The journey from the Garden of Eden into the World.

GENESIS

by Hannah Keildson

The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil gave Man the right to DECIDE FOR HERSELF what was right and what was wrong. (i.e. reason as opposed to instinct)

Serpent = EGOIC MIND (spinal cord and brain)

Eve = EMOTIONS (the mind goes into fear mode/ego mode and the emotions respond

Adam/masculine = ACTION

EGO = a false self, created by unconscious identification with the mind = false idols

After they ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil their eyes were opened, they looked around and realised how vulnerable they were on earth, in nature and the first emotion they felt was FEAR.(fear of nature/God as a frightening force rather than a benevolent one)

GOD’S PUNISHMENT was

DEATH, plus….

WOMAN was to   a. conceive a lot

                                 b. sorrow a lot

                                 c. have pain in childbirth

                                 d. man was to be dominant over her (end of the  matriarchal

                                 society coinciding with the end of trust and at-one-ness with

                                 nature, the female realm

MAN has to            a. work for his living instead of the earth providing for him

                                 without any effort on his part (scavenger-gatherer lifestyle)

                                 b. till the soil (beginning of the agricultural age 10,000BC)

CAIN = ‘acquisition’ is the first child of Adam and Eve . In response to fear and the end of the age of plenty  (paradise) man started acquiring more than he needed (agriculture and private property). Cain is an arable farmer and offers ‘the fruit of the ground’ or the fruit of his own works as a sin offering to God. This offering  is bloodless ie. no sacrifice involved? God is not pleased with it.

ABEL = ‘exhalation’ or ‘that which ascends’ is the second child of Adam and Eve. Abel is a shepherd and offers a sacrificed lamb (Jesus). God is pleased with this. This causes

JEALOUSY which leads to MURDER

The punishment for this is the earth becomes barren and a vagabond nomadic existence.

ENOCH = ‘teacher’ Cain’s son. He builds the first city ie civilisation

LAMECH = ‘the conqueror’ = Enoch’s grandson. He has two wives

ADAH = ‘pleasure’ or ‘adornment’ i.e. the temptress

ZILLAH = ‘hide’  i.e. the virtuous one

Adah has 3 sons

JABAL = cattle herders and tent dwellers

JUBAL = musicians                                                              =  SPECIALISATION

TUBAL-CAIN = craftsmen