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Was the snake in the Garden of Eden a phallic symbol? Was the fruit a feminine fertility symbol?
The snake was a human being, an evil counselor, who told Eve to sin. Was he phallic. In a certain sense yes, since he impregnated her mind with his evil philosophies. But he was still a person, odious to God, and therefore characterized as a snake.
The fruit was not related to fertility. Trees in the Garden of Eden are metaphors for people, as the Zohar teaches. The fruits of these trees are the ideas they teach others. In this case, the fruit was the philosophy of another wicked human philosopher, who taught Eve she could sin and be forgiven. Adam had taught her that God punished sin.
She preferred a more relaxed philosophy, where one does good and evil, and so she ate the fruit readily. She then made it clear to Adam that she would not change, and that he could accept her as is, or lose her altogether.
Instead of divorcing her and seeking a more righteous woman, he relaxed his strength and devotion to God, and gave up his prophecy to be with her. He was one of the first great nefillim, fallen righteous human beings. And as a result of his sin, many other righteous men fell. And so as the verse explains: “the sons of Hashem took wives from the daughters of men.” They all began only to prize finding the most beautiful women, and stopped putting their emphasis on finding daughters of Hashem, righteous women, dedicated to Hashem and Torah law.
The snake was a human being, an evil counselor, who told Eve to sin. Was he phallic. In a certain sense yes, since he impregnated her mind with his evil philosophies. But he was still a person, odious to God, and therefore characterized as a snake.
The fruit was not related to fertility. Trees in the Garden of Eden are metaphors for people, as the Zohar teaches. The fruits of these trees are the ideas they teach others. In this case, the fruit was the philosophy of another wicked human philosopher, who taught Eve she could sin and be forgiven. Adam had taught her that God punished sin.
She preferred a more relaxed philosophy, where one does good and evil, and so she ate the fruit readily. She then made it clear to Adam that she would not change, and that he could accept her as is, or lose her altogether.
Instead of divorcing her and seeking a more righteous woman, he relaxed his strength and devotion to God, and gave up his prophecy to be with her. He was one of the first great nefillim, fallen righteous human beings. And as a result of his sin, many other righteous men fell. And so as the verse explains: “the sons of Hashem took wives from the daughters of men.” They all began only to prize finding the most beautiful women, and stopped putting their emphasis on finding daughters of Hashem, righteous women, dedicated to Hashem and Torah law.
To understand this metaphor you must understand reproductive factors and genetics. The snakes anatomy and reproductive processes. A snakes penis does not come out until mating and a male snake has 2 penises. This indicates 2 ways to give life. This eludes to 2 factors. The sexual function of the snake is dual. Also that its hidden for some time. Ambiguous genitalia is a form of androgyny. This means sexual reproduction is possible but not necessary. This also is what is referred to as “in the midst” metaphorically in Genesis 2. Somewhere in the middle of man and woman.
Being expelled from the garden was due to eating fruit. Fruit occurs as a reproductive function of certain trees. Trees have differentiation of gender in their flowers or the flowers themselves on particular trees can also be androgenous. Hence the punishment points to diverting from a sexual more to abstain from sexual reproduction with the androgynous beings (knowledge of good and evil) and only reproduce in asexual processes (tree of life). Bypassing asexual reproduction was faster and it was pleasurable. So the beings began to try it and it was problematic as it still is. But the garden is also a metaphor as snakes breed sexually when they come from their “dens” out of hibernation. Female snakes also can reproduce asexually. This eludes to moving from androgynous man to gene differentiated man and woman. But androgynous beings have all reproductive organs in their being. So there were more than 2 types of beings then on earth back then, androgynous people or those with ambiguously endowed genitalia, and people with differentiated genders and sexual reproductive organs, wombed men and mankind. Wombed men are the ones who were supposed to do parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) and this is where many virgin birth concepts have originated.
However, by having sex (forbidden fruit) with Adam she changed the course of human history and adapted to sexual reproduction. This made people who were more wild and aggressive, lustful and passionate rather than calm, tame, and peaceful. This gave humans a more animal or wild nature and diminished their spiritual essence. So afterwards they go into the wild to be as animals and lack cultivation on spiritual levels. And this is the outcome of being tempted by sex. Not only that but the people who were produced sexually instead of asexually began to terrorize the others who were not having sex (wombed men) because they became very lustful and wanted to continue to have sex. And they would later in the bible look for certain children who had ambiguous genitalia (hermaphrodites) to kill them. They called them male but they are speaking of the begat or non-specified gender people (the wombed man). Also remember Eve can produce 2 ways as a wombed man. Hence, she produced Cain by sexual reproductive processes and Abel by asexual reproduction and Cain kills Abel. When is is questioned by God he admits to having envy for him and being emotionally driven to harm him because of it. He ultimately separates from his family. The consequence for his behaviour is that he then goes to live amongst a society more suited to his temperament.
This metaphor also explains why we have male and female, yet a huge gray area of non-specific genders like wombed men and lgbtq. And notice that the gender bias phenomenon puts heteros at odds with other non-specified genders. Androgenes are the reason and by studying the garden of eden we come to understand it as a sort of lab for reproductive evolution. I see it as a rainforest with different kinds of humans being made by nature. And nature giving choice to the conscious beings of how they want to create and customize the environment and way of life. If humans ever become extinct, we can see nature has provided a way in the evolutionary process to procreate with or without sex. The beings who didn't have sex live longer than we do, have less problems, and were still able to procreate…but it took longer.
To understand this metaphor you must understand reproductive factors and genetics. The snakes anatomy and reproductive processes. A snakes penis does not come out until mating and a male snake has 2 penises. This indicates 2 ways to give life. This eludes to 2 factors. The sexual function of the snake is dual. Also that its hidden for some time. Ambiguous genitalia is a form of androgyny. This means sexual reproduction is possible but not necessary. This also is what is referred to as “in the midst” metaphorically in Genesis 2. Somewhere in the middle of man and woman.
Being expelled from the garden was due to eating fruit. Fruit occurs as a reproductive function of certain trees. Trees have differentiation of gender in their flowers or the flowers themselves on particular trees can also be androgenous. Hence the punishment points to diverting from a sexual more to abstain from sexual reproduction with the androgynous beings (knowledge of good and evil) and only reproduce in asexual processes (tree of life). Bypassing asexual reproduction was faster and it was pleasurable. So the beings began to try it and it was problematic as it still is. But the garden is also a metaphor as snakes breed sexually when they come from their “dens” out of hibernation. Female snakes also can reproduce asexually. This eludes to moving from androgynous man to gene differentiated man and woman. But androgynous beings have all reproductive organs in their being. So there were more than 2 types of beings then on earth back then, androgynous people or those with ambiguously endowed genitalia, and people with differentiated genders and sexual reproductive organs, wombed men and mankind. Wombed men are the ones who were supposed to do parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) and this is where many virgin birth concepts have originated.
However, by having sex (forbidden fruit) with Adam she changed the course of human history and adapted to sexual reproduction. This made people who were more wild and aggressive, lustful and passionate rather than calm, tame, and peaceful. This gave humans a more animal or wild nature and diminished their spiritual essence. So afterwards they go into the wild to be as animals and lack cultivation on spiritual levels. And this is the outcome of being tempted by sex. Not only that but the people who were produced sexually instead of asexually began to terrorize the others who were not having sex (wombed men) because they became very lustful and wanted to continue to have sex. And they would later in the bible look for certain children who had ambiguous genitalia (hermaphrodites) to kill them. They called them male but they are speaking of the begat or non-specified gender people (the wombed man). Also remember Eve can produce 2 ways as a wombed man. Hence, she produced Cain by sexual reproductive processes and Abel by asexual reproduction and Cain kills Abel. When is is questioned by God he admits to having envy for him and being emotionally driven to harm him because of it. He ultimately separates from his family. The consequence for his behaviour is that he then goes to live amongst a society more suited to his temperament.
This metaphor also explains why we have male and female, yet a huge gray area of non-specific genders like wombed men and lgbtq. And notice that the gender bias phenomenon puts heteros at odds with other non-specified genders. Androgenes are the reason and by studying the garden of eden we come to understand it as a sort of lab for reproductive evolution. I see it as a rainforest with different kinds of humans being made by nature. And nature giving choice to the conscious beings of how they want to create and customize the environment and way of life. If humans ever become extinct, we can see nature has provided a way in the evolutionary process to procreate with or without sex. The beings who didn't have sex live longer than we do, have less problems, and were still able to procreate…but it took longer.
The snake was a human being, an evil counselor, who told Eve to sin. Was he phallic. In a certain sense yes, since he impregnated her mind with his evil philosophies. But he was still a person, odious to God, and therefore characterized as a snake.
The fruit was not related to fertility. Trees in the Garden of Eden are metaphors for people, as the Zohar teaches. The fruits of these trees are the ideas they teach others. In this case, the fruit was the philosophy of another wicked human philosopher, who taught Eve she could sin and be forgiven. Adam had taught her that God punished sin.
She preferred a more relaxed philosophy, where one does good and evil, and so she ate the fruit readily. She then made it clear to Adam that she would not change, and that he could accept her as is, or lose her altogether.
Instead of divorcing her and seeking a more righteous woman, he relaxed his strength and devotion to God, and gave up his prophecy to be with her. He was one of the first great nefillim, fallen righteous human beings. And as a result of his sin, many other righteous men fell. And so as the verse explains: “the sons of Hashem took wives from the daughters of men.” They all began only to prize finding the most beautiful women, and stopped putting their emphasis on finding daughters of Hashem, righteous women, dedicated to Hashem and Torah law.
The snake was a human being, an evil counselor, who told Eve to sin. Was he phallic. In a certain sense yes, since he impregnated her mind with his evil philosophies. But he was still a person, odious to God, and therefore characterized as a snake.
The fruit was not related to fertility. Trees in the Garden of Eden are metaphors for people, as the Zohar teaches. The fruits of these trees are the ideas they teach others. In this case, the fruit was the philosophy of another wicked human philosopher, who taught Eve she could sin and be forgiven. Adam had taught her that God punished sin.
She preferred a more relaxed philosophy, where one does good and evil, and so she ate the fruit readily. She then made it clear to Adam that she would not change, and that he could accept her as is, or lose her altogether.
Instead of divorcing her and seeking a more righteous woman, he relaxed his strength and devotion to God, and gave up his prophecy to be with her. He was one of the first great nefillim, fallen righteous human beings. And as a result of his sin, many other righteous men fell. And so as the verse explains: “the sons of Hashem took wives from the daughters of men.” They all began only to prize finding the most beautiful women, and stopped putting their emphasis on finding daughters of Hashem, righteous women, dedicated to Hashem and Torah law.
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To understand this metaphor you must understand reproductive factors and genetics. The snakes anatomy and reproductive processes. A snakes penis does not come out until mating and a male snake has 2 penises. This indicates 2 ways to give life. This eludes to 2 factors. The sexual function of the snake is dual. Also that its hidden for some time. Ambiguous genitalia is a form of androgyny. This means sexual reproduction is possible but not necessary. This also is what is referred to as “in the midst” metaphorically in Genesis 2. Somewhere in the middle of man and woman.
Being expelled from the garden was due to eating fruit. Fruit occurs as a reproductive function of certain trees. Trees have differentiation of gender in their flowers or the flowers themselves on particular trees can also be androgenous. Hence the punishment points to diverting from a sexual more to abstain from sexual reproduction with the androgynous beings (knowledge of good and evil) and only reproduce in asexual processes (tree of life). Bypassing asexual reproduction was faster and it was pleasurable. So the beings began to try it and it was problematic as it still is. But the garden is also a metaphor as snakes breed sexually when they come from their “dens” out of hibernation. Female snakes also can reproduce asexually. This eludes to moving from androgynous man to gene differentiated man and woman. But androgynous beings have all reproductive organs in their being. So there were more than 2 types of beings then on earth back then, androgynous people or those with ambiguously endowed genitalia, and people with differentiated genders and sexual reproductive organs, wombed men and mankind. Wombed men are the ones who were supposed to do parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) and this is where many virgin birth concepts have originated.
However, by having sex (forbidden fruit) with Adam she changed the course of human history and adapted to sexual reproduction. This made people who were more wild and aggressive, lustful and passionate rather than calm, tame, and peaceful. This gave humans a more animal or wild nature and diminished their spiritual essence. So afterwards they go into the wild to be as animals and lack cultivation on spiritual levels. And this is the outcome of being tempted by sex. Not only that but the people who were produced sexually instead of asexually began to terrorize the others who were not having sex (wombed men) because they became very lustful and wanted to continue to have sex. And they would later in the bible look for certain children who had ambiguous genitalia (hermaphrodites) to kill them. They called them male but they are speaking of the begat or non-specified gender people (the wombed man). Also remember Eve can produce 2 ways as a wombed man. Hence, she produced Cain by sexual reproductive processes and Abel by asexual reproduction and Cain kills Abel. When is is questioned by God he admits to having envy for him and being emotionally driven to harm him because of it. He ultimately separates from his family. The consequence for his behaviour is that he then goes to live amongst a society more suited to his temperament.
This metaphor also explains why we have male and female, yet a huge gray area of non-specific genders like wombed men and lgbtq. And notice that the gender bias phenomenon puts heteros at odds with other non-specified genders. Androgenes are the reason and by studying the garden of eden we come to understand it as a sort of lab for reproductive evolution. I see it as a rainforest with different kinds of humans being made by nature. And nature giving choice to the conscious beings of how they want to create and customize the environment and way of life. If humans ever become extinct, we can see nature has provided a way in the evolutionary process to procreate with or without sex. The beings who didn't have sex live longer than we do, have less problems, and were still able to procreate…but it took longer.
To understand this metaphor you must understand reproductive factors and genetics. The snakes anatomy and reproductive processes. A snakes penis does not come out until mating and a male snake has 2 penises. This indicates 2 ways to give life. This eludes to 2 factors. The sexual function of the snake is dual. Also that its hidden for some time. Ambiguous genitalia is a form of androgyny. This means sexual reproduction is possible but not necessary. This also is what is referred to as “in the midst” metaphorically in Genesis 2. Somewhere in the middle of man and woman.
Being expelled from the garden was due to eating fruit. Fruit occurs as a reproductive function of certain trees. Trees have differentiation of gender in their flowers or the flowers themselves on particular trees can also be androgenous. Hence the punishment points to diverting from a sexual more to abstain from sexual reproduction with the androgynous beings (knowledge of good and evil) and only reproduce in asexual processes (tree of life). Bypassing asexual reproduction was faster and it was pleasurable. So the beings began to try it and it was problematic as it still is. But the garden is also a metaphor as snakes breed sexually when they come from their “dens” out of hibernation. Female snakes also can reproduce asexually. This eludes to moving from androgynous man to gene differentiated man and woman. But androgynous beings have all reproductive organs in their being. So there were more than 2 types of beings then on earth back then, androgynous people or those with ambiguously endowed genitalia, and people with differentiated genders and sexual reproductive organs, wombed men and mankind. Wombed men are the ones who were supposed to do parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction) and this is where many virgin birth concepts have originated.
However, by having sex (forbidden fruit) with Adam she changed the course of human history and adapted to sexual reproduction. This made people who were more wild and aggressive, lustful and passionate rather than calm, tame, and peaceful. This gave humans a more animal or wild nature and diminished their spiritual essence. So afterwards they go into the wild to be as animals and lack cultivation on spiritual levels. And this is the outcome of being tempted by sex. Not only that but the people who were produced sexually instead of asexually began to terrorize the others who were not having sex (wombed men) because they became very lustful and wanted to continue to have sex. And they would later in the bible look for certain children who had ambiguous genitalia (hermaphrodites) to kill them. They called them male but they are speaking of the begat or non-specified gender people (the wombed man). Also remember Eve can produce 2 ways as a wombed man. Hence, she produced Cain by sexual reproductive processes and Abel by asexual reproduction and Cain kills Abel. When is is questioned by God he admits to having envy for him and being emotionally driven to harm him because of it. He ultimately separates from his family. The consequence for his behaviour is that he then goes to live amongst a society more suited to his temperament.
This metaphor also explains why we have male and female, yet a huge gray area of non-specific genders like wombed men and lgbtq. And notice that the gender bias phenomenon puts heteros at odds with other non-specified genders. Androgenes are the reason and by studying the garden of eden we come to understand it as a sort of lab for reproductive evolution. I see it as a rainforest with different kinds of humans being made by nature. And nature giving choice to the conscious beings of how they want to create and customize the environment and way of life. If humans ever become extinct, we can see nature has provided a way in the evolutionary process to procreate with or without sex. The beings who didn't have sex live longer than we do, have less problems, and were still able to procreate…but it took longer.
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