“Does the tree of life still exist?”
Many religions
have stories about symbolically-important trees, but these trees rarely
symbolize precisely the
same things. The Buddhist tree, for example, is associated with enlightenment,
while the Mayan tree serves as a connection between underworld, earth and sky. The
Taoist tradition is closest to the biblical depiction of the “tree of life”. It
tells of a tree that produces a peach every 3,000 years, the eating of
which confers immortality.
Just like
the one in the garden of Eden … minus the peach reference, of course.
