This Tree was published by Kircher, a Jesuit priest in 1652 in the book Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Note that in non-Jewish systems, heavy emphasis is placed on direct, literal coorespondances with the Tree.. due, perhaps, to the similarity between this view of the Tree and the Platonic/Neoplatonic paradigm.. which, of course is prevelent in Greek and Roman thought, from which Christianity and Western culture in general derives its legacy