Green Man Secrets

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Green Man Secrets - The Mystery of The Green Man

I'm going to tell you of the Green Man Secrets - the secret sacrifices and rituals of mankind to ensure the fertility of the crops - without which mankind would not Survive.

Many people have dismissed the Green Man Secrets as a myth - but its apparent that many cultures made sacrifices of all kinds (including Human Sacrifices) to appease the spirit(s) of the Earth.

Green Man in History

The Green Man is not just a legend.

The Green Man is really symbolic of the link between Man and Nature.
Often found in Churches and Castles, statues and Gargoyles feature the Green man either surrounded by or actually with vines or ivy growing out of his mouth.
Its the symbol of From Nature and Back to Nature.

In the dim and distant past some religions and societies used to sacrfice a young man in the Spring to ensure the fertility of heir crops.
The blood of the young man was believed to encourage the land to be fertile.
The Wicker Man movie is based on this principle.
This may of course be just a legend but its certainly true that people all over the World make sacrifices still to the spirit of the Earth - for instance, in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire in ENgland, Morris men still dance around apple and pear trees with a Hobby Horse to end their dance by pouring cider or perry back into the ground.This is done to ensure fertility of the fruit crop and it certainly works well.
The Green Man is also a major figure in the Wiccan Religion and plays a major part in Spring Festivals.

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Green Man Secrets around the World

In Mexico the High Priests used to sacrifice both their own foremost young men and also their prisoners until the steps of the Pyramids of Teotihuacan (near Mexico City) ran red with blood.

There were similar tarditions among the Ancient Egyptians when captured enemies were killed to ensure the fertility of the Nile Valley.

Aztecs in South America would coat their version of the Green Man with Gold - he would then float on a raft to the centre of a Cenote and sacrifice himself by falling into the water. (A number of gold objects and human remains have been found in Cenotes)

Green Man traditions similar to these were hapeining worldwide and now mostly remain as rather tamer versions in song and playacting.

Carvings on temple walls In india,Mexico,Egypt and Cambodia all show such sacrifices happening.

A sacrifice really had to be a SACRIFICE - where the community lost someone (or something in the case of slave) valuable to them.
The same traditions holds nowadays where farmers pour oil or alcohol into the ground to seek fertility for their crops.

Green Man Books

The Green Man: Spirit of Nature

by: John Matthews

Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 07/14/2009)

Green Man and Other Plays (includes the plays Greenman, The Woodman and The Goblins, Specter, The Daughters of Edward D. Boit, and Hieronymus Bosch)

by: Don Nigro

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The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 07/14/2009)

The Green Man

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I've tried to find lots of links to the Green Man and here are some I found.Some of these may not be relevant but may be influenced by the Green Man (albeit unconciously !)
Mike Harding's book is a MUST !