The Divine Tree of Life

The aspect of the Kabalistic Tree of Life is interesting because the 22 Paths have correspondences to the Major Arcana. It is another way of framing The Fool’s Journey.

Also I like feeling like Cinderella in the Grimm version, which doesn’t have a fairy godmother (Charles Perrault’s addition) but a magic tree that grew from the tears she wept on her mother’s grave:

On the third day, when her parents and sisters had gone away, Cinderella went again to her mother’s grave and said to the tree:

Shake and quiver, little tree,
Throw gold and silver down to me.

This time the bird threw down to her a dress that was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were of pure gold. When she arrived at the festival in this dress, everyone was so astonished that they did not know what to say. The prince danced only with her…

This story is not an association or inclusion mentioned by Dream, but just came to mind when I first read about this item. Also Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, a story I have strong feelings about, not all positive. And I also think about Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree series. The Little Prince’s baobabs. I guess I like stories with magic trees, along with having some fond childhood memories climbing them, having picnics under them, hugging them, etc.

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