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Term

Tree of Life

also known as Etz Chaim, World Tree

Definition

The central glyph of Kabbalah: ten Sephirot joined by twenty-two paths, mapping how divine unity descends from Kether into Malkuth and how the soul ascends back. A universal Axis Mundi echoed in Yggdrasil, the Bodhi Tree, and the world-trees of many peoples.

Etymology

Hebrew Etz Chaim — 'tree of life.'

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