There is an amazing film about the Sycamore Fig, a tree once sacred to the Goddesses Isis, Hathor and Nut called Queen of Trees. Trees have always been an important source of nourishment to human beings and to all the creatures that live in, and on them and this tree is fecund and nourishing and quite probably was a source of survival for  people who did not live in luxurious palaces, but who lived so much closer to the land around the Nile.

There is one sycamore tree in the Temple at Karnac. It lies close to the Chapel of Sekhmet where I had a profound energetic connection and attunement with the Goddess Sekhmet. A few years later, we sat beneath this sycamore fig tree and had the obigatory, and ultimately paid for, cup of sweet tea with the gaffeers, the self-appointed guardians of the site. It was hot, but beneath the tree there was shadow and shelter, and the Goddess was still spreading her arms over the people of the Nile. Even they don’t recognise her.

When you watch the film, think about why it was sacred to the Mother Goddesses. Look at it symbolically, keeping in mind that the Mothers are the Feeders of humanity. Sweet milk is the milk of the mother, but she also gives her fruit. This tree is especially significant in a region which does not have trees that are this abundant all year round, and this film shows why.

To me, this is like the Symbolic Tree of Life, which is not a vertical tree, but a horizontal one, spreading its branches from its Nile tree-trunk to other parts of Egypt. Watching this film helps me to understand how this works, as the fig’s fruit travels all over the surrounding countryside via other creatures, seeding new trees I realise that this is what we do, as Gaia Method Earthways healers, and other earthworkers who work with the sacred energies of nature. We are symbolic trees spreading our fruit all over the world. Sharing the fruit of our endeavours with everyone. Providing nurturing and sustenance and, hopefully, joy.

To the Ancient Egyptians, the tree had two functions, one physical and one energetic, and both fed the country and its people.

Watch the movie and think Mother Goddess, with her priests and priestesses, and see what you get from it. If you get nothing of this nature but you appreciate the beautiful photography then that is enough. It is a beautiful film in its own right.

Enjoy.