The Tree of Life is a Universal symbol found in many spiritual traditions around the world. It symbolises life itself, with it's branches reaching for the Heavens "Father Sky" and it's buried roots, linking to "Mother Earth".
The tree has become a symbol of love, wisdom, rebirth, strength, redemption, friendship, bounty and encouragement.
When a Celtic tribe cleared a new land for settlement, they always left a great tree in the middle, known in Ireland as the "crann bethadh", or Tree of Life, it embodied the security and integrity of the Celtic people.
Chieftains were inaugurated at the sacred tree, for, with its roots stretching down to the lower world,and its branches reaching to the upper world, it connected them with the power of both the heavens and the worlds beneath.
~ Mara Freeman 1998