Talismans against evil have been mounted on doorframes since the earliest dwelling places were constructed, and to this day good-luck tokens like horseshoes, sacred statues or Chinese feng shui symbols can be found on front doors from East to West. In China, doors are often still painted with a f...
Oak trees were the perfect metaphorical tool for conveying this idea because they had special status in the woodlands of Britain; they were associated with the gods of ancient civilizations and were seen as the kings of the forest, and yet every country dweller would have known from childhood tha...