ioho (Ancient Welsh), are evergreen trees, a relative of the Cedar/Redwood/Juniper family of pines. Cypresses are the oldest living things on Earth; they live thousands of years, and the oldest one known is ‘Old Tjikko,’ at 9,550 years.
Our Gallery of images follows below:
