And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom He had formed.
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the Tree of Life also in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
And a River went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it parted, and became into Four heads...(Genesis 2:8-10).
"Now the garden was watered by One river which ran round about the whole earth, and it was parted into Four parts. And Phison, which denotes a multitude, running into India, makes its exit into the sea, and is by the Greeks called Ganges. (Thus the teachings of Adam/Manu found there way into the entire structure of Vedic philosophy).
Euphrates also, as well as Tigris, goes down into the Red Sea, (which we shall see, according to this purely apocryphal, but factual account of the four rivers, eventually becomes the Pacific Ocean, as well as all the other oceans of the world. For the Red Sea--as we shall see in a moment--is where the great Red Serpent lives, and this creature comprises all the peoples and nations that inhabit the body of the great Continent, Leviathan). Now the name Euphrates, or Prath, denotes either a dispersion, or a Flower; By Tigris, or Diglath, is signified what is swift with narrowness (as these mysteries being swept through the narrow place at the center of the Oracle, from West to East in those ancient times)…
And Geon runs through Egypt, and denotes what arises from the East, which the Greeks call Nile." Josephus's Antiquities I.I.3.
THE END OF THE ATLANTEAN AGE
VEDIC CREATION MYTH...The Rig Veda is a collection of more than a thousand hymns composed in northwest India about 1500BC, in an archaic form of Sanskrit, an ancient Indo-European language. In addition to this canon, numerous myths appear in commentaries composed a few centuries later and known as the Brahmanas. These texts were not committed to writing for many centuries after their composition, but oral tradition preserved them and later Hindu literature draws heavily upon their characters and events.
The central myth of the Rig Veda is the myth of creation. This is described in several different ways. Often the universe is said to have come into being OUT OF CHAOS, (compare Genesis 1:2), when a god--Indra, king of the gods and god of rain, or Vishnu, a solar deity--SEPARATED HEAVEN FROM EARTH. (East from West, see Genesis 10:25). Then the Sun arose AND FROM THAT SPOT, THE NAVEL OF THE EARTH, A GREAT PILLAR WAS ERECTED TO PROP APART HEAVEN AND EARTH. THIS PILLAR IS THE AXIS OF THE WORLD.
This is the spirit of Abel, emerged out of the collapse of Atlantean civilization. It is the earliest image of the doctrine of Christ in the earth, and the first form of the Great Universal Non-Violent Yajna (Sacrifice) of the Vedas. (See chapter 4). These doctrines will forever separate the children of Light in the earth from the children of Darkness, Abel from Cain, and Cain from Abel.
THERE WERE NOW THREE WORLDS: HEAVEN (The East), EARTH (The West), AND THE INTERVENING (Middle Earth, the Sea, where the Great Dragon, Leviathan, lay hidden...Psalm 74:12-14). Vishnu is said to measured out (and thus, in the Vedic view, to have created) these three worlds with three great strides. (The last two are recorded at Revelation 10:2). Although there are some obscure hints of an underworld, little is said about this part of the universe in the Rig Veda. The Sun travels below the earth at night to return to the east by morning, and this mirror-image world (a world of brightness) is ruled by Varuna, (the Clear-Bright Sky)...
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his Feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire (Sefirot) stone, and as it were the Body of Heaven in his clearness...(Exodus 24:10).
Second to the Vedic creation myths in importance and frequency are the myths of the eternal battle between gods and demons....In the Rig Veda, the demons are often confused with the human enemies of the...Indo Aryans, and Indra as king of the gods simultaneously defeats the human foes, destroys the threatening demons and sets free the creative power of the universe. The arch-enemy of Indra is Vritra, A GREAT SERPENT WHO LIES COILED ABOUT THE WORLD MOUNTAIN AT THE NAVEL OF THE EARTH, holding back the waters. Indra pierces Vritra, lets loose the rains and shatters the mountains. This act sets free the cows (the Feminine principle) who were kept prisoner in the World-Mountain, and released the Sun, (the True Light), which was held fast within the Rock of the underworld night. The slaughter of the dragon, (understand the symbolism here, see chapter three in The Commentary on the Tree of LIfe), is an act of creation as well as destruction, yet another way of firmly establishing and steadying Heaven and Earth in their proper places. Mythology, An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Richard Cavendish, pp.15, 16.
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CHINA, THE CELESTIAL KINGDOM
According to the Shu Ching (Book of History), the Central Column, which like P'an-ku's body both separated and linked together Heaven (the East) and Earth (the West), was a mixed blessing, for because there was traffic between them there was confusion between gods and men. (See Genesis 6:1-8). As a result there was no proper order in the sacrifices. So the mythical ruler Chuan Hu ordered Ch'ung the governor of the South, and Li, the governor of Fire, to break communications between the two realms.The former presided over Heaven and organized the gods, while the latter did the same for men. This story emphasizes the extreme importance of proper order and ritual, and also hints at the complex bureaucracy which was the pantheon in the evolved religious system. It was organized exactly like the imperial administration on Earth (from where the Great Emperor rules over the affairs of the whole world...Psalm 48:1.2), with divine departments to control every aspect of the world's activities, whether good or evil, moral or immoral, approved or not...
The Lord of Lightning is the executioner in the celestial bureaucracy. There is an old tradition that the Sun and Moon have a common ancestor, the Emperor Shun. In fact there are Ten Suns and 12 Moons, the 12 Lunar Months...
Ten Suns and Twelve Lunar Months
The Great Solar Chariot...Ezekiel, chapter 1.
Each of these bodies has a Mother, who is in charge of its functions. Before dawn the Suns are bathed in a lake bordering on the Valley of Light at the extreme eastern edge of the world, where there is AN ENORMOUS TREE CALLED PO...Newly bathed, nine of the Suns lodge in the Tree's lower branches, while the Tenth climbs to the top and takes its place in a Chariot drawn by dragons and driven by its Mother. It proceeds across the sky by stages, the daylight hours, until it reaches A TREE CALLED JO, by Mount Yen-Tzu in the farthest West where the dragons are unyoked...Elements of this story are reflected in certain characters which can be traced to earliest Chinese writing: East is a Sun in a Tree, Light is a Sun above and Darkness a Sun under a Tree. Dawn is written with nine and a sun--the nine attendant Suns lodged in the Po Tree. Mythology, An Illustrated Encyclopedia, by Richard Cavendish, p.62.
THE MONARCH OF JAPAN
"This state of affairs finds its unequivocal expression in the interesting Shintoist concept of 'Kokutai' or 'Kuni Gara:' The Nation (State)-Body. The term 'Gara' or 'Kara' has the existential connotation of ex or 'out of,' as it presupposes something hidden and invisible appearing in the phenomenal world with no clear-cut distinction between transcendental unity and immanent diversity. In a word 'Kokutai' proves the magnifying in conception of the Human Body; and a fresh approach to the study of Japanese culture from this psychosomatic point of view scarcely fails to yield a plentiful harvest which has never been thought of by the forerunners of Japanology who subscribe to the Western positivistic method, and who set aside any subjective factors as scientifically irrelevant...But we shall not understand what is meant by the inarticulate word 'Kokutai' (the Body of State), unless we grow well conversant with the purport of cosmic dialectics animating Japanese mythology, which narrates how Japan was brought into being.
'Kojiki' or the Records of Ancient Matters, and 'Nihon Shoki' or the Chronicles of Japan...are held to be authenticated works of a most reliable source for the study of Shintology. They furnish description of myths, legends, folklore, and historical accounts which throw much light on the relationships between the Imperial Family, the Japanese people, and the land of Japan.Both open with a mythical story bearing the essential aspects of Shinto cosmology. In particular, 'Kojiki' relates how the THREE GREAT SPIRITS (Kami) came into being on the High Plain of Heaven, WHEN HEAVEN AND EARTH PARTED...
They were named the EXALTED HEAVEN-CENTER-LORD-DEITY, the Exalted-High-Production-Deity and the Divine-Production-Deity. They arose singularly and then concealed themselves. The next spirit which sprouted like a reed floating above the oily slime, was similar to a jelly fish (floating upon the Great Sea). This deity was named Princely-Spirit-of-the-Handsome-Reed.
All Seven generations of Heavenly Deities succeeded each other in single splendour and at last a MALE-Inviting-Deity (Izangi no Mikoto) and the FEMALE-Inviting-Deity (Izanami no Mikoto) appeared corporeally as the ancestors of all things. Thereupon the Heavenly Deities commanded Izangi and Izanami to procreate and consolidate the earth and gave them a celestial jeweled Spear. So the Divine Pair standing on the floating bridge of Heaven thrust down the Spear into the brine and stirred with it until the brine began to curdle. When the Spear was pulled up the curdle dripped off and became the island of Onokoro.
The Divine Couple descended onto this island, where they built a Sacred Bower with a HIGH THICK PILLAR AT THE CENTER. Around this Pillar the Two Deities turned, from right to left, and from left to right, until they gave birth to the eight main islands of Japan proper, together with a host of smaller islands, the mountains, the valleys, rivers, trees, grass, the mists, and the winds. But, all these things procreated by the Divine Pair were overshadowed by the appearance of THE HEAVENLY-SHINING-GREAT-DEITY or THE SUN-GODDESS, whose descendants became the successive Emperors of Japan...
'Kojiki,' considered the Bible of Shinto, relates...that when the Female Deity begat the Spirit of Fire she was burned to death and this sad event plunged the Male Deity into the vortex of sorrow and agony. He decided to go down into the Netherworld to solicit his wife to return to the Sunny Land...
The world was plunged in utter Darkness. The Eight Hundred Myriad Deities all in consternation held a divine conference at the Dry bed of the Heavenly River...Next A HUGE SACRED TREE called 'Sakaki' was uprooted from the Heaveny Mountain. At this juncture all the Deities recited a divine liturgy in chorus, AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE UPPER, MIDDLE, AND LOWER BRANCHES. (And at last she was delivered from the Darkness).
The Third Divine Rescript demonstrative
of the essential nature of Shinto of The Way of Kami was given by the High-Production-Deity
appearing together with the Sun Goddess. This Deity is also called THE HIGH-TREE-DEITY,
inasmuch as he is evidently the sanctification of cosmic vital energy enshrined
in the Tree of Life. In this connection it must be recollected that upon his
descent from Heaven, the grandchild of the Sun Goddess was accompanied by
the FIVE Attendant Deities. 
...It
must be noted that the High-Tree-Deity issued the Third Divine Rescript specifically
for the Two Divine Princes preoccupied with the observance of Shinto rituals...It
reads:
'I will set up the Sacred Tree of Life imbued with the Solar Energy and a Sacred Enclosure to perform ritualistic ceremonies for the sake of my descendants...and go down the Central Land of Reed Plains. Moreover, ye will there perform ritualistic ceremonies in favor of my Imperial descendants...'" Zen and Shinto, A History of Japanese Philosophy, by Chikao Fujisawa.
IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEMPLE
THE BODHI TREE
The Buddha sat under the Bodhi Tree without moving--in blissful rapture for Seven days. Legend tells that during this period he was tempted by Mara, the Evil One...Mara, sensing the danger to himself that would emanate from the dissemination of (the Buddha's teachings), attempted to beguile the sitting Buddha...But Buddha arose from his place of enlightenment in order to push open the everlasting for those who wanted to hear, and thus became someone 'fully awoken.'...
Christianity......................Buddhism
The Noble Eightfold Path is the core of the Buddha's teaching. The Buddhist way of life, moral attitudes and religious practices are based on it. The Eightfold Path calls for Right understanding, Right motives, Right speech, Right action, Right means of livlihood, Right endeavour, Right attention and Right contemplation...
The Buddha's teaching of the Three bodies also demonstrates many analogies with Christian theology regarding the Trinity...Out of this doctrine Mahayana developed a belief in a large number of Buddhas--unending in number like grains of sand in the Ganges--which incarnate on earth time and again in human form. (see Ephesians 5:14). A transcendental Buddha is assigned to each world epoch...The heavenly Buddha in the present Aeon is Amitabha (the Immeasurable Splendour)...The worship of Amitabha illustrates how much original Buddhism has changed. The Buddha taught that redemption had to be achieved through one's own efforts. The new doctrine proclaims that redemption comes quicker and easier through the assistance of a Buddha from beyond this world.
The first written record of the Amitabha legend is contained in the Sukhavativyuha Sutra from the First century A.D. The text tells of how Amitabha reached Sukhavati, the Pure Land, a Paradise situated in the West of the Universe...That 'happy land' (Sukhavati) should be a place where all those reborn would mature to Nirvana and achieve enlightenment." The Original Jesus, The Buddhist Sources of Christianity, by Elmar R. Gruber & Holger Kersten, pp.14, 240.
"The quest for an earthly Paradise is one of the oldest and most enduring themes of mythology. Ancient clay tablets dating back to the 2nd millenium B.C. tell of the hero Gilgamesh and his epic jouirney to the Garden of the Sun in search of the secrets of immortality. In the second century B.C. the Chinese emperor Wu Ti sent envoys looking for the mythical palace of Hsi Wang Mu--the dwelling of the immortals, hidden in the mysterious Kunlun Mountains (to the West). During the middle ages Irish monks set out on the Atlantic, seeking legendary isles of the Blessed where they might find salvation. Centuries later Pilgrims crossed the ocean, hoping to find a Garden of Eden in the new world.
Tibetans have long held a tradition of just such an earthly Paradise, called Shambhala--a mythical kingdom that is hidden among the snow mountains north of Tibet. There in the sanctuary free from strife and want, a line of divine kings is said to be preserving the highest teachings of Buddhism for a time in the future when barbarians will destroy all true religion in the world outside. When the barbariaans try to conquer Shambhala, a saviour king will emerge with a supernatural army to defeat them in great battle, (see 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10), and establish a golden age throughout the world."
A Buddhist prayer: "May I quickly take birth in Shambhala, the Treasury of Jewels, and complete the stages of the Highest Yoga Tantra."
IN ISAIAH
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them Beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called Trees of Righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that They might be glorified...(Isaiah 61:1-3).
THE TREE OF DANIEL
How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation...
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a Tree in the midst of the Earth, and the Height thereof was great.
The Tree grew, and was strong, and the Height thereof reached unto Heaven, and the sight thereof to the End of all the Earth.
The leaves thereof were fair, and the Fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it...(Daniel 4:3, 10-12).
THE SCANDANAVIAN TREE
"The gods (the higher ideas) shaped the world and created a space for themselves, called Asgard, and a space for men, Midgard. At the center of the world there is a Mighty Tree, Yggdrasill (or Odin's steed...an oblique reference to the gallows). Its branches stretch across the whole world. Its roots extend into the territory of men, into the realm of the dead, and iinto the realm of the frost giants, who live in a region of snow and ice, beyond the boundaries of human habitation. (Use your spiritual as well as political imagination). At the Foot of the Tree there is a well, which is the source of the deepest wisdom.
The cosmos is constantly threatened. The main source of the danger comes from Giantland, (Who are the greatest powers in the earth, and which is the greatest of them)? and it is the particular duty of Thor to hold the giants in check. In the myths Thor is often 'away fighting giants,' or there is something close too panic when the giants steal his weapons, especially his formidable hammer. The world of gods and men is unsafe, menaced by hostile powers...
The end of the world will be heralded by three winters of war, and then by three winters of unrelenting cold. One wolf will sieze the Sun and another the Moon. The stars will disappear (understand the metaphors), and there will be violent earthquakes. Then the chained wolf Fenrir is loosed and opens his jaws to devour the world. The Midgard Serpent spews poison over the sky and sea, and all the monsters of chaos gather for the attack.
Heimdall, the watchman of Asgard, blows a great blast on his horn, and the gods ride out to battle. Thor is soon locked in combat with the Midgard Serpent...All the gods fight bravely but in vain, while the World Tree trembles in fear...All that is left is a chaos of fire and smoke, rising into the heavens, and in the end the heat and fire is swallowed up by the ocean. The world has not ceased to exist, but it has returned to the state from which it once emerged." Mythology, edited by Richard Cavendish, pp.180, 186.
IN THE BHAGAVAD-GITA
Sri Bhagavan said: "He who knows the Peepul (the Banyan) Tree (in the shape of creation), which is said to be imperishable, with its roots in the Primal Being, whose stem is represented by Brahma (the Creator) and whose leaves are the Vedas, is a knower of (the real import) of the Vedas.
The branches of this Tree (in the shape of the different species of living beings), nourished by the Three Gunas, and having sense enjoyment for their tender leaves, extend both downwards and ; and upwards; and its roots (in the shape of egoism, the feeling of meum and latent desires), which bind the soul according to his actions in this mortal world are also spread in all regions, higher as well as lower." The Song Divine, Gita Press, Gorakphur, India.
THE ESSENE TREE
"For these hast Thou planted a Tree which blooms with flowers unfading, whose boughs put forth thick leaves, which stands firm-planted for ever, and gives shade to all...whose branches tower to heaven, whose roots sink down to the abyss.
All the Rivers of Eden water its boughs, it thrives beyond all bounds, burgeons beyond all measure. Its branches stretch endless across the world, and its roots go down to the nethermost depths. Moreover there shall be a well forth for them, a fountain of light." The Dead Sea Scriptures, by Theodor H. Gaster, p.168.
"All those other trees--those trees that stand beside water--keep railing against it, because they grow entangled in their plantations, and can send not their roots to the stream, while this one, which puts forth the shoot of Holiness upon the stock of Truth, keeps its secrets hidden, unknown, sealed and unsuspected." The Dead Sea Scriptures, p.176.
PAUL'S TREE ON THE THIRD HEAVEN
"And in the midst of the trees that of Life, in that place where the Lord rests, when He goes up into Paradise (PRDS); and this Tree is of ineffable goodness and fragrance, and adorning more than any existing thing; and on all sides it is, in form gold-like and vermilion and fire-like and covers all, and it has produce from fruits (of the Spirit).
Its Roots are in the Garden at the Earth's End. And Paradise is between corruptibility and incorruptibility, (see 1 Corinthians 15:51-55).
And Two springs come out which send forth honey and milk, and their springs send forth oil and wine, and they separate into Four parts, and go around with quiet course, and go down into Paradise of Eden between corruptibility and incorruptibility." Secrets of Enoch 8:3-6.
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