{"id":19557,"date":"2025-04-07T12:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/druidry.org\/?p=19557"},"modified":"2025-04-07T12:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:45:30","slug":"ancestral-oak-roots-of-the-past-branches-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/druidry.org\/resources\/ancestral-oak-roots-of-the-past-branches-to-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Ancestral Oak: Roots of the Past ~ Branches to the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-19551\" src=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-600x450.jpg\" alt=\", .\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\nMany of you will know and love Yannick Dubois&#8217;s beautiful artwork. We are delighted to announce that today Yannick is launching his new book<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/listing\/1887671467\/ancestral-oak-book-roots-of-the-past\" class=\"broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <em><strong>Ancestral Oak: Roots of the Past ~ Branches to the Future<\/strong><\/em><\/a> . Philip Carr-Gomm has endorsed the book and his words sum up perfectly this wonderful exploration of that most Druidic of trees:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><i data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><br \/>\nAncestral Oak is a wonderful book, tracking a fascinating journey through time, one that honours and celebrates our relationship with this most iconic and sacred of trees. Yannick has sensitively crafted many magical doorways through which we can enter into a deeper connection with the Oak; through beautiful photos and images, storytelling, poetry, meditation and activities, this delightful book takes us to the heart of the Oak&#8217;s gifts of wisdom, strength, generosity and resilience, that we might embody its qualities for the greater good.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-19554 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\", .\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-19553 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages2-600x450.jpg\" alt=\", .\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ancestraloak-pages2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\nThis gorgeous book will resonate with all those on the Druid path and beyond &#8211; it is a joyful celebration of the Oak. To buy a copy, do please visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/listing\/1887671467\/ancestral-oak-book-roots-of-the-past\" class=\"broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yannick&#8217;s Etsy\u00a0 store\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19555\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19555\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19555 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YannickDubois-AncestralOak5-600x450.jpg\" alt=\", .\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YannickDubois-AncestralOak5-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YannickDubois-AncestralOak5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YannickDubois-AncestralOak5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/druidry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/YannickDubois-AncestralOak5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yannick Dubois<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you will know and love Yannick Dubois&#8217;s beautiful artwork. We are delighted to announce that today Yannick is launching his new book Ancestral Oak: Roots of the Past ~ Branches to the Future . 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