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Andrew Koltuniuk (770 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Books

Jul 28, 2020

One of my favorite endings to a book series. Honestly, J.K. Rowling blew it out of the water with this. I absolutely love it and I will read it over and over again!

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The Magic of the Unicorn (Choose Your Own Adventure)

Deborah Lerme Goodman

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The water in your village has become tainted. You need to try to find a sorceress that might be able...

The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century

Dickson Despommier

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When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy...

Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

Aug 14, 2026 - 3:13 PM

It's #FolkloreFriday 🌿

This week's folklore focus — the hazel in Welsh and Celtic mythology, and why its symbolism is more coherent and more interesting than it might first appear.

Nine hazel trees overhang the sacred pool at the source of wisdom. Their nuts fall into the water and feed the salmon that carries knowledge upstream. The bubbles rising where the nuts fell are called the bubbles of mystic inspiration. The hazel is the origin point of the whole chain — without it, the pool is empty, and the salmon has nothing to carry.

The same tree was used for water-divining across the Celtic and Welsh traditions, its forked branches sensitive to water beneath the surface. The tree that feeds hidden wisdom also finds hidden water. The associations are consistent, pointing toward the same quality — a sensitivity to what lies beneath ordinary perception.

The Celtic tree month of Hazel runs now through August, and this week feels like exactly the right time to sit with what the tradition understood about it.

#FolkloreFriday #WelshFolklore #CelticMythology