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As discussion of both the Platonic Solids and various renditions of the Tree of Life have been made, I thought I'd add this rather personal exploration (I have a two-metre 'restoration' version I constructed out of a wooden frame I made several years ago, hanging on a wall).
Firstly, the 'pre-fall' version (which is attached).
It one considers the three platonic solids which have triangular faces, they give a total of 12+6+4=22 vertices (the icosahedron has 12, the octahedron 6, and the tetrahedron 4).
In placing these in a connected way one above the other, the visual depiction they give, of their top layer only, is as attached, also with, incredibly, 22 visible edges ('paths').
Note that this version I call the pre-Fall version: the Tree of Knowledge has not as yet been consumed, and thus remains. In fact, the whole Tree has, though connected, three clearly distinct parts, corresponding to the Spirit, Soul and Body, the body sustained by other Spiritual beings at work deep at its core.
Following the fall, the Tree has a different structure, which I'll draw and post later, if anyone is interested.
Here, however, is an original 3-dimensional version of the Tree, consistent with traditional Kabalistic considerations:
Firstly, the 'pre-fall' version (which is attached).
It one considers the three platonic solids which have triangular faces, they give a total of 12+6+4=22 vertices (the icosahedron has 12, the octahedron 6, and the tetrahedron 4).
In placing these in a connected way one above the other, the visual depiction they give, of their top layer only, is as attached, also with, incredibly, 22 visible edges ('paths').
Note that this version I call the pre-Fall version: the Tree of Knowledge has not as yet been consumed, and thus remains. In fact, the whole Tree has, though connected, three clearly distinct parts, corresponding to the Spirit, Soul and Body, the body sustained by other Spiritual beings at work deep at its core.
Following the fall, the Tree has a different structure, which I'll draw and post later, if anyone is interested.
Here, however, is an original 3-dimensional version of the Tree, consistent with traditional Kabalistic considerations: