Fig. 5
From: Depicting the Tree of Life: the Philosophical and Historical Roots of Evolutionary Tree Diagrams
Left, book cover of Paul Riccius’ (1516) Portae Lucis that depicts the earliest representation of a cabalistic “tree of life.” The ten Sephiroth are, from top to bottom and right to left, Crown, Wisdom, Understanding, Kindness, Severity, Beauty, Victory, Splendor, Foundation, and Kingdom. Right, the Tree of life as depicted by Kircher (1652). This tree of life not only illustrates the attributes of God, it also provides an advanced view of cosmology. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Kircher_Tree_of_Life.png
