Trees as Temples

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

I will go out from home on foot today to wander and find a tree that speaks to me of holy ground. What will be difficult is selecting just one.

Natl Geo photo of the day - Jan 26 2010

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that (people) have grasped the first idea of architecture.  – Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand, Genie du christianisme, 1802 .

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