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Zen and the Art of Forest Conservation

Tokusan (780 – 865) was a tough and cantankerous Chinese Zen master. He wielded a menacing bamboo stick. His Zen pedagogy was known as ‘Tokusan’s thirty blows’. Tokusan would say to his disciples: “If you speak rightly I will give you thirty blows. If you speak wrongly, I will also Read more…

By Mark Roques, 44 minsAugust 15, 2022 ago
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How to worship trees today

You might have heard of the expression ‘touch wood’. It is a popular saying in the UK. It is a relic of tree worship that ruled the roost in pagan times. By touching wood we invoke the protection of a tree spirit. It is a pagan ritual. Often unnoticed. This Read more…

By Mark Roques, 4 weeksJuly 18, 2022 ago
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Trees, Forests and Worldviews

I’ve been thinking a lot about trees recently. I love them. We have some great trees where we live in Horsforth in Leeds. My favourite tree is the Great Boab tree (Oz). What’s yours? We are all aware of how trees are being chopped down all over the world. We Read more…

By Mark Roques, 2 monthsJune 29, 2022 ago
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  1. Ted Newell on How to worship trees todayJuly 18, 2022

    I've been watching Ballykissangel where in season four a New Ager gets the bluff gruff businessman to hug a tree…

  2. Mark Roques on How to worship trees todayJuly 18, 2022

    Thanks Hugh for this great feedback. In future posts I will say a lot more about how amazing trees are…

  3. Hugh Grear on How to worship trees todayJuly 18, 2022

    In simple terms, no, I don’t think trees have spirits or ‘saints’, and are not worthy of worship in and…

  4. Flourishing trees » Thinking Faith Network on Feeding the Earth – talks online!July 11, 2022

    […] six weeks ago, I had the privilege of chairing one of the series of ‘Feeding the Earth’ webinars hosted…

  5. Kefah Maranga on Trees, Forests and WorldviewsJuly 7, 2022

    Just thinking about trees and the area of oxygen and life. The garden of Eden that God created man and…

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