What Fantasy Gets Wrong About Sacred Groves

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Uploaded 29-01-26

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Fantasy loves sacred groves as untouched relics of a lost world. This video shows what scholars actually find on the ground, and why sacred groves thrive not through isolation, but through human care, ritual, and community life.



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