Creative Chaos by André Rabe

Author:André Rabe [Rabe, André]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780716723271
Published: 2019-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

The Knowledge of Good and Evil

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

- Genesis 3:1-7 NRSV

At this stage no reference is made to Eve, but the more generic term, the woman, is used. This helps to show the universal relevance of the drama instead of isolating it to an actual person or one specific event. She too is an archetype. The fact that the conversation happens between the serpent and the woman further emphasizes the more complete separation between male and female that is in process. Individual selves are emerging.

Desire and questions are inseparably connected. It is the unknown, the possibility of what might yet be, that stirs desire. Similarly, desire multiplies questions and awakens the imagination to untold possibilities. An internal conversation about that which is prohibited is projected onto objects that make the visualization process easier. Consciousness is no longer one undifferentiated perfection. This serpent no longer swallows its tail - it speaks. The all-is-one reality is unraveling. The conscious and unconscious are becoming more distinct. Male and female can now converse independently. And the blissful ignorance is now subjected to questions: “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden?’” The conversation that follows is one we can all vaguely recall. For each of us has stood in this position where, for the first time, we argued against the prohibition; where we decided to grasp for what we were told was off-limits.

After the woman clarifies that there is only one tree they should not eat from, the serpent answers: “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. ”

If the serpent was only an unfamiliar external entity, surely this direct contradiction would have been met with greater skepticism. But if it was a projection

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