| Haunted
Woods |
Edward
Frank |
| Dec
14, 2005 19:17 PST |
ENTS,
I have been looking over a website sent to me by a friend
dealing with
Haunted Places:
http://theshadowlands.net/places/
A quick browse of Pennsylvania sites found a number with
references to
hauted forests, woods and trees. From the dozens of sites listed
as
having hauntings here are a selection of a few:
Allentown - Hamilton Street - Magic Tree - People have
claimed to have seen strange lights fly in the sky around the
tree, and the entire area has a sense that 'something'
happened there. One student took a picture of the tree and a
face of an old man appeared in the image.
Harmarville - Campbells Run Road - The Woods - Three hunters
died. You will see large orbs floating through the woods.
Also appear as an apparition without feet.
Liverpool - Hanging Tree - There is a rumor that in the 1800s
a man was hung at this tree, he proclaimed that he was
innocent and nobody believed him, so they hung him and to
this day people say that if you go to the tree at midnight
that you can hear peoples laughing, crying ,and you can hear
the man yelling. When you go there people say that you should
stay in your car, you hear noises and one time kids said that
they heard and felt something jump onto their hood but they
didn't see anything. They said that their headlights went out
somehow and they had trouble starting their car.
Do any of you have any tales of haunted woods, of ghostly orbs,
or trees
reaching out to you after dark? It is a fun subject to explore
in any
case. I encourage you to go to the website link above and
research
hauntings in your local area.
Ed Frank
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| Re:
Haunted Woods |
Charlie
Spencer |
| Dec
15, 2005 |
Dear Ed:
In regards to spirit or
haunted trees, I work (April - November) beneath the famous
"Enchanted Oak" of Stanley Park of Westfield, MA.
Located in the Edward F. Piela Woodland Wildflower Garden, the tree
was recognized for being "enchanted" by
Stanley Park founder and endowed benefactor, Frank Stanley
Beveridge (now deceased), known for Stanley Home
Products. The "Enchanted Oak," Stanley Park's first
public attraction, is widely recognized for helping
visitors overcome adversity. The only real doubters are those
that have yet to meet this great tree (white
oak). I'd be happy to introduce you sometime.
Re: Haunted trees, I think of
a gentle and mutual friend of Bob's, Michael Perlman (now
deceased), author of "The Power of Trees: The Reforesting
of the Soul." A section of his book
explores cemetery trees, etc.
You and I nearly met at the Forest
Summit at HCC this fall. Hopefully, we'll get a chance to meet
at the next one. Thank you for your service.
Merry Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New
Year!
Charlie Spencer, West Springfield, MA
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| RE:
Haunted Woods |
Monica
Jakuc |
| Dec
21, 2005 11:56 PST |
Dear ENTS,
At last I figured out my password and can read this list again.
So here is the reply I wanted to send a week ago:
The haunted places thread is something that fascinates me,
although I
don't think I've ever been to a haunted woods knowingly.
Two piece of music come to mind as I think about this:
1) Robert Schumann's Forest Scenes, Op. 82 for piano. The third
piece
"Verrufene Stelle," is translated as "Haunted
Place."
2) In his song cycle "Liederkreis, Op. 39" with poems
by Eichendorff,
there is a song "Zwielicht" or "Twilight."
The text begins as follows:
"Dusk is about to spread its wings; the trees quiver in
alarm; clouds
pass overhead like heavy dreams--what is the maining of this
terror?"
Though it may not refer to a haunted place, it certainly calls
up a
disturbed state of mind. Maybe just plain old paranoia.
Anyone else with poems or music on this haunting topic?
Pamela Briggs?
Best,
Monica
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Dear Monica, Bob, Ed, and everyone --
All woods are haunted, more or less -- not necessarily by malign
spirits. We can be more receptive to them if we choose. If we
have
time enough and are open and quiet, with practice we can
perceive the
spirits' words, music, dance, feelings, and memories.
I thank you for your continued encouragement of creative
expression on
this list. So, exclusively for ENTS members, I've put an excerpt
from
my novel online: .... It's about
an intense encounter with a tree spirit. You will be the first
to read
this section of the book.
Pamela
http://pamelabriggs.com/ |
| RE:
Haunted Woods |
Monica
Jakuc |
| Jan
02, 2006 12:22 PST |
Dear Pamela,
I really enjoyed the excerpt from your magical novel. Wild
stuff!
A friend of mine who knew an Irish storyteller had many tales of
becoming quiet and listening to the trees sing. She said
different
species had different songs and that they didn't always sing all
the
time. I'm not familiar with that Celtic tradition that hears the
music
of nature, but I love the idea of it.
Happy New Year to all,
Monica
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| RE:
Haunted Woods |
Robert
Leverett |
| Jan
04, 2006 06:07 PST |
Pamela,
Thank you so much for sharing. Very
imaginative. You are quite a
writer. ENTS is most honored to have you on the list.
The account of the haunted tree, as opposed to
woods, that I had
promised Ed Frank, is of the Whipping Tree in Harvard Mass. It
seem that
back in the 1800s, I think, the local Shaker farmers were more
successful that the other groups settled in the area. Of course
in that
time the success of failure of everything was a heaven or hell
proposition. So three local men took a successful Shaker farmer
of whom
they were probably jealous and tied him to a large sycamore and
whipped
him. He survived, but each of the men who took part in the
dastardly
deed mysteriously died in a relatively brief period. Locals came
to
believe that the spot and maybe the tree was haunted.
The great sycamore survives today, is slightly
over 20 feet in
circumference and just under 100 feet tall. Is it haunted? I
don't know,
but I sure like the tree and I think it likes me.
We are still hoping you will be able to
participate in the Oct 2006
Forest Summit Lecture Series in Holyoke, MA. Monica and Lee are
thinking
about the 2006 ENTS concert. In terms of poetry and readings,
everything
is wide open. Ed has had some excellent ideas (nothing new
there) on
readings. We welcome all inputs.
Bob
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