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There are undoubtedly appropriate times to be serious, but the ancient tribal ritual isn't one of them! Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture

I sometimes wonder whether we ought to be hugging trees, as we sometimes do without even asking permission. After all, would we do this to a complete stranger in the street? Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture

It is as well to remember that whatever world we believe exists always provides a gateway for another. Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture

Trees' influence on human beings would have been far more common in earlier days when people in many cultures looked to trees to teach them. Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture

For they moved as the sun, moon and stars moved; they knew that nothing in nature ever stays still. Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture

In times past great power was rightfully ascribed to plants, so much so that they were once revered and worshipped, and treated as gods. Patrick Jasper Lee. We Borrow the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy Folk Tradition and Culture