Gnostic Question of the Week

What happened to us as humanity when we ate the forbidden fruit?

Answer from the V.M. Samael Aun Weor and the magazine.

In Eden, human beings were innocent because they had not yet committed fornication. The men and women of Eden ate the fruit of the tree of life, and the four rivers of pure water nourished the roots of the garden trees.

The men and women of Eden enjoyed the delights of love amidst the deep forests of an ancient continent they called Lemuria.

"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband with her; and he ate."

"Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves."

Thus they committed fornication, and the Lord God cast them out of the Garden of Eden. "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of knowledge."

Man lost his divine powers when he violated the sixth commandment of God's Law, which says: "You shall not commit adultery."

In ancient times, men and women were true magicians who had power over the fire of volcanoes, over the wind and hurricanes, over sea storms, and over great earthquakes.

When man committed adultery, he had to work in pain because he lost his divine powers, and this valley of bitterness yielded thorns and thistles for him.

In ancient times, when man had not yet left Eden, the sexual act only took place within the sacred precincts of the mystery temples under the guidance of angels. Thus, pure men and women were born among the dense jungles of Lemuria.

Samael Aun Weor. Excerpt from the book: Aztec Christic Magic.

Answer from the magazine "The The wisdom of the Being.".

“You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

This tree and its fruit represent sexuality, that lower kind of sexuality which is the origin of humanity's suffering. The myth of Adam and Eve is well known. We must understand that the Eves and Adams of Lemuria were those who lived in Eden and who were tempted by that hypnotic force of lower sexuality, that negative serpent that caused them to eat the forbidden fruit, which has been represented by an apple. The serpent of sexual instinct seduced Eve, according to the biblical scriptures.

Terrible things happened, dear friends, with this fall. We were cast out of Eden, and humankind lost its power, violating the sixth commandment. We lost that connection with the elemental forces of nature. Pain and psychological defect now came to replace the love and balance of the once joyful and happy life.

The Magazine "The Wisdom of Being" 107: "Elemental Magic."