Tree of Life

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The tree of life (Hebrew: עץ החיים °ez ha-chajjîm; Greek: τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς to xylon tēs zōēs; Latin: lignum vitae), spoken of in Genesis, is closely related to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Together they form the world tree, which is told about in the mythology of many peoples. In the language of the [[Elohim}}, which they had already developed on the Old Sun, the tree of life is the etheric body of man, while the tree of knowledge means the physical body (Lit.:GA 253, p. 58ff). In a handwritten note by Marie Steiner it says: "Tree of life means God-revealed wisdom." (Lit.:GA 265, p. 342) Specifically, the tree of life comprises the two highest ethers, the sound ether and the life ether. As a result of the Fall, man was deprived of the dominion over these two etheric species. Through the Christ, who is "the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6) and was sent into the world as Redeemer, access to the tree of life and its fruits is reopened to human beings.

An image for the tree of life is also the Sefirot tree of the Kabbalah. The tree of life also represents the forces that regenerate the human organism every night during sleep and thereby largely heal the damage caused by the waking daytime consciousness. This work is done by those spiritual beings who are called Laj'lah (Hebrew: לילה "night") in Genesis. They are Spirits of Personality retarded in their development on the Old Saturnian stage, who served the Elohim as Spirits of Darkness or Spirits of Night during the Six Days of Creation.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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