{"id":3119841,"date":"2014-12-01T00:50:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/quaker-oaks\/"},"modified":"2014-12-01T00:50:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T05:50:38","slug":"quaker-oaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/quaker-oaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Quaker Oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3017116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/oaktree.jpg\" alt=\"mwaloni\" width=\"300\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/oaktree.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/oaktree-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"dropcap\">Tuna<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> mti mkubwa mweupe wa mwaloni ( <em>Quercus<\/em> <em>a<\/em> <em>lba<\/em> ) kwenye uwanja wetu wa mikutano. Iko nje zaidi ya shehena ya kubebea mizigo kwenye ukingo wa sehemu ya zamani, ya Waamerika wa Kiafrika ya makaburi yetu. Baadhi ya watu wanafikiri ni Great Oak ya awali, ile ambayo ilikuwa hapa wakati William Penn Manor ya Richland ilipoanzishwa mwaka wa 1703, ambayo wapima ardhi walikutana na Wahindi wenyeji wa Lenni Lenape kujaribu kueleza jinsi ulimwengu wao ungekuwa unabadilika; si, ingawa. Hilo lilivuma mnamo 1875 na likakatwa kwa ajili ya kuni.   <\/p>\n<p>Hatujachoka kuhesabu pete na kujua ni umri gani, lakini ni kuu na kuu. Takriban miaka minne iliyopita, tuliipima na kupata alama na Mpango wa Bingwa wa Miti wa Chama cha Misitu cha Pennsylvania kabla ya sherehe zetu za jumuiya kwa ajili ya maadhimisho ya miaka 300 ya Mkutano wa Richland huko Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Inakua katika kile kilichokuwa kinamasi, kwa hiyo imedumaa kidogo; kwa urefu wa futi 66 tu, ina upana wa futi 94 na mduara wa inchi 189. Hiyo inaipa ukadiriaji rasmi wa alama 276. Hapa katika Kaunti ya Upper Bucks, ambapo miti yote ni ya pili na ya tatu, ni mti unaoonekana kuvutia. Tunajivunia, lakini haiko hata katika 40 bora ya miti ya mwaloni mweupe iliyokadiriwa katika jimbo. Bingwa (alama 380) yuko kwenye uwanja wa jumba la mikutano la London Grove huko Chester County, Pennsylvania.      <\/p>\n<p>Mikutano mingi ya Quaker karibu hapa kusini mashariki mwa Pennsylvania ina Mti wao Mkuu. Mkutano wa Plymouth, Concord Meeting, na jumba la mikutano la Penn Hill la Little Britain Meeting zote zina miti iliyosajiliwa. Huenda ikawa jambo la kawaida kwa sababu nyumba nyingi za mikutano, kama zetu, zimekuwa hapa kwa muda mrefu, na miti mingi mara nyingi imeachwa bila kusumbuliwa. Kuna Miti mingine Mikuu inayohusishwa na Jumuiya ya Kidini ya Marafiki, pia. Chuo cha Swarthmore, kilichoanzishwa na Quakers, na Pendle Hill, kituo cha masomo cha Quaker huko Wallingford, Pennsylvania, wamesajili Champion Trees. Chuo cha Haverford (pia kilianzishwa na Quakers) kina mbili. Siku zote imekuwa hivyo kwa Marafiki na miti. Elm Mkuu wa Shackamaxon, ambapo William Penn na kiongozi wa Lenape Tamanend walitia saini Mkataba wa Amity na Urafiki, ilijulikana na kuheshimiwa miaka 330 iliyopita.       <\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3119841 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Penn-Hill2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Penn-Hill2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3075834\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3075834'>\n\t\t\t\tJumba la mikutano la Penn Hill, lililojengwa mnamo 1823. Kwa Hisani ya Makusanyo Maalum ya Chuo cha Haverford \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/london-grove2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/london-grove2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3075836\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3075836'>\n\t\t\t\tLondon Grove nyeupe mwaloni, 1933 postikadi. Kwa hisani ya Scott Wades, pabigtrees.com \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/penn-oak2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/penn-oak2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3075838\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3075838'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8221;The City &amp; Port of Philadelphia&#8221; inayoonyesha Mkataba Mkuu Elm (Maoni ya Birch ya Philadelphia, 1800).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8221;Kwa nini unafikiri hivyo? Kuna nini kuhusu Quakers na miti yao?&#8221; Niliwahi kumuuliza Rafiki mwenzangu. <\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Ni kwa sababu Quakers wanajali mazingira. Tunafikiria juu ya dunia na kufanya kazi ya usimamizi wa rasilimali za ulimwengu wetu,&#8221; alielezea kwa ukamilifu na kwa upole.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Kwa hivyo na watu wengi ambao sio Waquaker,&#8221; nilibishana. &#8221;Na, hakukuwa na usimamizi mwingi wa misitu uliokuwa ukiendelea mnamo 1683. Walikuwa wakidukua na kusaga kama wazimu. Huwezi kuhusisha wasiwasi wa karne ya ishirini na moja kwa watu wa karne ya kumi na saba. Miti ni rasilimali inayoweza kurejeshwa. Uwakili haimaanishi kuwaacha wote wakue kwenye miti mikubwa na kuiweka kwenye miti mingine. hapa.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Nilitafakari kitendawili hicho kwa muda kidogo. Kisha maelezo yanayowezekana yakanijia. Quakerism ilianza kuwa hai na ikawa na nguvu kaskazini-magharibi mwa Uingereza na Wales. Hayo ni maeneo ya Uingereza ambayo yalikuwa yamehifadhi zaidi utamaduni wa kabla ya Ukristo, Waselti, huko Wales haswa. Kabla ya Angles na Jutes, kabla ya Warumi, sehemu kubwa ya tamaduni na dini ya Waingereza asilia ilihusisha miti.    <\/p>\n<p>Asilimia kubwa ya walowezi wa kwanza wa Pennsylvania walitoka Wales. Bristol na Liverpool\u2014miji ya Kiingereza kwenye mpaka wa Wales\u2014ilikuwa ngome za Quaker, na meli nyingi zilisafiri kuelekea Amerika kutoka huko. Majina ya Wales bado yanaweza kupatikana yakiwa yametawanyika kwenye ramani ya eneo la Philadelphia. Richland, mkutano wangu wa kila mwezi, awali ulikuwa sehemu ya Mkutano wa Gwynedd, kwa hakika jina la Wales. Wengi wa baba na mama waanzilishi huko Richland walikuwa wamehama kutoka Wales, au walikuwa watoto wa wale ambao walihama. Na, kama mwanafunzi yeyote wa historia ya Uingereza anavyoweza kukuambia, Wales wa kale walipenda miti.     <\/p>\n<p>Jamii nyingi katika historia zimezoea dendrolatry (ibada ya miti) au kwa njia fulani kujenga hadithi kuzunguka miti. Kuchunguza kukua na kufa kwa miti, kuona kuoza kwa msimu na kufufuliwa kwa uhai wa mti, kuthamini nguvu na unyumbufu wa mti, wanadamu wa mapema waliona kuwa ishara za uhai, kifo, na ufufuo. Kwa kweli, uwakilishi wa kale zaidi, wa kitamaduni wa mfano wa muundo wa ulimwengu ni motif ya mti wa dunia. Na, ishara ya mti wa uzima ni dhana ambayo haijazuiliwa kwa Uyahudi na Ukristo.   <\/p>\n<p>Dini ya Waselti, kabila au kabila iliyoibuka katikati mwa Ulaya na kuenea katika Visiwa vya Uingereza, ilijulikana hasa kwa heshima yake kwa miti. Karibu kila aina ya miti katika nchi za Celtic ilifikiriwa kuwa na nguvu maalum. Miti ya mwaloni, majivu, na miiba ndiyo iliyoheshimiwa zaidi: watatu wa kichawi. Neno la Kiingereza <g id=\"gid_0\">druid<\/g> , kasisi wa Kiselti au mtu aliyesoma sana, linatokana na neno la Kilatini <g id=\"gid_1\">druidae<\/g> ambalo mzizi wake ni <g id=\"gid_2\">dru-<\/g> , linalomaanisha \u201cmwaloni.\u201d Neno la Celtic <em>dair<\/em> na neno la kisasa la Kiwelshi <em>derwen<\/em> pia linamaanisha &#8221;mwaloni&#8221; na linatokana na neno moja la msingi.    <\/p>\n<p>Mti wa mwaloni ulikuwa na jukumu muhimu katika utamaduni wa Celtic. Kulingana na Strabo, mwanajiografia wa karne ya kwanza, Waselti wa Asia Ndogo walikusanyika katika shamba takatifu la mwaloni la Drunemeton. Pliny Mzee alieleza sikukuu ya siku ya sita ya mwezi ambapo druids walipanda mti wa mwaloni, wakakata kijiti cha mistletoe, na kutoa dhabihu ng&#8217;ombe wawili weupe kama sehemu ya ibada ya uzazi. Makuhani wa Druid kila wakati walitengeneza fimbo zao kutoka kwa mti wa yew, tufaha, au mwaloni. Chini ya utawala wa Warumi, Waingereza waliabudu Daron, mungu wa kike wa mti wa mwaloni. Jina lake linaendelea kukumbukwa kwa jina la mkondo huko Gwynedd (Wales).     <\/p>\n<p>Utamaduni wa Celtic, kama wengine wengi wa wakati huo, ulikuwa wa miungu mingi. Kila mti ulikuwa na nguvu maalum na mungu maalum aliyehusishwa nao. Hata hivyo, Waselti waliamini kwamba kuna nguvu moja inayotawala kwa ujumla, katika roho kuu zaidi ya ulimwengu wote mzima, katika Mungu mwenye nguvu zote. Imani hii ya msingi ilipelekea Waingereza kuongoka kwa haraka na mapema kwa Ukristo wakati Neno lilipoenea katika Milki ya Roma. Mtakatifu Patrick alikumbana na mwaloni mtakatifu wa Mugna huko Kildare, Ireland, lakini alifaulu kuwageuza Waairishi kwenye imani na utendaji wake.    <\/p>\n<p>Ushirikiano mtakatifu wa Waingereza na miti, hasa mwaloni, ulinusurika kugeuzwa kwao Ukristo. Nyumba ya watawa ya Mtakatifu Brigid ilikuwa <g id=\"gid_0\">Cill Dara<\/g> (kanisa la mwaloni), Saint Colm Cille alikuwa <g id=\"gid_1\">D<\/g> <g id=\"gid_2\">a<\/g> <g id=\"gid_3\">ire Calgaich<\/g> (msitu wa mwaloni wa Calgach), ambao sasa unajulikana kama jiji la Derry, au Londonderry, katika Ireland ya Kaskazini. Katika mfano mwingine, etimolojia ya Durrow, kijiji kidogo cha mashambani katika County Offaly, Ireland, inatokana na Celtic <em>dair magh<\/em> (tambarare ya mwaloni). Katika hekaya za Wales, wachawi Gwydion na Math hutumia maua ya mwaloni kutengeneza Blodeuwedd maridadi. Mume wa Blodeuwedd, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, anaepuka kifo mikononi mwa mpenzi wa mke wake kwa kugeuka tai na kushuka kwenye mti wa kichawi wa mwaloni. Merlin, mchawi aliyeangaziwa katika hadithi ya Arthurian, amefungwa kwenye mti wa mwaloni. Miongoni mwa Wales, mvuto wa kale wa vizazi visivyohesabiwa vya ibada ya miti uliendelea hadi milenia ya pili ya Enzi ya Kikristo.      <\/p>\n<p>Mnamo 1653, Morgan Floyd, kasisi wa Wrexham huko Wales aliwatuma washirika wake wawili kaskazini mwa Uingereza &#8221;kuwajaribu Waquaker,&#8221; na kuleta habari juu yao. George Fox aliandika hivi kuhusu uchunguzi huo: \u201cWajaribu hawa waliposhuka kati yetu nguvu za Bwana ziliwashinda na wote wawili wakasadikishwa juu ya kweli.\u201d Walirudi Wrexham, na punde si punde, Wales yote \u201cilikuwa hai pamoja na\u201d Quakers.  <\/p>\n<p>James J. Levick, kupitia uchunguzi wake kuhusu Waquaker wa Wales, alisadikishwa kwamba \u201ckwa vizazi vingi watu wa Wales wamekuwa na mwelekeo wa uchaji Mungu.\u201d Aliamini kwamba \u201csifa za kiadili za tabia zaweza kuwa mada ya urithi na vilevile sifa za kimwili, na Waingereza wa kale walikuwa watu wa kidini katika historia yao ya mapema zaidi.\u201d Stonehenge, na makaburi mengine kote Briton, yamekuwepo katika maonyesho mbalimbali kwa zaidi ya miaka 5,000 na ni ushuhuda wa madai ya Levick.  <\/p>\n<p>Dini iliyofundishwa na druid, walimu, na wakorofi wa kale inaweza kuonwa kuwa ya kipagani na yenye makosa leo, lakini imani yao ilitokana na utafutaji wa unyoofu \u201cwa kutafuta ukweli na kushikamana na kanuni za amani na haki.\u201d Waingereza wa kabla ya Warumi pia walimtambua Mtu Mmoja Mkuu. Mazoea yao ya kidini, Levick alisema, &#8221;ilihitaji adili kali na isiyobadilika.&#8221; Mwandikaji mwingine wa mapema alisema hivi kuhusu dini ya kipagani ya Wales, \u201cilifahamu kanuni zote zinazoongoza ambazo zina mwelekeo wa kueneza uhuru, amani, na furaha miongoni mwa wanadamu.\u201d Dini yao haikupatana na maadili ya Kikristo kama ilivyokuwa Dini ya Kiyahudi.    <\/p>\n<p>Waingereza na Waayalandi walikubali Ukristo na walikuwa wakifuata Ukristo wa zamani kwa mamia ya miaka kabla ya Kanisa la Roma kuletwa kwenye visiwa hivyo katika karne ya tano. Ikitokana na siku za udhalilishaji, ilikuwa imani ya Muingereza kwamba ilikuwa haki yake ya kuzaliwa kujifikiria mwenyewe katika masuala ya dini na siasa. Imani katika \u201curithi\u201d huo iliendelea chini ya mwongozo wa Kanisa Katoliki, na kisha Kanisa la Anglikana. Sikuzote Wales walikuwa wamepinga utawala wa Kiingereza na mafundisho magumu ya kidini. Kwa hiyo walikuwa tayari \u201ckuwajaribu Waquaker,\u201d na kisha wakakubali kwa hamu uhuru wa mawazo na ibada ambao Shirika la Kidini la Fox la Marafiki lilitoa.    <\/p>\n<p>Wakiwa wameteswa na kukandamizwa na Wasaxon na Waingereza tangu kifo cha Arthur, Wales hawakushangaa wakati utenda huo huo ulipofanywa kwa Marafiki na serikali na kanisa lililoanzishwa. Raia wa daraja la pili wa Uingereza Mkuu kwa miaka elfu moja, maskini, watu wacha Mungu wa Wales\u2014nchi ambayo \u201cilikuwa hai na Waquaker\u201d\u2014walijiunga kwa shauku na Majaribio Matakatifu ya Penn na kuhamia Bonde la Delaware huko Pennsylvania kwa wingi. Walileta pamoja nao urithi wa kale ambao unashikilia Miti Mikuu kuwa takatifu na iliyojaa nguvu za kiroho na uchawi.  <\/p>\n<p>Sizingatii aina hiyo ya mambo, kwa hivyo sina uhakika kama tuna Wales yoyote katika Mkutano wa Richland. Hatuna Llewellyns au Morgans au majina yoyote dhahiri ya familia. Kwa kweli, wengi wetu tuna hakika Marafiki ambao ni kutoka kwa familia za zamani za Wajerumani. Lakini, niwezavyo kusema, sisi sote ni Waamerika, ambao tumechanganyika kwa muda mrefu kwenye sufuria inayoyeyuka. Tuna uwezekano mkubwa wa kuvaa fulana ya Eagles na kutupa besiboli kwenye Phillie Phanatic kuliko kuabudu mti\u2014juu, angalau.    <\/p>\n<p>Huenda tusiabudu asili, lakini uwakili ni mojawapo ya Viungo vyetu vya Quaker (kifupi cha maadili ya Quaker ya urahisi, amani, uadilifu, jumuiya, usawa, na uwakili). Katika Mkutano wa Richland, tuna sehemu yetu ya kutosha ya washiriki wa tahadhari kuhusu mazingira na hata watu kadhaa wapiganaji wa kukumbatia miti, lakini, kama nilivyosema, hiyo ni tabia ya karne hii. Mti wetu Mkuu wa Oak una mizizi ambayo huenda ndani zaidi kuliko harakati za mazingira. Aura au nishati inaonekana kutoka kwayo wakati mwanga uko sawa, au mwangalizi yuko katika hali ifaayo ya akili. Singehusisha hilo na roho ya Daron, Mungu wa kike wa Oak, lakini ni nani anayejua kuhusu mizizi hiyo mirefu, ya ajabu ambayo tumerithi?    <\/p>\n<p>Kwa hivyo, kwa sababu hiyo na jinsi ninavyohisi ninapoketi na kutafakari chini ya Great Oak yetu mchana wa kiangazi, ninashikilia maelezo yangu. Nadhani miti hii yote mikuu kote Quakerdom ina uhusiano fulani na Stonehenge na wachawi wanaocheza dansi kwenye mwanga wa mwezi. Mwavuli wa Quakerism ni mpana wa kutosha kukubali uhusiano huo, sivyo?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nini kuhusu Quakers na miti yao?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3075832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[],"fpb_issue_category":[10184],"class_list":["post-3119841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipengele","fpb_issue_category-desemba-2014"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Quaker Oaks - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/quaker-oaks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quaker Oaks - 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