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The Forbidden Truth
“Adam’s apple is so named because a piece of the Biblical forbidden fruit is supposed to have stuck in his throat. The name Adam itself is the Hebrew word for ‘man’. What sticks in our throat, then, is the… Forbidden … Continue reading
Posted in Notes and Annotations
Tagged Bible, forbidden-fruit, gnosis, myth, tree-of-knowledge
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Animals
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." – George Orwell "Man may be defined as the animal that can say "I," that can be aware of himself as a separate entity." – Erich Fromm "Man … Continue reading
Art II
"Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb." – Jean Arp "Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death. God is Jesus." – … Continue reading
Fruit
"For the creative mind, there is no right or wrong. Every action is an experiment, and every experiment yields its fruit in knowledge." – Hagbard Celine "Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?" – … Continue reading
Paradise
"Paradise is not a place, but a state of consciousness." – Sri Chimnoy "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now… only much, much better." – Laurie Anderson "Where the tree of knowledge stands, there is always Paradise' : … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged Blake, design, earth, gods, paradise, serpent, tree-of-knowledge
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Ripeness
"We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples." – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Worship, A.D "There is much truth in the parable of the tree of knowledge and its fruit, though I want to make an … Continue reading
Tree of Knowledge
"They were allowed to stay there on one condition, and that is that they didn't eat of the tree of knowledge. That has been the condition of the Christian church from then until now. They haven't eaten as yet, as … Continue reading
Tree of Life
"We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life." – Franz Kafka, Parables and Paradoxes: Paradise "A fool sees not the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Blake, forbidden-fruit, fruit, paradise, sex, tree-of-knowledge
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God and His Angels Rape Eve
The Rulers laid plans to impregnate Eve and create a slave race to worship them, but Eve simply laughed and hid in the Tree of Knowledge, leaving her sperm-spilling suitors with naught but a ghostly decoy. “…Eve, since she existed … Continue reading
Posted in Creation of Adam
Tagged archons, demiurge, gnostic, kundalini, rape, serpent, trance, trauma, tree-of-knowledge, Yaldabaoth
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The Forbidden Fruit
Hoping to keep mankind ignorant, the Archons warned Adam and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge: “Then the seven took counsel. They came to Adam and Eve timidly. They said to him… “Every tree which is in … Continue reading
Posted in Forbidden Fruit of Gnosis
Tagged Adam, Eve, forbidden-fruit, serpent, snake, third-eye, tree-of-knowledge
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