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Mark If you're not familiar with these books then there's a really handy summary done by Erik Hornung "The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife" Cornell 1997 these books quite different to the great confusing jumble that is "The Book of the Dead" . Erik has also written a useful book called "The Secret Lore of Egypt: its impact on the West" - which is sitting on my shelf to be read but seems to have much that might be useful to your research without being too undigestible : ) Oft to Pendle witch camp now for the solstice Mogg www.ombos.co.uk > Hi Mark > > The origin of the myth of ascent through the Tree of Life is probably > based on "Egyptian Books of the Afterlife" such as "Book of Gates" etc - > in which case the "spheres/sephira" are a series of caves - final > gateways open either to the stars or dawn - > although I dont see why they shouldn't also be within a mountain - > perhaps the mountains of the east and west which for example symbolise > sunset and sunrise - . > BTW this kind of cave symbolism recurs in other related > cultures/mythos ie Iranisam mithraism . . . > > Mogg > >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Hello, >> >> Could anybody direct me to any sources that depict the tree of >> life as a mountain, searching my memory vague references come to >> me from grimoires, as do the classical planets placed upon >> pyramid/ziggurat steps. I am currently working with ideas of >> sacred mountains, ascent to peaks and descent from and various >> myths surrounding such ascents and descents, any information >> regarding mountains as mystical symbols/structures would be >> useful. (Especially in a Judaeo Christian context, but not >> exclusively.) >> >> Regards >> >> Mark >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. Sign-up now. >> <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/> >> >> > >