How to Get There From Here

The cover drawing, a depiction of a pomegranate tree thatgrows on the premises of the Garden Tomb in the old cityof Jerusalem, was created by the author. According to J. E. Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols, pomegranates, by nature of their shape and internal structure, symbolize the reconciliation of the multiple and diverse within apparent unity, and in the Bible appear as a symbol of the Oneness of the universe.

Pomegranates were also embroidered on the hems of the Jewishpriestly vestments prior to the destruction of the JerusalemTemple. And in the Hebrew scriptures, pomegranates were figuredas tokens of fruitfulness even to the extent of being the Treeof Life itself and symbolic of the restoration of God’s favor.