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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]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of the '''''Tree of Life''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Tree_of_Life '''''this link'''''].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of the '''''Tree of Life''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Tree_of_Life '''''this link'''''].</center>

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The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].

This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] existence. The fruit of the tree of life was like a superchemical storage battery, [[mysteriously]] releasing the [[Life Extension|life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] who had [[contributed]] of their[[ life plasm]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the tree of life for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:6._THE_TREE_OF_LIFE]

This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] existence. The fruit of the tree of life was like a superchemical storage battery, [[mysteriously]] releasing the [[Life Extension|life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] who had [[contributed]] of their[[ life plasm]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the tree of life for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:6._THE_TREE_OF_LIFE]

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Book of Life]]'''''

*'''''[[Book of Life]]'''''