A tree "In the Garden of Eden whose fruit gave everlasting life and was thus equaled with Christ in medieval theology (Genesis 2:9,3:22). Also, according to a vision of Saint John the Evangelist, a tree In the heavenly city of Jerusalem with leaves for the healing of nations (Revelation 22:2)
An important feature of the symbolic landscape of the monomyth. A variant of the World Navel, the Tree of Life is a central source of access to vital energy, a point of contact between time and eternity, the human and the divine. Rooted in the earth, with branches reaching toward the heavens, the Tree is a powerful symbol of the union of opposites, a source of spiritual transformation. Among the many examples of this image are the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden, the Buddha's Bo Tree, the Cross on Calvary, and the great ash tree Yggdrasill in the Norse creation myth.