Reading Notes Part B: Adam and Eve Leaving the Garden

Story Source: The Forgotten Books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926): The First Book of Adam and Eve 1-2.

The Fall, by Lucas Cranach the Elder [16th cent] (Public Domain Image)

Adam and Eve in the Garden: Source 

This story talks about God's creations in the Garden of Eden, and his placement of Adam after the fall in the garden to prevent him from temptation of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  It mentions the sea of wafer, which men can wash themselves in and be clean of their sins. This might symbolize reconciliation, a sacrament where Catholics are absolved from their sins by repenting to a priest. This story also talks about how after Adam and Eve eat the fruit, their eyes are opened to Earthly things and they do not recognize the Garden anymore, and it seems as though it is a strange land. 

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