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The “subtil serpent” or, we may say the perceptive penis, where sensation is most acute, tempted man to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Gerhard von Rad feels that the expression, “of good and evil,” is a subsequent addition and refers simply to knowledge of everything or all things. (Footnote 4)…
Read MoreCAMPBELL: The serpent, who dies and is resurrected, shedding its skin and renewing its life, is the lord of the central tree, where time and etemity come together. He is the primary god, actually, in the Garden of Eden. Yahweh, the one who walks there in the cool of the evening, is just a visitor.…
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Disgusted by the Rulers’ antics, Sophia sent a slithering spirit to help the hapless humans: a divine messenger known as the “Instructor” or the “female spiritual principle.” This slithering spirit (also known as “the serpent” in the Old Testament) descended to the earth and took residence in the Garden of Eden – not on the…
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