Michael Dodging Death

"We have to go back."
--Jack Shephard

Michael drives a 1978-1980 Dodge Aspen Special Edition in his
unsuccessful suicide attempt.

"Of old the aspen was a tree of heroes, whose crowns of poplar leaves
gave them the power not only to visit the Underworld, but also to
return safely. Similarly, the aspen crowns found in ancient burial
mounds may have been included to allow the spirits of the deceased to
return to be reborn."

http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/forest/mythfolk/aspen.html

THE WHISPERING TREE
"Lore - Aspen is sacred to Persephone, the goddeess of regeneration
and the Underworld...Our ancient ancestors believed the wind to  be a
messenger of the gods as was anything closely related to it. The aspen
trembled because it had the most acute hearing of all trees,
constantly moving in response to the callings of the divine. The
connection between aspen and the underworld gave it an unlucky edge.
An aspen wand (a fe) was used to measure bodies and graves and people
feared a dreadful curse should they be struck by it. This tended to
overwhelm the aspen's other associations with the seasons and
regeneration. Fearful people thought only ill doings were whispered by
the aspen leaves. However this is the lesson of the aspen: to overcome
fear. The Christian Church picked up on the ill omens carried by the
aspen in Celtic mythology and told that Jesus' cross was made from
aspen wood. Poplar (Aspen) is said to be the tree of the Autumn
Equinox [Note: September 22, 2004 was the Autumn Equinox.] and of old
age, and is known as the ****eld makers' tree."

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