ECHOES
OF THE ANCIENT FOREST
Nigel Shaw & Carolyn Hillyer
Echoes
of the Ancient Forest has now become one of our best selling
albums and is highly recommended by many practitioners for
massage, healing, relaxation and inspiration.
Willow, alder, hazel - a great forest once rolled in vast
unbounded waves across the old land, an immense changing
sea of damp shadow and green light pouring over the soil.
Birch, thorn, ash - the roots of the ancient trees reached
into the deep heart of everything and their branches were
locked in a perpetual dance. The forest nurtured all life
within its wide embrace.
Oak, yew, beech - then the world briefly turned away and
in that time the body of the forest was sacrificed until
only its spirit was left. Now the few trees that remain
grow within a ghost forest. But the murmur of ancient sap
rises in their veins and the hidden memories of the great
ancestor trees are held within their seed.
Holly, elder, rowan - the ghost forest is still here. It
breathes sweet winds across the flat, dry fields and it's
whisper echoes into the empty corners of the land, echoes
of the ancient forest.
The roots of this album are natural recordings of forest
sounds and birdsong from surviving ancient woodland on Dartmoor.
Gentle improvisations of wooden flutes, traditional whistles,
keyboard and voice are blended to evoke the atmosphere and
delicate beauty of our lost forest.
Track titles: Willow, Birch, Oak, Holly.
Total album duration 65 mins.
Echoes of the Ancient Forest is available on CD for
£13
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