Awakening of the Trees

[artanaro]

After our awakening at Cuivienen after we had beheld the stars , we took to wandering and exploring new places and lands. This was before the Dark Rider started to harass us. One of these wanderings resulted in the awakening of the trees , awakening speech within them.
We are now awakening and we behold the stars above. We will re-awaken the trees and another age of the Eldar shall begin, though this time all Eruhini are becoming one. For we are not the only ones who heed the wisdom of the trees. There are now many many among Men who will participate as well (Druids for example)....
When I first re-awoke in 2001 , one of my first desires was to re-awaken the trees. This did not involve any lore magick in elven form, though in this form we may benefit from lore magick to re-awaken our inherent abilities. THE FOCUS OF THIS TRADITION IS ON INHERENT MAGICK NOT ON LORE MAGICK, THOUGH LORE MAGICK WILL FORM A LARGE PART OF THE TRADITION, IT IS MERELY A TOOL FOR SELF REDISCOVERY AND ONLY FOR DIRE NEED, NEVER FOR WANT....
FURTHERMORE I DO REALIZE THAT MANY MAY NOT REALLY NEED TO DO MUCH OF THE LORE MAGICK TO REAWAKEN THEIR INHERENT ABILITIES AND WE HERE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO....THIS IS NOT A DOGMATIC RITUALISTIC PATH......IT HAS MORE OF A SHAMANISTIC APPROACH I THINK

Namarie
Artanaro

[Indis]

I have felt the energy last night. And luckely I saw the stars. All of a sudden I could not stop staring. It was cold but did not care as I started to smile and give out a hum. Even Kenja the Avari he said he woke up in the morning and felt really different. (he did not know what the day ment nor knew of it till I told him that night)

[artanaro]

Elen sila lumenn omentielvo!!!

We are now re-awakening as you all well know. The first things we did upon awakening in the beginning of our journey upon this Earth is to find others and to give names to everything, to create lambe. It seems that we have found and are finding others who have the same or similar purpose, who have reincarnated among Men. We have given a name to our tradition and many of us are re-discovering the lambe of old : the tongues of the Quendi. We are integrating those lives into the present in order to help heal the Earth and perhaps even to work to prevent the destruction of all that lives upon it. Now we are re-connecting to our spirit (fea) and re-connecting to all those billions of species that are our companions. It seems one of the first of living things that we communicated on a deep level with were the trees. Indeed we awakened them and cured them of dumbness, teaching them our newly formed Quendian tongues. Later the awakening of the Ents occured with the help of the Quendi(though not that much later).
I propose that perhaps it would be wise to re-connect with our friends of old (the Trees!) who are dwindling fast upon this earth and to re-awaken them, or to re-awaken our connection to them.
It is clear to me from many memories among the Quendi in many ages that the Ents were NOT as they were portrayed in Tolkien's books (Tolkien greatly exaggerated in much of his writing, indeed all of myth is exaggerated and stretched truth).
Do you agree? Disagree? What are the Ents? What does it mean to re-awaken the trees?

Hantale
Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

That is an excellent question, Artanaro. One that requires investigation. I would like to discover the ents myself, for we could use their aid in strengthening the trees once again. And to awaken them as well. The Olvar have long been in peril and have long served humanoids in hatred and fear through death and being hacked into pieces. We must once again bring them hope and peace of mind. We must help them realize that there are those of us out there that are their friends and allies and that we mean them every good intention in the world. You know, once when I was younger, I mentioned to someone that when I finally get a house of my own, I would want it to be stone to spare the trees and all the adult could say to me is, "Stone houses are really expensive." I didn't care then about that and neither do I now. For since we are all now awakening together I feel a new and strong spirit stirring within me, and possibly around me in the world. A new age is going to spring about us if we keep this up mellonain. It fills me with anticipation and excitement. YES! We must awaken the trees!

Do you feel it? Just now as I have written these words I began to feel this stirring. Come one, come all! We must rise together, Olvar and Kelvar!

Namarie,
Melfaroth

[artanaro]

yes I agree with you....The Ents were more like spiritual guardians than humanoid trees....Kind of like Native American guardian spirits, but a little different, its hard to explain...
Anyway, I will be posting up more treelore and how to go about awakening them at a later date, if you wish to participate.
May we once again hear the songs of the Trees and learn from their wisdom, the very wisdom of the earth!!

Namarie
Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

Yes, indeed this must be so! My fea sings for this awakening of our trees, our dear friends that have been in long need of our aide. Down here in the valley a few weeks ago, Brethil and I came upon a tree that had fallen across the road (this was while we were riding our bikes) and so I stopped and got off my bike to take a better look. I took off my gloves, I had been wearing them due to the tremendous cold night, to have better feeling and I touched the downed tree. It felt cold and I was sad, as Brethil said that it was probably already dead. I then touched the upright tree which the other had been beside and I spoke to it saying that it felt warm and I told it that I felt sad for our friend and that I hoped that it would be alright despite what had happened to the other. I felt a warmth from this tree. I think I could still feel the life in it. I hugged it and I left it after I tried to console it. I think it was a little better after that, but I am not altogether sure. But this is what I mean about these trees being sick out here in this valley. We had light snowfall when it snowed (the snow I was telling you about while we were chatting) a week or so ago, limbs were breaking off of the trees all over the place and I believe it is because they have been weakened. It is extremely sad and I pray to Eru for them all the time now. I really hope they will be okay. *tears up*

Well, enough said about that. Yes! I would love to participate in the awakening of the trees. I only wish I could recall memories, but I suppose I need to stop being lazy and practice my meditations. Hail, to the song of the Trees, the wisdom of the earth!

Namarie Mellon,
Melfaroth

[artanaro]

I think your gesture did make a difference mellon...Send out some healing energy to the trees in your area, let the healing power of Helinnare consume their hurts and sadness....It will make a difference!! Try meditating under the trees, the trees speak very powerfully!!

Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

I may just try this mellon. ^_^

[Melfaroth]

As I said before, I did try this early yesterday and I believe I succeeded in calming the trees a little bit. I do need to try and get out under them and try to meditate and speak the decree to helinnare though. It would help a lot and would help them feel even closer still to me and more comforted by my doing this for them. But it is very wet and cold here lately unfortunately so I cannot sit beneath at all. I can, perhaps, walk beneath them and try to extend my spirit out to them. Perhaps this might work. I suppose I can do this by concentrating on them and trying to reach out to them in this way. Trying to speak to them through the mind and spirt directly rather than through meditation. I have done this with Brethil before. I have also tried connecting with others, but I do not know if I was at all successful by doing this. Well, I will give it a try.

Namarie Melin,
Melfaroth

[artanaro]

Yes that should work fine....And you dont have to be among them to send them healing energy of helinnare, but it may help with concentration purposes.. I think this will help you get into a closer contact with the trees and will help to re-awaken them.

Namarie
Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

I agree with you mellon. I feel it will help me get closer to them. And possibly in this way awaken them, for when someone is speaking to another, I do not think that for long they will remain asleep. Perhaps this is how the edhil awoke the Olvar to begin with? By speaking to them. What do you think? Perhaps it was the trees rising above their 'dumbness' which had 'awakened' them to begin with. When they found their own voices? Perhaps. But then again, according to professor Tolkien, the trees had the capability of movement when they were in great need (or in great mischievous nature where the Old Forest was concerned under the watch and care of Old Man Willow ). Perhaps this is true and because of their awakening by the persuasion of the elves long before. I have a feeling that it may be. Thoughts mellon?

Quel Undune,
Melfaroth

I need to get to bed and... Zzz...zzz...zz..zzzz....

[artanaro]

I think you are right....Indeed how do we teach our young to speak ? By speaking to them. This is part of it. The other part is attuning yourself to their energy.
Indeed if you never speak to a child, that child will never learn to speak.
Concerning the movement of the trees...I believe it is possible though it is probably more subtle than usually portrayed in myth.
But just as a child does not learn to speak overnight, it was the same with the trees, it was a process that happend over the course of many hundreds of years.
I do not think the trees have forgotten how to speak, perhaps it is us who have forgotten...But we will remember together, we will awaken together!!

Namarie
Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

Indeed, melin ninwa. I for one, have forgotten how to communicate with them on a particular level as I cannot even hear their song as Brethil can. But like I have said before, I am pretty numb. I went out again today, as I have done almost evey day this week and I spoke to the Olvar. I did not speak any decree to helinnare at first as I wanted to reach the trees and plantlife first. I continually ask that they take comfort in our love for them and our respect and allianceship. And I am constantly trying to remind them that they are beautiful and noble and that we admire this about them. I did this the entire time I was out and at the end of it, I spoke a decree. I believe it has helped a little more. I will have to get Brethil back here so I can see if he can feel any difference himself, though it may be small. Over time, though, as you say, it will make a major difference. If I could speak a language that their spirits would take comfort in, such as Sindarinwa, then I am sure they would take to us more easily. For Sindarinwa is a very great comfort when feeling hurts or unsure. Anyhow.
Oi. Do you know how to say good morning in Sindarinwa melin? Just thought I would ask. ^_^

Namarie Melin,
Melfaroth

[artanaro]

Keep on with your efforts...and be patient with them.

Good morning in Sindarin would be :Mae aur! according to one source and Quel amrun! according to another source..
You decide which one feels more correct
My feeling is with Mae aur!! Quel amrun doesnt sound quite right to me....

Namarie and May Elbereth watch over you!!
Artanaro

[Melfaroth]

Yes, indeed, I should be patient with them. I would not wish to rush them whatsoever, for they have been under the domination of human's for a very long time. And I do not much appreciate the lust for domination over others. It is my greatest annoyance aside from taking advantage of and/or manipulating innocence, but we have discussed this issue before. I actually got to sit with the trees and admire the stars tonight. But I was mostly paying attention to the stars.

I noticed something a little strange as well. I have never been one to see Orion very well, even after finding his 'belt' but there was something I noticed below Orion tonight that I thought was interesting. And I must tell you, I sometimes see the stars much differently than most anyone else. I do not know if these stars were meant to be a part of Menelmacar or what, but there were three stars, the middle one making a point (facing the opposite direction of the belt), and beneath these stars there was one that connected the three in an upward position sort of like a ready bow and arrow or worse (in my case and opinion), a crossbow. It was pointing upward at Menelmacar, or at least it appeared this way to me. It seemed strange that such a thing would be pointed at Menelmacar, but I am not completely sure that I was seeing things right. As I said before, I have never been very good at seeing Orion in the past either. I do not know if this means anything to you, but I thought I might mention this.

Hantale, melin, for letting me know about Mae Aur and Quel Amrun. I had been thinking earlier that since Quel Undune had to do with the setting sun to the West (isn't that right? That is what I got from it anyways), perhaps good morning would have to do with the sun rising in the east, so in my case Quel Amrun would make sense to me were it not for the words that I do not know in Sindarinwa. I looked up the elements in Mae Aur, since that one made most sense to you and it seems that 'mae' means 'well' and that it is an adverb so it would have to accompany a verb. According to the Hisweloke, though, 'aur' means 'day, sunlight, or morning' so would it then mean 'good(well) day' or since 'mae' is an adverb and 'day' is a noun, would it then mean that the term would mean something more along the lines of 'well risen(sun/sunlight)' (this would point to 'aur' meaning 'just risen/rising sunlight' or 'dawn' rather than just 'sunlight') which we could interpret as 'good morning' in turn? What do you think, melin?

Ever am I dwelling on words as the linguist is within me.

Ata, hantale,
Melfaroth