As part of our Year of Life, we are spending time studying the Tree of Life and Lehi's Dream more in depth.
We started out talking about how a Tree of Life is a part of nearly every culture/religion. We looked at some ancient depictions...
 |
| Mesopotamian Tree of Life |
 |
| Egyptian Tree of Life |
 |
| Babylonian Tree of Life |
 |
| Mayan Tree of Life |
 |
| Celtic Tree of Life |
"The Tree of Life in Ancient Cultures" was one of the sources of information I shared with the kids as we looked over the images.
We looked for references to the Tree of Life outside of Lehi's Dream; it is of course mentioned in Genesis and Revelation as well as throughout the Book of Mormon and Pearl of Great Price.
We began reading John Bytheway's Lifestyles of the Great & Spacious. (Really good read!)
After studying the description of the Tree of Life, we did an art project with pastels on black construction paper.
We watched videos like this, and did The Wonderful Fruit activity together with a discussion.
I've really been enjoying our studies of the Tree of Life so far. I think we sometimes get less familiar with things we think we know or are already familiar with over time because we don't realize there is always something new to learn or a new way to apply a lesson and we stop spending time and thought on it. I'm looking forward to continuing this path.
