Egyptian-Hebrew stream·The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)·Book I — Book of the Watchers·Chapter XXV — The Tree's Promise
Long life and joy for the elect
Michael explains: the high mountain whose summit resembles the throne is where the Great Holy One, the Lord of Glory, will sit at the visitation. The fruit of the tree of life is given to the elect; long life on earth, joy without sorrow, no pain.
Source context
- Theme
- vision of the fragrant tree of life reserved for the righteous at the final judgment
- Soul-faculty
- Consciousness Soul
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Iranian / Zoroastrian eschatologyThe Avestan haoma plant and the tree Gaokerena similarly figure as sources of immortality granted to the righteous at the renovation of the world (Frashokərəti), presenting a structural parallel to the Enochic fragrant tree withheld until the day of the elect.
- Rabbinic / Midrashic traditionThe Garden of Eden's Tree of Life, reserved in Midrashic sources for the righteous in the world to come, corresponds structurally to the Enochic tree whose fruit is withheld from earthly access until eschatological fulfillment.
- Vedantic / Hindu cosmologyThe celestial Kalpataru or wish-fulfilling tree of the devas, accessible only to divine beings and spiritually perfected souls, presents a cross-tradition congruence with the Enochic reserved tree as a marker of initiated or righteous standing at the threshold of cosmic renewal.
Chapter XXV
CHAPTER XXV.
1And he said unto me: 'Enoch, why dost
thou ask me regarding the fragrance of the tree, and ⌈why⌉ dost thou wish to learn the truth?' Then I answered him ⌈⌈saying⌉⌉: 'I wish to know about everything, but especially about this tree.' And he answered saying: 'This high mountain ⌈⌈which thou hast seen⌉⌉, whose summit is like the throne of God, is His throne, where the Holy Great One, the Lord of Glory, the Eternal King, will sit, when He shall come down to visit the earth with goodness. 4. And as for this fragrant tree no mortal is permitted to touch it till the great judgement, when He shall take vengeance on all and bring (everything) to its consummation for ever. It shall then be given to the righteous and holy. 5. Its fruit **shall be** for food to the elect: it shall be transplanted to the holy place, to the temple of the Lord, the Eternal King.
6Then shall they rejoice with joy and be glad,
And into the holy place shall they enter; And its fragrance shall be in their bones, And they shall live a long life on earth, Such as thy fathers lived: And in their days shall no ⌈⌈sorrow or⌉⌉ plague Or torment or calamity touch them.'
7Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to them.
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