The seeds became a sapling with three trunks in one, which absorbed into itself the blood of Adam, so that the life of Adam was in the tree. Three days later he died, and the three seeds were buried in his mouth, as the angel had instructed. With these Seth returned to his father, who was so overjoyed that he did not desire to live longer. The angel refused to give Seth the Oil of Mercy, but presented him instead with three seeds from the Tree of Life (some say the Tree of Knowledge). Among the roots of the tree he saw the body of his brother Cain, held prisoner by the entwining limbs.
The tree was in the form of a cross, and stood on the brink of a precipice which led downward into the depths of hell. The angel who guarded the gate permitted him to enter, and in the midst of the garden Seth beheld a great tree, the branches of which reached up to heaven. Seth, following the directions of his father, discovered the Garden of Eden without difficulty. Seth did not know the way but his father told him it was in an eastward direction, and the path would be easy to follow, for when Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of the Lord, upon the path which their feet had trod the grass had never grown. The Story is to the effect that Adam, feeling the end of his life was near, entreated his son Seth to make a pilgrimage to the Garden of Eden and secure from the angel on guard at the entrance the Oil of Mercy which God had promised mankind.
ONE of the most interesting legends concerning the cross is that preserved in Aurea Legenda, by Jacobus de Vorgaine. Sacred Texts Esoteric Index Previous Next Secret Teachings of All Ages: The Cross and the Crucifixion
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