Eden and Asherah

It has been fascinating to reanimate the Eden story at this point in my life. As I write my book on the feminine ascension path, I continue to feel a stirring of voices, a presence in my heart, telling me to look again.

There are so many versions of the tale. So many in which Eve is blamed, seen as having grossly errored, and in many recountings, initiated the original sin against God which places a curse on each of us. Very few engage the story from a feminine vantage.

Because of the overlay of temple space onto Eden (and visa versa) the story of Asherah from the first Jerusalem temple leads us to the story of the Two Trees of the Garden. Each serves to enlighten the other.