According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the ''tree of knowledge'', connecting [[heaven]] and the underworld, and the ''tree of life'', [[connecting]] all [[forms]] of [[creation]], are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree. According to some [[scholars]], the tree of life and the tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]], portrayed in various religions and philosophies, are the same tree.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life] | According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the ''tree of knowledge'', connecting [[heaven]] and the underworld, and the ''tree of life'', [[connecting]] all [[forms]] of [[creation]], are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree. According to some [[scholars]], the tree of life and the tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]], portrayed in various religions and philosophies, are the same tree.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life] |