02-29-2012, 06:05 PM
Though I have no information on a physical manifestation of this symbol, my understanding of the Tree of Knowledge is slightly different. In order to have knowledge of good and evil, the veil must exist, for prior to the veiling, there was only good and there was no choice to engage in it. When the mind was veiled, it became as godlike because it was divested of the power of the Creator: the mind was given the opportunity to create its own reality by creating its own belief system. We all begin in confusion, which is a mixture of good and evil. Eventually, we choose either falsity or truth. Those who choose falsity explore evil; those who choose truth return to the good. The reason the Tree of Life cannot be eaten from once the Tree of Knowledge is eaten from is that the polarity of good and evil cannot be known without the illusion of separation from the divine.