In probably one of the most popular stories in history, we are again led by what we have always assumed. As in the previous section, The Gap Theory, we are reading from verse which was originally written in Hebrew. The people who translated this part of Genesis, as well, probably were taught the same above story you and I were. They probably used the corresponding English words in their translation which best fit their assumption of this story. As we look into the original Hebrew, however, as well as other related ancient texts, we may begin to see a whole different story. What if there was more to this whole story of "a fruit?" Could some other parts have been left out? Often, there are obscure details of the Biblical narritive that were edited, for whatever reason. It seems there may just have been something so dramatic left out of this story that it almost isn't phantomable.
First off, the serpent speaks. As a child, I always wondered why Eve wasn't more suprised that an animal just decided to go and talk to her. Upon years of research, I think I found out why. The serpent, at least in the past, wasn't the same type of creature we know of today, it was a humanoid. Actually, there is a great deal of evidence out there which suggests this serpent was, in reality, a serpentine, or
Psalms 8:4 "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
8:5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honor.
8:6 Thou madest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands..."
At least two groups of angels may have been punished for their disobediance around the time of Adam, and cast down to the earth (with Satan possibly also among them). Ancient written evidence shows there may have been more humans than just Adam and Eve on the earth at the time of his formation, as well, used in the task of working the fields of the garden. We can see more of this in The Birds and Beasts. There was a huge garden formed, along with the creation, of which God wanted a man to maintain. This was, of course, the Garden of Eden, and Adam was created to keep and maintain control of it (Genesis 2:5, 7-8). One ancient source, The Book of the Cave of Treasures, stated that, "in it (the Garden of Eden) dwelt the souls of the righteous. The souls of sinners dwelt in a deep place, outside Eden." These fallen angels may have been placed outside the garden, and assinged various roles of leadership to the other human workers of the day. All of them, however, were under the authority of Adam. Since their fall, angels, complete with hands, feet, and an overall body like a man, were placed under subjection of the very man that they complained about. They were assigned to live on earth as men, with just a few differences. They may have maintained their over-all "shining" appearance, much like you would picture an angels to have, as well as maintaining a "serpent-like" facial feature. That was what certain powerful angels, traditionally, were said to have looked like. Satan, as mentioned before, could have also complained to God around this same time. Since Satan was composed of purely spirit, unlike the other angels who were fashioned of spirit and earthly elements (such as air), his fall was of a different outcome than the others. The other angels were also given the rest of the elements of the earth (such as flesh and blood), which allowed them to live and walk like a man. Satan had to find a body to possess, to be able to speak. According to a variety of ancient sources, Satan convinced a serpentine-like angel of Eden to try and seduce Eve, and make her disobey the one and only rule they had: not to eat the forbidden fruit.
"... (Satan) told the serpent, 'I hear that you are wiser (than all the other people?)... for Adam gives food to all the animals (and people?),
thus also to you. When then all the animals come to bow down before Adam... you also come to bow down. You were created before
him... and you bow down before this little one! And why do you eat (food) inferior to Adam's and his spouse's and not the food of paradise?
But come and harken to me so that we may have Adam expelled from the wall of paradise just as we are on the outside... Be a sheath for me
and I will speak to the woman through your mouth a word by which we will trick them.'"
The Book of Adam (44) 16.3a - 16.4
Satan could have also convinced the serpent to work with him to get one more prize: the promise of one of the richest and most luscious pieces of "food" in the garden: Eve herself. Satan knew the serpent was now flesh and blood, and had human thoughts and emotions. There may have been a curiousity about the sexual experience inside this humanoid, along with anyone else. The serpent, now possessed by Satan, whispered his lies to Eve, and caused her to believe him. Even though she was tempted to eat the forbidden fruit, the serpent, with his physical, human attributes, and charm, may have had something else in store for her. There may have been one more occurence that took place here: along with his subtle words, another element of seduction was used to win over Eve: sexual seduction! As one ancient source stated, the serpent was inflamed by Eve: which means being made red or embarrased through sexual desire. The Bible also states the serpent beguiled Eve (Genesis 3:13). This word "beguile" is a term which simply means, in modern termonology, to be wholly "screwed over," or seduced. Did the serpent seduce Eve first, with literal, sexual beguilement, and then "screwed over" her world, by convincing her, sexually, to eat the forbidden fruit? As a result, the same sexual seduction (i.e. the "evil inclination') the serpent had was transmitted to Eve, and eventually to her man Adam. After they both succombed to this temptation, the world was defiled. The fall began. This idea is not new. In fact, there is a lot of evidence which supports the claim of fornication occuring, as well, inside The Garden of Eden. Which may lead us to more questions: just who is this serpent, and what was the result of their fornication?
What about their affair? Any result? There are a variety of sources, even the Bible, which may possibly point to an actual offspring of this sexual contact. In Genesis, as we note, some of God's punishments to Eve revolve around childbirth. Could this be as direct result of the act that they just committed? Adam and Eve were now ashamed, and rushed to cover their private parts with fig leaves. Why cover them? For more on their possible offspring, see Cain. There is much more about this in my upcoming book, as well.
