The story of the Garden of Eden, according to Erik, was not about a specific place on Earth but a symbolic reference to the origins of life and tangible matter.
The property under consideration attracted me from its description, viz., "An area of approximately eight ven-nines (five acres) with a dwelling of four rooms, spring water piped over the house; one ven-nine devoted to garden flowers, and six to fruit trees fifteen years of age.
It was customary with all newcomers in the city to make a visit to the Agacoe palace and gardens m early as might be convenient after their arrival.
After this ceremony, all who chore were free to wander unrestricted through the gardens, visit the menagerie, where every known species of animal was kept, or to go through the grand museum or the royal library.
We had with us a packet of dates and pastries and were therefore under no necessity of leaving the gardens for luncheon.
A garden in this circle shaded o’er from summer's heat by branching palms gave place for exercise, and also for the education of those youths who sought to till the soil; for all was done by pupil-digging of the soil—the planting of the seed—the budding task, to set to foreign wood the home-grown shrub or tree.
Vast gardens set about the temple walls made private bower where dark-eyed children played and dark-eyed mothers smiled and time beguiled by touching cords of finest woven gold, or other metal.
But when the rose tree's bloom did make a garden of the gods that favored land, there came an hour when the crafty Abbas' son did seek the confines of a garden fair, unfaithful to his beauteous Olasandron.
Before the dawn leaped up from sea and flung the shadow from old Day's broad face the son of Abbas left his garden tryst: The dew clung to the rose trees.
Far below the gardens, rose-besprinkled, lay; the breath of million blossoms rose to meet his sense of ecstasy and calm commingled.
The time of mud from those volcanoes which now lie to sight as spurs of green, so steep and smoothe to eye they seem a fairy garden shaped as cone with carpet made from finest mosses spun.
Like their country houses some stood in their own garden grounds, others were separated by plots of common land, but all were isolated structures.
On the summit of this hill lay the emperor's palace and gardens, in the centre of which welled up from the earth a never-ending stream of water, supplying first the palace and the fountains in the gardens, thence flowing in the four directions and falling in cascades into a canal or moat which encompassed the palace grounds, and thus separated them from the city which lay below on every side.
The characteristic feature of the upper belt that lay just below the palace grounds, was a circular race-course and large public gardens.
From the above it will be apparent to any one possessed of some little knowledge of mechanics that the pressure in the subterranean aqueduct and the central reservoir from which the water naturally rose to the basin in the palace gardens, must have been enormous, and the resisting power of the material used in their construction consequently prodigious.
And there they had constructed many temples for gods, and many gardens and many exercising grounds, some for men and some set apart for horses, in each of the circular belts of island; and besides the rest they had in the center of the large island a racecourse laid out for horses, which was a stade in width, while as to length, a strip which ran round the whole circumference was reserved for equestrian contests.
A quarter of an hour’s distance from there is Alderga, a great river surrounded by houses, sheds, and gardens, all richly decorated.
The gardens are all surrounded by green hedges.
Biblical Context: The apple is often associated with the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where it symbolizes the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Jofiel describes the Garden of Eden as the origin of the yellow ray in human consciousness.
It was beautiful land in Wicklow, the Garden of Ireland.
As a child, Kovács learned the Judaic story of the Tree of Life, where Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat from the tree in the Garden of Eden.
He mentions that early humans breathed air and inhabited the Garden of Eden, representing a powerful, illuminating state.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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."
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.
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
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.