Christ and The Tree of Life
Posted by 93rd Libra at 23:19, 12 Apr 2010
I found this picture of Christ, and nearly shit myself. I had to to size it up next to the tree of life , just to reaffirm my own amazement.
Lets see if any of you who have even the faintest of groundings in Hermeticism, and the Kabbalah can point out the correlations. Perhaps even show me some new ones!
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8 March 2010
13 weeks 2 days
Really? No one?
Step Through.
1 May 2004
11 weeks 3 days
i'm not real big on symbolism, but the tree of life symbol is way older then christ, so any relation would be intended to deceive.
"Life can be whatever you want it to be, as long as you do what your told."
LRF.
11 June 2009
44 weeks 3 days
All I see is some artists conception.....Crist was/is the tree of life.
John 15
The Vine and the Branches
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
13 April 2010
7 weeks 6 days
fay ce que vouldras,
Honestly, I don't see much. He stands upon a stump, so his body is the tree (reminds me of the line, "None shall enter Heaven except through me") - around his head is a crown of light - Kether. The stump has four roots or streams (hard to tell) perhaps suggesting the four worlds/four elements.
Overall, the halo, banner, and red robe form an Ankh - that's interesting!
Oh, his arms are in the old 'widow's son' pose, more or less.
But what do you see? The suspense is killin' me!
~a~
=>~(!)~<=
8 March 2010
13 weeks 2 days
Look at the top and bottom of the picture, You see flowers around His feet. As well as the top, but the ones on the bottom aren't nearly as beautiful and bountiful. It would appear that the lower flowers are providing a grass roots energy source for the higher flowers. ;)
"everything in heaven is a reflection of everything on earth."
"As above, So Below"
You following me here?
What is Kether's source?
Step Through.
13 April 2010
7 weeks 6 days
"As above so below.
What is Kether's source?"
Fascinating! a subject well worth meditation. Of course, whatever is the source of Kether, Kether must also equally be the source of it. ;)
But this made me think - if there is severity to one side and mercy to the other, and there is Balance in the Middle pillar, then can we not say that Kether is opposite Malkuth, and Tiphareth, then, is the center of the Tree, the pinnacle and point of perfect balance?
Is life in the supernal city of pyramids just as skewed as wallowing in the kingdom?
On the other hand there is
Ain
Ain soph
Ain soph aur
to contend with...
~A~
=>~(!)~<=
6 April 2010
14 hours 21 min
Okay I did this overlay with the tree and Christ, maybe it will be clearer. Unfortunately I do not know how to embed photos into the discussion but here's what I found (since I can't read hebrew, sorry). The flowers on the bottom look like roses and the ones behind him look palm fronds or the kind of papyrus blooms you find in egyptian tomb art (lotus?) what I find interesting is the Kingdom level (the bottom circle) as the "ground" his feet. wisdom is in his left hand, understanding in his right. I'm sorry i'm not so good at this as I have just started my research into hermetics and symbols. Ask me something about the symbolism of plants and animals or legends and I'm fine.
"Following the dog’s example, you will have to be wise in sniffing, smelling and estimating these fine and meaty books...after which you should break the bone and suck the substantial marrow..." ~ Rabelais
8 March 2010
13 weeks 2 days
Amazing! Well you can upload your photo to www.photobucket.com and just paste the HTML embed code in the input form. I'd love to see it.
Step Through.
6 April 2010
14 hours 21 min
this is the tree i went by:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f237/g...
and i also found this:
http://mattstone.blogs.com/photos/escote...
"Following the dog’s example, you will have to be wise in sniffing, smelling and estimating these fine and meaty books...after which you should break the bone and suck the substantial marrow..." ~ Rabelais
8 March 2010
13 weeks 2 days
Awesome! I added your second photo to the original post, hopefully more people will be able to come up with some relative information on Christ and the Tree of Life.
Step Through.
30 October 2006
2 years 5 weeks
Correlations between Tree & the human body, are usually:
MIDDLE PILLAR - chakras
1 Crown - Kether
0 Throat - Daath
6 Heart - Tipharet
9 Navel - Yesod
10 Root - Malkuth
Although some prefer Yesod as Root and Malkuth as Ground/Earth.
The side 'pillars' are sometimes correlated with shoulders,
and sides of body at ribs & thighs. Perhaps more usefully
these pillars as energy channels correlate with the left &
right channels on either side of the central one.. 'ida' &
'pingala' alongside 'sushumna' in Sanskrit.
A similar scheme is evident in the Caduceus staff of Hermes
with a pair of serpents twining up the central pole. The
winged lion's head at top represents the risen Fire of
total consciousness. (Kundalini).
Rab
29 April 2009
50 weeks 2 days
I really don't understand the amazement at this find. The Tree of Life comes from Judaic tradition, and since Christianity evolved from Judaism, why would anyone be surprised to find an image of Christ with Qabbalic overtones?
Back to the point, it is my understanding that one of the clearest Christian associations on the Tree is down the middle path, with Keter relating to the Father, which emanates into Tipharet relating to the Holy Ghost, and Christ as Redeemer, which emanates to Yesod, relating to the Son. This being the path by which God emanates into Malkut, the physical world.