Symbols - What does heaven look like
Weeping willow
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Takes on the symbolism of all trees, that is a living being with its body, soul and Higher spirit.
In more generic symbol systems it is also a symbol of sadness, loneliness and to a certain extent isolation. But in eastern systems it is a symbol of the spiritual world in general - the realm of the spirit.
Observations
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- Cohen, Leonard - Ballad of the Absent Mare
- Gentling the Bull – 03 Finding the Bull
- Lyrics from the Chinese - Peach blossom after rain
- Lyrics from the Chinese - The willows by the Eastern Gate
- Saadi - The Gulistan of Sa‘di – 08 from The Manners of Kings Solitude
- Schwabe, Carlos - The Death of the Gravedigger
- Shinto – Kagura
- Sir James Fraser – The Golden Bough - The mistletoe
- Ssu-Kung Tu - The Colour of Life
- Stobart, Henry - A view from the Bolivian Andes – The Animu and soul loss
- Through the Looking Glass - Ch 02 - 1 The Garden of Live Flowers
- Yeats, W B - Collected poems - My mother dandled me and sang