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Various symbolic concepts - Mircea Eliade – Trees of Truth and Life
Identifier
001797
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Tree of Knowledge is different from the tree of life.
A description of the experience
Patterns in Comparative Religion – Mircea Eliade
The Babylonians placed two trees – the Tree of Truth and the Tree of Life at the eastern entry to heaven; and one text from Ras Shamra tells us that Aleion gave Ltpn wisdom and eternity together