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The Forbidden Truth

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

“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 →

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God and His Angels Rape Eve

Posted on May 25, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

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 →

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The Forbidden Fruit

Posted on May 8, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

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 →

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Tempted by the Serpent

Posted on May 7, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

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 … Continue reading →

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Eating from the Tree

Posted on May 2, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

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 … Continue reading →

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The Phony Fall

Posted on May 1, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

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 … Continue reading →

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The Tree of Laws

Posted on April 20, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

The “Tree of Knowledge” was not a positive symbol for all gnostics but instead underwent numerous revisionist interpretations, sometimes several times within the same text; according to one passage in the Gospel of Philip, the “fall” occurred when Adam’s consciousness … Continue reading →

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The Tree of Animals

Posted on April 19, 2000 by Rev Illuminatus Maximus

Elsewhere the “Tree of Knowledge” becomes a symbol of humanity’s tragic, fallen status – talking apes hypnotized by language and alienated from their own divinity: “There are two trees growing in Paradise. One bears animals, the other bears men. Adam … Continue reading →

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