Years ago, the Jewish people had
two sacred scriptures.
The first was the Torah, which were the five books of
Moses, and for Christians
constitute the first five books of the Old
Testament. They are Genesis,
Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. These
books told the EXOTERIC
story of the origin of the world, and told the Story
of Adam and Eve, the
first people on the surface of the Earth, or so Moses
told.
The Hebrews,
however, had
a second book, a more secret book, a less available book, that
was not
even written down, but was a book nevertheless. It is called the
Talmud,
and it exists even today, as an ESOTERIC collection of recipes and
wisdoms
and histories that complement the Torah and constitute the HIDDEN
SIDE
OF THE TRUTH about the beginning of the
world.
Now in the Talmud, we discover that Eve was not Adam's First Wife at all.
Rather, when God created Adam he created at the same time, a woman who was equal to Adam in every respect. This woman was Lilith, and Adam and Lilith were married. Then began the tale of woe.
Lilith demanded equal rights, a demand, incidently, that was and is frowned upon by the traditional patriarchal Jewish culture. She demanded, for example that in the act of sex with Adam, that she be allowed to be on top. This is the original meaning of sexual orientation.):
God, apparently, being in those days, a patriarchal God, also frowned on Lilith making trouble about being equal to Adam, and insisted that she stop what He considered her rebellious ways.
Lilith refused, and God cast her out of paradise.
After that God created Eve out of Adam's rib and let her know on no uncertain terms that she was subserviant to Adam, and that she was supposed to listen to her husband, and the Bible tells us how that worked out.
Lilith in the meantime became a demon and made it her business to get even with God and Adam and Eve by visiting human infants in their cradles and taking their lives. This is the origin of crib death.
Now if you go to certain sections of New York and ask the orthodox rabbi what he thinks of Lilith, he will tell you that the story is nonsense, and dismiss you out of hand. If you persist in talking to the rabbi, you will however, notice that his children are wearing a very curious little amulet which, if you impertainantly press the question, will turn out to be an amulet against Lilith.