Tree of life (disambiguation)

The tree of life is a motif in various mythologies, as well as a metaphor for the common descent of life on Earth.

Quotes

Tree of life (biblical)

The Biblical Tree of Life.

• וַיַּצְמַח יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים מִן־הָאֲדָמָה כׇּל־עֵץ נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל וְעֵץ הַחַיִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַגָּן וְעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע׃
  • Genesis 2:9 (MT)
  • Translation:
    • And from the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and bad.
      • JPS translation

Tree of life (Kabbalah)

The Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

• In brief, the Tree of Life is a compendium of science, psychology, philosophy, and theology.
  • Dion Fortune: The Mystical Qabalah, ch. 3: "The Method of the Qabalah", p. 13. Samuel Weiser, Inc. (1984). ISBN: 0-87728-596-9.

Tree of life (biology)

The biological Tree of Life.

• The affinities of all the beings of the same class have sometimes been represented by a great tree. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth. … As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever branching and beautiful ramifications.
  • Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (Sixth Edition), ch. 4, "Natural Selection", pp. 104–105. John Murray (1876). Republished by Cambridge University Press (2009). ISBN: 1-108-00548-9.

See also

• Tree of life (biblical)
• Tree of life (biology)
• Tree of life (Kabbalah)
• Tree of the knowledge of good and evil