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The Serpent of Generation / Descent from the Father
The 'serpent' from Genesis is interpreted as the 'serpent of generation,' representing the principle of descent into physical birth and the experience of…
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Enter The Dream
Blake added this wonderful thought, saying that we left paradise following the serpent. This implies that we did not begin here on earth, but left paradise following the serpent of generation who told us that when we embraced the great experience of good and evil we would be consumed in its fire and yet not die, but would rise from it. In his book, John tells it in a lovely way as: “I came out from the Father and came into the world. Again I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.” So we did not begin here, but - coming out from the Father - we found these garments that seemed to begin in time, but really are an eternal part of the structure of the universe. In my own case this little garment seemed to begin in 1905, but it was always so. It was always growing into manhood and departing in its sixties. Always appearing, occupied by God, moving towards a certain point and then disappearing.
The 'serpent' from Genesis is interpreted as the 'serpent of generation,' representing the principle of descent into physical birth and the experience of good and evil, which is a necessary process for spiritual growth and awakening, not a fall into permanent death. This descent is paralleled by Christ's statement of coming from the Father into the world and returning.