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The Legend of Lilith: The Origins of Evil and the Fall of Man
CHAPTER 1
RELIGION: EYES WIDE SHUT
“Religion is nothing but mind-control.” George Carlin
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire
"If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what
then?"—George Orwell
“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself...
Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is 'dishonest, insane and
intolerable.” -H. L. Mencken, American Writer 1880-1956
“Spirit is the aspect of reality that cannot be quantified or subjected to repeated observations. It is, rather,
the realm of ultimate freedom.” Rabbi Michael Lerner
L
ilith is a legendary female demon who plays a central role in Jewish folk-lore ,tradition, legends, and
demonology. The Scripture in Yeshayahu chapter thirty four is the only reference to her by name in
the whole TaNaK. 13 Yet, this elusive seductress is subtly hidden behind several Scriptural references to
various individuals, archetypal symbols, and goddesses in world religions and among the idol worshippers
in both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Brit Chadasha 14 Today, millions of people worldwide have
been increasingly drawn to the legend and myth 15 of Lilith because they have heard she holds the status of
being "equal" to Adam in the ancient Hebrew legends. Many modern feminists worship the goddess under
other names and she is subtly hidden in advertising and other forms of media. Her history is a fascinating
subject relative to today’s worldview that is linked to the origins evil and the fall of mankind.
One should not allow the word “myth” to prejudice their thinking or study of the Scriptures. A myth is
not a fairy tale, or an account of something that never was. A good myth is not a story about something
that never happened. Rather it is a story of something that happens all the time. Myths are archetypal tales
told to teach us important truths about ourselves, and creation. The fact is that Judaism and other world
religions overflow with myths of deep complexity and wisdom.
Spiritual reality is not make-believe or fantasy. It has to be understood in the context of science. Our
record of historical spiritual events requires us to have a new understanding as to how these real events
were actual supernatural scientific events.
13 Torah- Ketuvim-Navi’im.
14 The Renewed Covenant or what has been called the “New Testament”. Chadasha means renewed not new. The
Covenant was renewed with Yisrael.
15 Jung: The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious) "Myths are accounts about how the world came to be
the way it is, about a super-ordinary realm of events before (or behind) the natural world."
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