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
