The Cosmic Tree

THE COSMIC TREE

Frank Desmedt

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INDEX

Introduction

Primordial Structure

Axis Mundi

Duality

Wakah Chan

Yggdrasil

Bodhi

Lote

Sakaki

Gaokerena

Kumbum

Irminsul

Djed

The Cross

Kudurru

Akua Loa

The Secret Path

About the Author

Other Books by this Author

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INTRODUCTION

The Tree of Life, the World Tree and the Cosmic Tree are three different ways of referring to the same thing: an entity that, curiously, is found in Myths and Legends of many different countries and cultures.

Many popular stories speak of a mysterious tree that supposedly connects the Kingdom of the Gods with the World of Mankind, to then extend itself into the Realm of the Demons.

Some civilizations say that this tree is planted at the center of the world and that it’s responsible for all earthly fertility. These societies affirm that human life came from its trunk, and that its fruit can grant Eternal Life. Other traditions relate the tree to a symbolic death, and to a periodic renovation or cyclic rebirth. A bit further ahead you’ll understand why I write tree and its parts within quotation marks.

The Cosmic Tree exists both in Judaism and Christianity, as well as in Buddhism, Shintoism and Islam, among many other religions. Naturally, each of them describes it in their own way, but in the background of all those narratives we’ll find one and the same basic structure.

The Tree of Life can be found in civilizations so different and geographically separated such as the Scandinavian, Indian (both the Asian and the continental American ethnicities), Japanese, Persian, Egyptian and many others.

It’s been compared to the Axis Mundi (the mythical Axle of the World), to a Cosmic Pillar and to a Universal Shaft.

There are Myths that affirm that the tree’s top is underground and that its roots are up in the heavens. Others say that it’s the other way around. Still, most of the Tales that speak about the Cosmic Tree state that its roots are in the Underworld of the Demons and that it’s highest branches reach up into the Realm of the Gods.

In each case described herein you’ll see how our own daily lives—incredibly—revolve around this magical tree. You’ll also see how and why in every case the roots of the tree shelters a hideous Serpent, a Dragon or some other kind of monstrous Reptile.

At the same time, you’ll come to understand why there’s always a Cosmic Bird perched on its highest branch.

What’s really amazing is that both the Bird and the Serpent, as well as the Tree itself, truly exist within our perceptible reality. This means that you can see them with your own eyes!

In the following pages you’ll find a collection of the most famous Cosmic Trees. Each chapter deals with one of these Universal Trees, along with its Legend and its relation to the Cosmology and religion of the civilization it belongs to. You’ll also see the relation each one has with Astronica.

Astronica

In short, it’s the contemporary way of locating, evaluating and using the effects that exocauses (astrophysical forces) that surround the Earth apply on our environment and on our lives. Astronica has extremely little in common with Astrology; but, is very akin to Chronobiology (Nobel Prize, 2017).

I dare say, that without the parallelism there is between the Cosmic Tree’s design and the basic structure of the Astronical Cycle (which I’ll soon explain), the Legend would only be a quaint story. It’s only when we grasp the underlying Astronical meaning of the tree’s multi-dimensional constitution, that the Allegory discloses the magical principle that upholds every culture’s religion or integral philosophy. That’s when the Story stops being fiction and reveals the primordial secret that has been kept hidden for so long.

When you come to understand the transcendental design of the Cosmic Tree, you’ll also comprehend why the main figure of every religion—Buddha, Attis, Wotan, Quetzalcoatl, Mohammed, Christ and many others—is related to one of these awe-inspiring trees.

In the first chapters of this book I provide some Astronical material to help you better understand the Cosmic Tree.

I’d like to clarify that the Astronical method does not come from the analysis of the Myths and Allegories included in this work. On the contrary, these age-old Legends, which I have collected throughout the years, in their own way, corroborate Astronica’s fundamental principles. The Astronical techniques derive exclusively from the evaluation of Astrophysical events (exocauses).

To close this Introduction, I’d like to invite the scientific or religious-minded reader to be flexible in their judgment. My friendly advice is that they put down the Sword of automatic rejection, without sacrificing the Shield of cautious reasoning.

With this said, let’s take a look at the Stories about the marvelous Cosmic Trees that give form to the Enchanted Forest of Mystical Knowledge.

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PRIMORDIAL STRUCTURE

Strange as it may sound, to understand the Cosmic Tree, we’ll have to raise our eyes to the starry heavens.

Macrocosm

Careful astronomical observations have determined that our Galaxy has an ovoid form (i.e., that