Appearing in an infinite variety of forms in the symbolism of the great world religions and in mythology and folklore, the Tree of Life is a universal symbol for the inner direction of the cosmic process and its goal; the centeredness and unity of man and his world. Revealing the living presence of a transcendent power which man has perennially both feared and adored, the sacred tree embodies in its seasonal transformation the perpetual renewal of the cosmos from a sacred source at the 'center of the world.'