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[edit] Darwin

Feel free to move Darwin's usage of tree of life back up. I like to put things in chronological order sometimes, and I daresay Darwin got his usage from the Biblical usages. But I do not intend to demean Darwin or give extra credence to the Bible, so if anyone reverts I won't protest. --Ed Poor

I believe that through the middle ages the tree of life arbor vitae had mystical and symbolic connections with the cross. Jung worked a lot in this area, and I suppose at some point when I'm not working on so many different things at once I could pull down my references and see what I can find. For now, since my knowledge is on shaky ground, I'll confine my remarks to the talk page. Eclecticology 09:41 Aug 2, 2002 (PDT)

Eclecticology, keep in mind that this is a disambigulation page. I'm pretty new to wikipedia, but I get the impression that these pages are sort of clarifications and re-directs. You addition sounds most interesting, a bit about Jungs archetypes would be great on a Tree of Life page, I might even add some stuff from Joseph Campell on that motiff if you do that, but perhaps it should be on a different page than this one? Unless I am mistaken, and a largish article/entry can also serve the disambigulation purpose. Nygdan 1-25-06

I recommend changing the name of this article. There is another article called Tree of Life (capital L), and it is confusing to have two articles with the same name. If this is a disambiguation page, perhaps it could be renamed to Tree of Life (disamibuation) or something like that? Alternatively, the other article could be renamed Tree of Life (Christianity).