Tree of Life bracelet black, adjustable 1pc

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This bracelet is adjustable and therefore "one size fits all".

*This product does not contain nickel, lead or cadmium; this means such elements are not present, or are present only within the limited amounts permitted under European product safety standards (REACH).

The Tree of Life in various religions and spiritual traditions

The Tree of Life is a powerful symbol that has existed for centuries and around the world in various religious and spiritual traditions.

Tree of Life, ancient Iran
In Iranian mythology, there are several sacred plant icons related to life, healing and eternity. As the protector of plants, the goddess of trees and immortality.

Tree of Life, Baháʼí Faith
The concept of the Tree of Life appears in the writings of the Baháʼí Faith, where it can refer to the Manifestation of God, a great teacher who reveals himself to humanity from age to age.

Tree of Life, Buddhism
According to Buddhist tradition, the Bodhi tree, or Bo tree (Ficus religiosa), is the tree under which Prince Siddhartha sat when he attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, India, some 2,500 years ago, and thus became the Buddha (the Awakened One).

Tree of Life, China
In Chinese mythology, carvings of the Tree of Life often also depict a phoenix and a dragon, with the dragon often representing immortality. A Taoist story tells of a tree that produces a peach of immortality every three thousand years, and anyone who eats this fruit gains immortality.

Tree of Life, Europe
Antoine-Joseph Pernety, a famous writer and alchemist of the eighteenth century, identified the Tree of Life with the elixir of life and the philosopher's stone.

Tree of Life, Germanic paganism and Norse mythology
In Germanic paganism, trees play a significant role, appearing in various aspects of surviving texts and even in the names of their gods. The Tree of Life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, which spans 9 realms and holds 3 magical sources of all life: the source of wisdom and knowledge, the source of past, present and future, and the source of space, the universe itself.

Tree of Life, Islam
Trees also play an important role in the Quran. The date palm is mentioned about 20 times and is described as coming from paradise and having healing poisons. It is the tree under which Mary – according to Allah – gave birth to Jesus. Of the olive tree it is written: "She showed a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of the Lamb of God. In the middle of the street, and along the river, grows the tree of life, bearing twelve baskets of fruit every month. And the leaves of this tree serve to heal the peoples."

Tree of Life, Mesoamerica – Maya culture
Among the Maya, the central world tree was conceived of or represented by the ceiba tree. It represents the axis mundi, the stable centre of the universe.

Tree of Life, Judaism
The Tree of Life is mentioned in the Book of Genesis. The best-known tree in the garden of paradise is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, from which Adam and Eve ate and thereby caused their expulsion from paradise. Judaism also mentions the Tree of Life, or the Tree of Souls. This tree produces souls, and with them, life itself.

Tree of Life, Native America
The motif of the Tree of Life is firmly present in Native American traditions, including Ojibwe cosmology. The Tree of Life represents everything that lives on this planet and in the universe. It 'beats' the rhythm of life, day by day, year by year, life after life. Native Americans hold everything that lives in great regard, and are masters at maintaining balance between their own needs and what nature provides.