BookOfEnoch

The Book of Enoch
30.3 And by the banks of these valleys I saw fragrant cinnamon. And
beyond those valleys I came towards the east.
31.1 And I saw another mountain on which there were trees, and there
flowed out water, and there flowed out from it, as it were, a nectar whose
name is styrax and galbanum.
31.2 And beyond this mountain I saw another mountain, and on it there
were aloe trees, and those trees were full of a fruit, which is like an almond,
and is hard.
31.3 And when they take this fruit it is better than any fragrance.
32.1 And after these fragrances, to the north, as I looked over the
mountains, I saw seven mountains full of fine nard, and fragrant trees of
cinnamon and pepper.
32.2 And from there, I went over the summits of those mountains, far away
to the east, and I went over the Red Sea, and I was far from it, and I went
over the Angel Zotiel.
32.3 And I came to the Garden of Righteousness, and I saw beyond those
trees many large trees growing there, sweet smelling, large, very beautiful
and glorious, the Trees of Wisdom, from which they eat and know great
wisdom.
32.4 And it is like the carob tree, and its fruit is like bunches of grapes on a
vine, very beautiful, and the smell of this tree spreads and penetrates afar.
32.5 And I said: "This tree is beautiful! How beautiful and pleasing is its
appearance!"
32.6 And the Holy Angel Raphael, who was with me, answered me and
said to me: "This is the Tree of Wisdom, from which your ancient father
and ancient mother, who were before you, ate and learnt wisdom; and their
eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they were
driven from the garden."
33.1 And from there I went to the ends of the earth, and I saw there large
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