CHAPTER II.

THE TREES OF PARADISE AND THE TREE OF ADAM. -- The Terrestrial Paradise -- The Paradise of the Persians, Arabians, Hindus, Scandinavians, and Celts -- The Mosaic Paradise -- Eden and the Walls of its Garden -- The Tree of Life -- The Tree of Knowledge -- The Forbidden Fruit -- Adam’s Departure from Paradise -- Seth’s Journey to the Garden of Eden -- The Death of Adam -- The Seeds of the Tree of Life -- Moses and his Rods -- King David and the Rods -- Solomon and the Cedars of Lebanon -- The Tree of Adam and the Tree of the Cross 9