Adam & Eve – 13,000 BCE
In the Adam and Eve story, the act of eating from the Tree of Knowledge resulted in humanity's fall from grace—a form of cosmic justice that resonates with the idea of karmic retribution.
KEYS 43: The Apple
Biblical Context: The apple is often associated with the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where it symbolizes the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Garden of Eden – Desert or Steppe
Sayce's interpretations of the AST and its connections to the Biblical Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge have influenced subsequent research, although these interpretations have evolved and been debated over time.
The Pyramid, the cross and the Garden of Eden
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Adam Stories
The godless Sammael had made an alliance with all the chiefs of his host against the Lord, because the holy and ever-blessed Lord had said to Adam and Eve, "Have dominion over the fish of the sea," and he said, "How can I make man to sin and drive him out?" Then he went down to earth with all his host, and he sought for a companion like to himself; he chose the serpent, which was in size like a camel, and he seated himself on its back and rode up to the woman, and said to her, "Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" And he thought, "I will ask more presently." Then she answered, "He has only forbidden me the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge which is in the midst of the garden.
The third Adam is earthly
She entered the tree of knowledge and remained there.
They came to Adam and Eve timidly, and they said to him, “The fruit of every tree created for you in paradise may be eaten, but beware, don’t eat from the tree of knowledge.
‘Don’t eat from the tree of knowledge’?” She said, “He said not only ‘Don’t eat from it’ but also ‘Don’t touch it, lest you die.’” He said to her, “Don’t be afraid!
Now perhaps he will be deceived as with the tree of knowledge and will come to the tree of life and eat from it and become immortal and rule and condemn us and regard us and all our glory as folly.
Adam in Yaldabaoth’s Paradise
I appeared as an eagle perched on the Tree of Knowledge! [Which is the Epinoia from the pure Providence of Light.]In order to teach them And raise them up from sleep’s depths.
Seth
By way of this he attempts to rape Eve who now contains Sophia's divine power; several texts depict him as failing when Sophia's spirit transplants itself into the Tree of Knowledge.
The Adam race
They are allowed to eat from any tree except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Are cats the result of the ancient genetic manipulation of snakes?
In this story, a serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Enclosed garden
Tree of knowledge
9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.