My god, you are so like me it's spooky. I know exactly what you mean with the Magic of feeling the forrest. You know, I would almost say you are a witch and mean that as a compliment. I got into witchcraft because I felt this very deep and weird connection to the forest and then I saw the Robin Hood series in my youth (with Michael Pread) and I got that same feeling watching that. I got really deep into those episodes and they dealt with the magical aspect very well. It was personified in the form of Herne the Hunter who was a tree god and the spiritual Father of Robin Hood.
It's a feeling of deep belonging which someting comes over you. I can't describe it but I'm sure you know what I mean. And you can't always get that feeling. The conditions need to be right. For me it worked best when I was in a deep black forrest in the autumn time. With the mist and mistique hanging in the trees. Something magical happens to you. It's as if you gain a special insight. Ever since I first got that feeling I've been wearing a silver pentagram on a chain around my neck, to remind me of it.
Well, I hope this makes sense but I think it's the same as what you felt today. It's humanities loss that so many people don't have that feeling anymore.