The Tree of Knowledge series vastly expands on the traditional story from Genesis: The compositional and pictorial elements of these paintings rather suggest that the Tree of Knowledge is not just a biblical story of old, but an inner reality active within us even today. The paintings guide us into a contemplative, living experience that might activate some of our chakras, particularly the base and crown chakra. In Hilma af Klint’s depiction the Tree of Knowledge seems to spring from the four petals of the base chakra that are formed by streaming currents possibly referencing the Water of Life.