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Eve: The History of an Idea
Eve The History of an Idea
Author: John A. Phillips
ISBN-13: 9780060665524
ISBN-10: 0060665521
Pages: 200
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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Few of us stop to ponder the fact that there are two creation stories of man and women in the Bible. The first story is that God created man in his image, "male AND female he created them" and they were apparently equal and both good. But then there is the troublesome second story of Adam and the hapless Eve who was deceived by a snake in the garden of Eden.

Eve blamed the snake and Adam blamed Eve (he'd say anything to get off scot-free, hey?).

But the author looks deeper into the symbolism and history of the female archetype and goddess, who was often accompanied by a snake symbol. Does the snake represent evil, or the kundalini energy, or wisdom?

A very interesting book whether or not you are particularly religious in the conventional sense. Anyone with an interest in mythology, the feminine archetypes, and the roots of the earth-mother religions will find much to chew on here.