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…As Abadam and Yva made their way out of the garden in the
east, it seemed as though the leaves of the trees themselves
were whispering: “I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your seed and her offspring.
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You shall bruise his head
as he shall bite your heel,
and he shall bruise your head
as you shall bite his heel.”
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But it was the serpent Abadel hissing at
Abadam from the branches of the tree of life.
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When Abadam and Yva had departed the garden in the
east, there was silence there about the space of one day.
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To bar the way to its holy mountain so that
Abadam and Yva could never return, the Spirit
appointed a cherub with whirling limbs of flame.
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THE LIVING ONE
Caravan to Cairns
Stuart France
Two young men, a road trip across the Australian Outback, strange encounters in isolated settlements… and a book that will change one of them forever.
From the harsh heat of the dusty road to the cool of the Temple, two stories… one immediate, one timeless… intertwine to illuminate each other.
Many scholars believe that the Gospel of Thomas preserves a glimpse into the oral tradition of the Essenes. The book is a collection of sayings, parables and dialogues attributed to Jesus. In this unique interpretation author and essayist, Stuart France brings the oral tradition to life, retelling the Gospel in his own words, in the way it may have been told around the hearth-fires of our fore-fathers.
Accompanied by in-depth comments which draw upon the Mystery School Tradition, The Living One provides a new window on an age-old story.
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I know that this source is older than the Bible, and what is the source? It is all beginning to come together. Love reading it. Thank you very kindly.
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This version of the ‘beginning’ is an amalgamation of well known and less well known hebrew myths, with a little judicious interpretation thrown in. It seems to work. At least, it works for me. What was interesting is how close it all now seems to Gilgamesh when Gilgamesh is ‘reduced’ to pictorial form… 😉
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I would love to see that. I am very interested now in the hebrew myths too. I have always had friends who were jews, and I love all the times that are celebrated and the ways they are celebrated. I have been trying to learn more little by little over time. Thank you kindly. I read a very interesting lot of symbolism in Gilgamesh but it may not be what anyone else read into it, such as when Enkidu, after coming to join Gilgamesh, is given bread and red wine. That was a strong symbol for me and immediately. But there are so many. I wrote up my notes and sending them to Sue tonight. You are welcome to share my interpretation of what I got out of it. It is pretty in depth.
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‘The Hebrew Myths’ by Robert Graves and Ralph Patai is a useful starting point… 😉
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Thank you most kindly, Stuart. I am going to look it up in my local library.
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Wow, this is great, Stuart
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I’m very much enjoying your story Stuart . 🙂
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‘my story’ is probably stretching it a bit… 😉
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That’s what makes it so interesting! 🙂
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