It is significant to
note that some
translations of Genesis 3:7
add to the fact that Eve and Adam knew they were naked
by stating that they
were “embarrassed.” Their
use of fig leafs has
been traditionally interpreted to indicate that they
felt “caught
in the act.” That
they realized that they had done something wrong and
were “Guilty!”
Our Earthfolk attention is drawn to
the story's insight that they could now "see" as
the gods could see. The tradition
states that this seeing enables them to know about good and evil,
but these are abstract concepts. What
we see as the telling insight of the
passage is the action of
the angry god. What is he
so angry about?
Consider that, once intimacy is first
discovered, there is a new experience of innocence.
Two lovers naked before one another are normally shy,
often blushing. More, that every time two are intimate,
even if they’ve been lovers for decades, being naked brings with
it feelings of vulnerability, risky exposure, and
a deep longing to be “seen” by
the other, that is, the eyes of lovers are opened
and have a special sight when intimacy is
truly discovered. Lovers often say, “She/he knows me like no one
else does.” It is the naked knowing of intimate
embrace.
When two lovers couple in
naked intimate embrace, then life is created—on
multiple levels: physically, emotionally and spiritually. Isn't
it clear that Adam and Eve have found the
creative power that their Lone Male god wanted them to believe
that only he
possessed?
What unravels the whole wild imaginings of
Chapter 2-3's Rib story is Adam and Eve's discovery of the quite normal potential
of sexual intercourse, that is, that it can make
present the Beloved. The sick and abusive Dark
Parents are undone by the healing, wholing and
precious creativity manifested by two in intimate embrace.
This insight links up with our Earthfolk
understanding of the power of nuclear intimate energy,
which can transform the world and the human family.
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