Gardens

A Dweller on Two Planets

The Mistake of a Life

At evening, or of an afternoon, nothing pleased Anzimee better than to walk alone or with Menax or myself through the palace gardens, under the spreading palms and festoons of flowering vines which canopied all the walks, forming long, green, gemmed tunnels of cool shade.

Arriving at Roxoi, I found Anzimee in the gardens, seated near a cascade that tumbled over a fairy-like cliff into a mammoth dewdrop of a lake.

A Dweller on Two Planets

A nation of 85 million people

I fell upon my knees on the greensward of the gardens and prayed to Incal.

Summary: Babylon was a major cultural and political center, known for its Hanging Gardens and the Babylonian Exile of the Israelites.

A Dweller on Two Planets

Strict religious customs of Poseid

Agacoe gardens (Location of the concert the narrator attends).

As I walked leisurely homeward, not yet having summoned a vailx, but proceeding under the dreamy calmness of the influence produced by the music of a choice concert given to the public in the Agacoe gardens, I met a stately old man, also on foot.

A Dweller on Two Planets

The worship of Incal

Garden of Heaven - A mythical place where the Tree of Life was located.

In course of time, beings of the genus homo were evolved, one man and one woman, and then Incal had placed woman spiritually highest and above man, a position which she had lost through an attempt to enjoy a fruit which grew on the Tree of Life in the Garden of Heaven.

A Dweller on Two Planets

Poseid, 4340 years of peace

It served as a sentinel over the garden city, warding off lightning and symbolizing the grandeur and technological prowess of the Poseid civilization.

Entranced by this crowning triumph of the scene, I gazed at the heaven-piercing shaft, sentinel over the garden city, warding off the lightnings when the lord of thunder was abroad, and all my thought was of its grandeur, and its majestic beauty.

A Dweller on Two Planets

Caiphul

The palaces were ornate, with complex designs including serpent sculptures, vast gardens, and multi-storied buildings with verandas and towers.

Surmounting this was the first story of the palace proper, its reptile-entwined peristyle holding aloft great veranda roofs, whereon were enormous vases holding earth to nourish all kinds of tropical plants, shrubs, and many small varieties of trees, a luxuriant garden which perfumed the air, already cooled by numerous fountains playing in the midst.

On the point of this great peninsula was Caiphul or "Atlan, Queen of the Wave." Beautiful, peaceful, with its wide spreading gardens of tropical loveliness,

On the maps of the City Department of Transit these main and cross rails looked like the web of a garden spider.

Sigiriya is renowned for its advanced architectural features, including its terraced gardens, water gardens, and the Mirror Wall.

The water gardens, with their intricate hydraulic systems, demonstrate sophisticated water management and urban planning by ancient engineers.

Cuneiform tablets

The Legend of Etana

"When they had ascended one league, the land appeared as a hill, When they had ascended a second league, the land appeared as a garden, When they had ascended a third league, the land appeared as a stream."

"When they had descended one league, the land appeared as a garden, When they had descended a second league, the land appeared as a hill, When they had descended a third league, the land appeared as a city."

115a-115dThe Atlanteans enjoyed a high standard of living, with luxurious homes, beautiful gardens, and public baths.

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares YHWH.

17 "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, declares YHWH."

Mesopotamia

Mount Mashu

His path takes him to Mount Mashu, where he must pass through the mountain to reach the Garden of the Gods.

Emergence into the Garden of the Gods: After successfully passing through Mount Mashu, Gilgamesh emerges into the Garden of the Gods, a paradisiacal place filled with jeweled trees and eternal light, indicating that he has entered a divine realm beyond the normal human experience.

Northern Greece

Mount Athos

Only men are permitted to visit the territory, which is called the "Garden of Virgin Mary" by the monks.

According to tradition, the Virgin Mary visited Mount Athos during her lifetime and blessed the land, making it her "garden" and vowing to protect it.

Enclosed gardens to 'upgrade' humanity

First enclosed gardens in Africa

Garden of Eridu

Rudolf Steiner

Atlanteans

Social Structure: The Atlanteans lived communally, and their settlements resembled gardens, with houses formed naturally through interwoven trees.

The team used magnetic imaging to identify structures that corresponded to descriptions from the Epic of Gilgamesh, such as garden structures and burial sites near the Euphrates River.

Preservation by God: In chapter 71, the archangel Gabriel takes Melchizedek to the Garden of Eden to preserve him from the Flood, marking him as a special figure in the divine plan and ensuring the continuation of the priesthood.

Historical Context: The concept of the Garden of Eden has been a subject of extensive interpretation and scholarly debate, particularly in relation to ancient Near Eastern texts and traditions.

Iconographic and Textual Interpretations: The iconography of the Assyrian Sacred Tree (AST) and its connection to the Garden of Eden has been explored through various scholarly works.

In a garden, he discovered a nearly five-foot-tall linga, around 4700 years old, still energetically active despite being cracked and neglected.

Hawaiian

The Ark of Nuu

He and his wife Lalohonua were placed in a fertile garden but were driven out due to disobedience.

Paschal Beverly Randolph

Our history – A Shemitic Myth

Allah slowly plants a garden, but he plants it very well!

Mountain

Mount Shasta

Described as a subterranean haven, Telos is said to be lit by an artificial sun and consists of multiple levels with hydronic gardens, schools, and a pyramid-shaped temple.

The colony includes areas for agricultural activities, such as gardens and mushroom fields, which provide a significant portion of their food supply.

In the Bible, the serpent is often portrayed negatively, particularly in the story of the Garden of Eden, where it is depicted as an evil being that tempts Eve.

Practices: Study and acquire new knowledge, meditate on wisdom and intelligence, maintain gardens.

Adam Story

Adam and Bahouna

They say that the first man was created of the dust of the earth, and was placed in a garden, where he was subject to none of the ills which now affect mortality; he was also free from all bodily appetites, and though surrounded by delicious fruit and limpid streams, yet felt no desire to taste of the fruit or to quaff the water.

The father of all living was sorely perplexed what to make of his acquisition, when a messenger from heaven appeared, and told him to let her run about the garden till she was of a marriageable age, and then to take her to himself as his wife.

The Muslim Adam Story

The Creation of Adam and Hawa

"I have prepared you this garden for your home; in it you shall be protected from cold and heat, from hunger and thirst.

This included obscene representations of mystical creation and effigies of degraded and bestial gods placed in every temple, grove, and garden​​.