Another Twist In The Creation Story From The Nag Hammadi Library...Part II....Lady Nyx

This is part II of the creation story in the book titled "On the Origin of the World" found in the Nag Hammadi Library.

"The seven of them (Satan and his group) came up to Adam and Eve timidly: they said to him, 'The fruit of all trees created for you in Paradise shall be eaten; but as for the tree of knowledge, control yourselves and do not eat from it. If you eat, you will die.' Having imparted great fear to them, they withdrew up to their authorities.

"Then came the wisest of all creatures, who was called Beast. And when he saw the likeness of their mother Eve he said to her, 'What did God (Satan) say to you? Was it 'Do not eat from the tree of knowledge?' She said, 'He said not only 'Do not eat from it', but 'Do not touch it, lest you die.' He said to her, 'Do not be afraid. In death you shall not die. For he knows that when you eat from it, your intellect will become sober and you will come to be like gods, recognizing the difference that obtains between evil men and good ones. Indeed, it was in jealousy that he said this to you, so that you would not eat from it'."

Now, Eve had confidence in the words of the instructor. She gazed at the tree and saw that it was beautiful and appetizing, and liked it; She took some of its fruit and ate it; and she gave some also to her husband, and he too ate it. Then their intellect became open. For when they had eaten, the light of knowledge had shone upon them. When they clothed themselves with shame, they knew that they were naked of knowledge." (Note...naked of knowledge...not just naked as in no clothes.) "When they became sober, they saw that they were naked and became enamored of one another. When they saw that the ones who had modelled them had the form of beasts, they loathed them: they were very aware.

"They (Satan and his group)assembled and laid plans, and they said, 'Behold Adam! He has come to be like one of us, so that he knows the difference between the light and the darkness. Now perhaps he will be deceived, as in the case of the Tree of Knowledge, and also will come to the Tree of Life and eat from it, and become immortal, and become lord, and despise us and disdain us and all our glory! Then he will denounce us along with our universe. Come, let us expel him from Paradise, down to the land from which he was taken, so that henceforth he might not be able to recognize anything better than we can.' And so they expelled Adam from Paradise, along with his wife."

Well.....I have to wonder what this is. Is this a myth....like the stories of the Greeks and Romans? And....if this is a myth or a story....then does that mean that the creation story, which is so similar, in the Bible is nothing but a myth too? What do you think? I'm still pondering it myself....but I fall in the category of believing it to be a myth passed on from generation to generation.

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