Modern Day Green Man

Fabulous film snippet of Paul Stamets.  Paul Stamets has much wisdom to share in this brief and elegantly beautiful film at: http://www.wimp.com/importantmushrooms/

(Image from: http://www.tellurideinside.com/2011/04/telluride-institute-news-mycowizard-paul-stamets-returns-to-shroomfest-in-telluride.html)

This film is from an amazing site: http://www.movingart.tv/screeningroom/
Enjoy!

The Green Man and the Trees

When discussing the Green Man, conversations often branch out into conversations of the Green Man and trees.  Some thoughts turn to the infamous "Ents" in Tolkien lore, tree people and the worshiping of trees.  An article on Ents can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ent 

This is fabulous renditon from:  http://lawrencegarcia.org/tolkiens-mythology-the-recovery-of-wonder-for-creation/ents1/

Tree people are a world-wide archetype. Much of ancient Celtic and Druid lore is devoted to tree worship.  Here's a link to the "wisdom of trees:" http://merganser.math.gvsu.edu/myth/trees.html

Here's an excellent article on Myths, Legends and Trees: http://www.nativetreesociety.org/myths/index_myths.htm
                                        

The Leafing

I am happy to announce The Leafing, the second book in the Green Man series has been finished.  Editing will commence and it will be uploaded to Amazon and Nook in the next month or so.  Thank you for your support!

Solstice Greetings

Happy Solstice 2012!

May your days grow longer...

Tis the Season -- Green Man Gifts for Yuletide Holidays

Tis the season of giving.  If you are seeking Green Man related gifts, check out the links below:

George Carruth's classic Garden Smile Green Man and other Nature Faces   are available at:
http://www.carruthstudio.com/categories/Nature-Faces.aspx

5 star mystery  novel about the Green Man: The Greening by Sharon Brubaker

Kathleen Basford's treatise is a classic: http://www.amazon.com/The-Green-Man-Kathleen-Basford/dp/0859914976/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1354446644&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=green+man+kathleen+basford#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@

 

 

Mike Harding's terrific book: The Little Book of the Green Man  above.

A Green Man door knocker: http://www.amazon.com/Willlows-Hollow-Greenman-Door-Knocker/dp/B006MZIZXG/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1354446857&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=green+man+door+knocker#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@



Green Man  and Green Cat T'shirts, Sweat shirts, PJ's and more:
http://www.cafepress.com/outinthegarden#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@

       

 

A Green Man bottle opener:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Celtic-Green-Mounted-Bottle-Opener/dp/B0069VL4C2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447113&sr=8-1&keywords=green+man+bottle+opener#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@


Green Man Music:  http://www.amazon.com/Songs-From-Wood-Jethro-Tull/dp/B00008G9JN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447649&sr=8-1&keywords=songs+from+the+wood


http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Green-Man/dp/B0042MP4IA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354447587&sr=8-1

  Roy Harper's The Green Man

http://www.amazon.com/Green-Man-Roy-Harper/dp/B00005AQRB/ref=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1354447678&sr=1-6&keywords=green+man#sfmsg_-7890*sfxd*0*sfxd*0@@


Green Man Gifts: http://www.greenmangifts.co.uk/

Spirit of the Green Man: http://www.spiritofthegreenman.co.uk/

Just a few ideas for your holiday shopping.  Enjoy!

Green Man / Leaf Man

With the advent of hurricane Sandy and its wild winds along with our usual November gales, leaves have been spiraling down in a whimsical ballet and carpeting the ground with brilliant color.  The sound of raking and mowers grinding up the leaves nearly drown out the crunch and swish as one walks through the fallen leaves. 

There are two wonderful children's books that are Green Man or rather Leaf Man related.  Lois Ehlert has a fabulous children's book entitled: Leaf Man
It's quite a whimsical take on the Green/Leaf Man.  Ehlert's books' graphics are a wonder.

Another wonderful story of a Leaf Men and the bugs going on a quest to safe the garden is: The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce.

  In this story, the Leaf Men help an old woman and her garden by setting the world back round to order.  The Leaf Men and the garden insects defend the garden from the evil Spider Queen.  It is a mythic tale of loss and recovery.  (and I will now bite my tongue and not wax poetic on the birth, death, rebirth theme again)  Joyce is an amazing artist, animator and storyteller.  His short film "The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" won an academy award. See:  http://moonbotstudios.com/

Green Man Anomaly

Here in the US, the Green Man is almost an anomaly.  You can find Green Man sculptures in larger cities such as New York and Chicago. Outside of the urban areas, the Green Man is often relegated to garden art and personal collections.  It is humbling to see the amazing array of Green Men globally.  Fortunately, I stumbled onto this site: http://www.the-great-learning.com/pilgerwege-deu-en3.htm   
-- a catalog of photographs of Green Men and Sheela-Na-Gigs. 

Enjoy.