The
tree
is
one
of
the
essential
symbols
due
to
its
tradition
and
antiquity,
it
is
present
in
the
three
manifestations,
the
symbolic,
the
hermetic
and
the
religious.
We
find
anthropomorphic
interpretations
of
the
tree
in
the
beliefs
of
many
ancient
peoples,
who
considered
it
the
residence
of
the
divinities, this gave them certain virtues or divine qualities.
The
symbolism
derives
from
its
vertical
form,
the
tall
and
straight
trees
were
the
object
of
special
worship,
their
verticality
leads
from
the
earth
to
the
sky,
the
roots
are
deeply
embedded
in
the
earth,
and
the
last
branches
caress
the
sun.
It
is
a
living
being
with
natural
phenomena,
growing,
fructifying,
decaying
and
sprouting
again,
life
and
death
in
perpetual
succession;
deciduous
trees
represent
death
and
resurrection,
and
evergreen
immortality,
such
as
cypresses
(Cupressus
sempervirens)
that
in
Europe
we
put
in
cemeteries
as
a
symbol
of
mourning
and
the
immortality
of
the
soul,
associating
it
with
spiritual
virtues
by
their
smell,
calling it a smell of holiness.
The
upper
world,
the
earthly
world
and
the
underworld
are
united
by
the
tree,
creating
a
link
between
them
and
the
person
who
through
this
symbol identifies and also creates his link with the three worlds.
In
hermetic
symbolism,
many
times
they
are
represented
in
an
inverted
way,
with
their
roots
towards
the
sky,
it
is
called
the
Cosmic
tree
or
Tree
of
Life,
it
is
from
the
roots
that
it
receives
spiritual
food,
and
it
spreads
throughout
the
earth;
we
find
references
in
Dante
Paradise
18,28,
and
in
Ramon
Llull's
work
Arbor
elemental
1295.
In
Christianity
its
oldest
reference
is
found
in
the
Old
Testament
in
the
garden
of
Eden,
Yahweh
wanting
to
release
the
concerns
that
wisdom
entails,
prohibited
Adam
and
Eve
eat
the
fruits
of
the
Tree
of
Knowledge,
also
called
the
Tree
of
Good
and
Evil;
This
Biblical
tree
represents
duality,
the
separation
between
the
human
and
the
divine,
the
serpent
the
temptation,
and
the
fruit
the
forbidden
knowledge.
When
tasting
the
fruit
of
this
tree,
they
were
aware
of
their
nakedness,
and
Yahweh
expelled
them
from
Paradise,
referring
to
the
second
tree,
that
of
Immortality
"Here
is
the
man
who
is
already
like
one
of
us,
knowing
good
and
evil,
lest
he
now
eat from the Tree of Life and become immortal "Genesis 3:20.
THE TREE