Forbidden Fruit of Gnosis
Sophia took pity on the first humans and sent the serpent to teach them how to rebel; provoked to curiousity, they ate from the Tree of Knowledge and discovered that their “creators” were monstrous parasites.
Secrets of the Serpent Savior
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 [...]
The Forbidden Fruit
Hoping to keep mankind ignorant, the Archons warned Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge:
“…when the Rulers saw [Adam] and the woman who was with him, erring in ignorance like the beasts, they rejoiced greatly. When they knew that the deathless man would not only pass by them, but that [...]
Tempted by the Serpent
The serpent arose from inside Adam and Eve as a whispering voice which prompted them to curiousity and rebellion, urging them to disobey Yaldabaoth and eat from the tree.
“Then the one who is wiser than all of them, this one who was called “the beast,” came. And when he saw the likeness of their [...]
Eating from the Tree
Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge and absorbed some of Eve’s divine force. The surge of living, intelligent energy in his nervous system triggered a spontaneous kundalini arousal, opening a direct channel between his reproductive organs and his brain and blowing his third eye open.
Suddenly able to see into non-ordinary reality, Adam could [...]
The Phony Fall
Adam and Eve awoke from the Rulers’ brainwashing and discovered that they had been experiments, built by Yaldabaoth in a misguided effort to imprison and enslave the light from above. The Rulers moved quickly to suppress this nascent rebellion, descending from the heavens with a thunderous clap:
“Then when the Rulers knew that they had [...]
The Tree of Laws
The symbol of the “Tree of Knowledge” underwent numerous revisionist interpretations in gnostic scripture, sometimes several times within the same text; according to one passage in the Gospel of Philip, the “fall” occurred when Adam’s consciousness was turned against itself in a double-bind, crippling his ability to exercise his free will. In this trajectory [...]
The Tree of Animals
