This small book is the product of my research into the symbolism of the Sacred Tree in ancient mythology, most often referred to as the Tree of Life. After reading and researching as much as I could find on the subject, which I must say is rather limited, I realised that there were many threads of information here that would only make sense if brought together and studied as a whole. The more I brought together these diverse strands the clearer the whole subject became, as apparently separate cultural traditions started to blur into one whole coherent picture. This is a work in progress and I am still adding new information as it comes up and widening my search to include other cultures such as ancient India, China and South America.

What I have discovered is, as far as I can tell, ground breaking in some respects. Although much of it is simply a compendium of all that I could find on the subject there are parts where these comparisons reveal new information and some startling conclusions. If you are familiar with the Tree of life from kabbalah or if you are interested in the ancient Near East, Babylonian and Sumer then there will be some surprises for you, as there were for me.

I am not an academic, although I have made my self familiar with the literature available on the subject and even had the hubris to question some of it. The validity of my claims and discoveries I will leave up to the reader to decide. This work brings together sacred geometry, ancient mythology, archaeology and esoteric mysticism. It is not for everybody but those interested in these subjects will find themselves enriched with a clearer picture of how thousands of years ago civilisation was arranged around a single coherent symbolic theme, that of the Sacred Tree.

Most of what goes into this book came from the word wide web, from people who are also fascinated by these subjects. They gave this information away for free and so what I have taken I am giving back. Please feel free to share.

Jake Baddeley
The Hague September 2024