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Paul Devereux - Sacred trees in Minoan Crete
Identifier
003259
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Paul Devereux – Sacred Places
In Minoan Crete, long before classical Greece, there is evidence of there having been a major tree cult. The pioneering scholar Arthur Evans, noticed scenes on gold rings showing individual trees surrounded by a wall like a sacred temenos [precinct]
The source of the experience
Shaman unspecifiedConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Science Items
Sacred geography - ancient treesSacred geography - henges
Sacred geography - sacred grove