SACRED OAK DIETS
DIVINITY || INTEGRITY || POWER || GENEROSITY
FATHER OAK
Throughout the old European world, Oak has a principled reputation as the king of trees. But this ancient and pervasive attribution does not stop there. Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs, Germanics, Luwians, Hittites, Hurrians, Jews & Vedics all considered Oak to be an altar of the Sky Father: what we in the West call God.
Indra, Thor, Zeus, Perun, Jupiter, YHWH and Taranis were all thought to “inhabit” the oak. Even the Sioux peoples of South Dakota have legends of a Thunder God within the Oak. As a keystone species supporting over 500 other creatures, Oak is a teacher of what it means to embody divinity, integrity, power and responsibility, in service of community.
“…the first prophecies were the words of an oak.” Plato, Phaedrus
UPCOMING OAK DIETS
Oak is an altar of the old way, of primal electrical force. Oak awakens the center of the self and calls us towards radical self-ownership —even in the most trying of situations. In this way, Oak is a master teacher of the heart.
The Sanskrit word, ‘Duir’, gave rise both to the word for oak and the English word ‘door’, which suggests that this tree stands as an entryway into the otherworld itself. Combined with the Indo-European root ‘wid’: to know, ‘Druid’ likely referred to those with ‘ knowledge of the oak’.
There are many reasons we might seek the council of the Oak tree: Healing, Empowerment, Direction, Learning, Prayer. When we diet the Oak in a good way, the essence of the tree begins to cultivate within us and continues to strengthen with time, lending us the great one’s qualities.
THE PROTOCOL
STUDYING LEGAL SACRED PLANTS WITHOUT PSYCHEDELICS
Deep study with plants connects us to the wisdom of the natural world in a way that is grounded and real. The most powerful way to engage this work is through sober, focused containers, while sitting in shamanic meditations with our plant teachers. To facilitate this enduring and traditional form of study, we turn to the ancient technology of tobacco.
⁜ OPEN THE BODY WITH TOBACCO ⁜
⁜ CONNECT TO OUR MASTER TREE ⁜
⁜ MEDITATION CULTIVATE WEAVE IN ⁜
1L of Oak Tea is consumed each day. The medicine slowly builds inside the body, cleansing the liver and nourishing the digestive organs, electrifying the mind and strengthening connective tissue.
Through our shamanic meditations with tobacco we weave the medicine of Oak into our being and awaken to the teachings of the plants.
WHAT TO EXPECT
THE VIBES OF A TREE DIET
Sacred Tree Diets are spaces for quiet remembrance. Processes are private, individual, inward, gentle and spacious. Medicine is served twice per day and an afternoon meditation divides breakfast and lunch. Noble silence will be observed in common areas throughout the day. Each night, we gather and sit with tobacco as a group.
The lands we work on are always spacious and accommodate for daily sunbathing, yoga, and journaling while contemplating the sunset. All meals are traditional plant diet preparations and are hand prepared, clean and simple: saltless oatmeal and boiled green plantain in the morning and vegetable soup in the late afternoon.
Medicine processes are typically very gentle but can sometimes be intense and will often include physical purging (vomiting), the processing of strong emotions, and the onset of physiological changes. Our space will be cared for by highly adept space holders. Safety, privacy and cleanliness are the highest priorities. This tree diet can also be undertaken as a complete fast, without food.
During our Tree Diet, the following restrictions will be held with strict discipline:
Sex, Masturbation, Drugs, Alcohol & other Medicines, Phones & Screens, Work & Communication with The Outside World. Cosmetics & Scents, Soap & Toothpaste, Salt, Meat, Sugar, Dairy, Oil, Spice and Talking (outside of sharing circles.)
For 14-days following our Tree Diet, the following restrictions will be held with strict discipline:
Sex, Masturbation, Ejaculation, Substances & Medicines including Alcohol, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Strong medicinal herbs including medicinal mushrooms, Shamanic medicines & Plant Medicine Ceremonies, Pork, Shellfish, Red meat, Dairy, Fermented foods, Canned or Preserved foods such as Smoked Fish, White sugar, Iced / Freezing Cold drinks, Spicy (Chilli Peppers), Caffeine, Heavy Oils // Deep Fried Food, Seed Oils and Processed Food.