纵观历史，在不同的文化中，有各种元素象征着生命及其奥秘。 树、火、太阳、水、安萨塔十字架等等。
生命的象征和它们的意义
生命之树
树在不同方面与生命普遍相关，要么是通过其结构的关联，即树根、树干和树枝，树液在其中循环，是生命的食物；要么是通过其象征意义，与生命的四个基本元素有关：土、水、火和空气。
See_also: 拜占庭十字架 树还象征着生育、启蒙、与自然融合以及生命进化的周期性：生命、死亡和再生。 树的象征意义还使大地与天堂、人类与神灵之间产生了联系。 生命之树还象征着知识和善恶的区别。
生命之火
火的象征意义对许多文化和宗教来说都是最重要的。 火象征着毁灭，但也象征着自然的更新、重生，因此它的象征意义与生命有关。 根据《旧约》，火是所有生命的原始本质，此外它还是生命的四个基本要素之一。 火还与以下仪式有关净化。
太阳
太阳象征着生命力、不朽和宇宙力量。 日出象征着出生、重生和生命的周期性特征和节奏。 太阳的象征意义还与活力、知识和完美有关。
See_also: 社会服务的象征 水
水，像火一样，是宇宙的四个基本元素之一，其象征意义与生命的起源、生育和净化有关。 在《旧约》中，水是生命的象征。
十字架安萨塔
安萨塔十字，或称安赫，埃及符号，是永恒生命的象征，被用来代表死后的生命。
还可以阅读母亲的符号学。
Jerry Owen
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