“The highest point of the earth is regarded as central - the summit of Paradise, the meeting place in the clouds of heaven and earth, reaching up ‘on high’. Due to its sheer height, the mountain usually symbolizes desires, dreams and hopes. Its enduring appearance presents a sacred space where human beings’ secular agonies are purified. The mountain symbolizes constancy; eternity; firmness; stillness; broad-mindedness and benevolence."

-J. C. Cooper, 'An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols' (1978)