3/6/2007
According to legend and Hebrew mythology, Lilith was the first Eve. God created the heavens and earth, animals, and people. It’s told that Adam and Lilith were created at the same time, as equals both from dust. One accounting of the legend records that Adam and Lilith were created as bi-sexual beings. Another accounting of the legend involves them existing in one body for a time. The most common legend has them as being created equally and sharing the same responsibilities in the garden.
The legend that has them existing in the same body is not specific regarding the way they occupied the body. We don’t know if they were joined side by side, back to back, or if they shared the same body. The legend does tell us that they were separated when it became evident that procreation was impossible under the circumstance of being joined. Adam made a big mistake when he and Lilith were separated. Adam was able to see Lilith for the first time. Instead of treating her as his equal, Adam tried to dominate Lilith, and she rebelled. It should be noted here, that it’s sometimes added that Lilith was as domineering as Adam in her manner, and Lilith tried to make Adam submit to her will. Sounds like the battle of the sexes started long before the 20's... I think it's important to note the original unity and the necessity of separation for the sake of creating life caused a battle for control much like the conflicts of good/evil, dark/light, God/Lucifer, Heaven/Hell etc.
Lilith was a bold woman with a mind of her own. She was very much against being dominated by Adam in even the simplest terms. Lilith wouldn’t submit to Adam when it came to sexual desires. She refused to lie under Adam, seeing it as a submissive posture that was demeaning. During one sexual confrontation, Lilith rose into the air and left the garden. Lilith flew to the banks of the Red Sea, where she began to cavort with the demons and produce children. This act made God so angry that he committed to killing a hundred of her demon children every day. The angels that were sent to bring Lilith back to the garden were sent away with a laugh from the new demon queen. When they told Lilith of her certain death due to not returning, she laughed at them and replied that God could not kill her because he had promised her the ability to see over newborn children.
It's always struck me that the descriptions of Lucifer as "the most beautiful angel" or "God's favorite angel" sound like he just may be a she and is the missing entity known by the Jews as Shekinah, the female counterpart of Jehovah. Call me a pagan heathen all you want to but I never could get over the fact that Christians believe in an omnipotent god yet one who is consistently personified with masculinity! All single deity creator myths prior to the rise of the Christian Roman empire were of a Goddess giving birth to the world from the primordial abyss which is obvious as to why- females give birth to life on Earth. "As above so below" is a common factor in all religions and is demonstrated in the Christian myth as Adam was created in God's image. My theory thus goes with the story of Lucifer becoming jealous of God's love for humanity and tempting to scorn them before God as easily representative of the typical lover's quarrel and this drama also is clearly an example of what was going on at that time of Constantine- the praise for the old nurturing maternal power gave way for a new reverence for the angry father of mankind. The battle of Heaven can be seen as the conquest for a unified Rome under the Emperor whose laws shall be obeyed or his wrath shall be suffered, subjects shall not fend for themselves but be protected by Rome and should contentedly hand over the fruits of their labor as it's price and not stray in loyalty by doubting the privilege of existing in this modern day Eden or kingdom of God..
I propose to you that just as Lucifer fell from grace we too fell from the glory of sky by being born into material form. This was the separation of the infinite light to create darkness also known as yin/yang, or masculine/feminine, above/below, good/evil, life/death, future/past and on and on.. the world of dualities profoundly embraced by the faith of the masses. The only true way to return to the divine is to stop insisting one is more powerful than the other side opposed to the exact equal opposite requirement for life. Lucifer literally means "bringer of light" and is associated with the planet Venus, the Goddess of love. Amen is the Egyptian god of war or Mars as in "In Jesus's name Amen". Can you see how we struggle under the weight of all our armor marching broken hearted towards the slaughter of half of either our soul or body condemned for not relinquishing it's need to the other? IT'S TIME TO LAY IT DOWN.
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