Tree of Life On Drop in Amethyst

The Tree of Life has always had a strong symbolism in many different eras and times.
The Tree of Life is spoken of in the Christian Bible, a symbol of God's love for Adam and Eve, whose fruits could not be eaten at the expense of the loss of eternal life.
In Egyptian mythology, trees gave green to the isolated expanses of the desert and therefore were seen as a representation of the divine, as if a god wanted to bless that place by giving it life.
Chinese mythology tells of a tree that produced precious fruits, capable of ensuring immortality for those who ate them (the fruit appeared only once every three hundred years).
In Buddhism the Bodhi tree is worshiped, the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment.
This tree represents the path to enlightenment and, as such, is the symbol of life.

In the Celtic tradition, known is the oak called Yggdrasil.
The roots represented the underworld, the place where the deceased lived, halfway up the trunk of the tree was the real world or middle world, then there was the upper world of the Asi or deities the place where the brave lived, the earth of heroes. Around the oak were the four directions divided into the region of the mists or Nifelheim, the region of fire or Muspelheim, the realm of the Vani (realm of the forces of development and growth), and the realm of Giants or Jotunheim.

The tree of life is considered the origin of all forms of life,
The roots that reach deeply into the earth, take nourishment from Mother Earth, and are a symbol of family and connection with one's ancestors.
The trunk is life itself that starts from the past and is projected towards a future full of leaves and branches that extend towards the sky, recognizing the Father Sun, the Mother Moon and accepting their energy which is transformed into nourishment.
The fruits are a wish for prosperity and growth of new branches and generations.
The tree of life, a symbol of interconnection with the world around us, is given to wish a full and rich life, like the numerous leaves, and intense just like the ripe fruits.

It is a symbol that is given on the occasion of events that lead to important changes in one's life, such as a baptism, a communion, a confirmation or a wedding are there or an important step in growth, as a gift for a birth or a mother in waiting for your baby, for a job change, if you take a step forward in your professional career, on the occasion of a move to a new home as a symbol of prosperity and new life.

A tree that symbolizes continuity through all generations of one's family; it sprouts from a seed, grows and branches and creates a new fruit that gives life to the next generation, to start over, in continuous expansion
... from our parents and grandparents, to our children and our children's children.

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The name Amethyst derives from the Greek word ametusthos, which means "not intoxicated" and derives from an ancient legend.

The god of wine Bacchus, angry at having always been rejected by the goddess Diana and determined to take revenge for it, decreed that the first maiden he met on his way would be devoured by his tigers. The wild beasts leapt at a young and beautiful virgin named Amethyst, who was just going to pray in the sanctuary of Diana.

She prayed for the protection of the goddess and was saved by transforming herself into a clear and white crystal moments before being torn apart by the beasts.
Bacchus, regretting his cruelty, knelt in front of the slender petrified body of the young woman and began to cry. Her tears mixed with the juice of her grapes, poured as a sign of offering on the crystalline stone, transformed it, giving it a purplish color.
Throughout history, the special virtue of amethyst has been to prevent drunkenness.
Ancient Greeks and Romans regularly dotted their chalices with amethyst, believing that wine drunk from an amethyst cup was ineffective in poisoning, and a stone worn on the body, especially at the navel, had the ability to mitigate excessive passion. .
The Amethyst awakens his own spirituality by increasing the knowledge of a reality beyond matter. Therefore, it helps to perceive the spiritual aspect that lies behind the events, reworking the sorrows with the ability to mitigate sadness, as it perceives beyond the present, beyond the material reality.
Furthermore, it increases the sense of justice, humility and honesty.

It reduces the selfish instinct and strengthens the ability to love. It is an effective soothing for the mind, which promotes concentration and calms confused thoughts. Amethyst has the ability to relieve feelings of guilt, strengthening self-confidence and decreasing inferiority complexes.