Home
Preface
5 Planes of Existence
Introduction
Five Planes of Manifestation
A to Z
Related Information
|
TREE
A symbol of man, or the human being on all
planes, as a replica in small, of the Divine Being in whose image
man is made. As God is a Tree of Life, so man is the same.
"By a tree is signified man, and therefore by all things
appertaining to a tree, corresponding things in man are signified,
as by branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. By branches are
signified the sensual and natural truths in man; by leaves his
rational truths; by flowers, primitive spiritual truths in the
rational mind; by fruits, the goods of love and charity; and by
seeds, the last and first principles of man." - Swedenborg,
Apocalypse Revealed, n. 936.
"The Tree of Life signifies the Lord as to the good of love, . . .
because celestial and spiritual life is derived to man from the good
of love and charity, which is received from the Lord." — Ibid., n.
89.
“'Both good and wicked men are compared to trees. The godly, says
the psalmist, shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season' (Ps. i. 3). His soul
shall be plentifully fed from heaven with the never-failing
influences of grace and consolation, whereby he shall be made
fruitful in every good word and work." -Cruden's Explanations.
|
See Also
|