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	The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.		The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden'') or '''Garden of God''' ({{HeS\|גַן־יְהוָה}} – ''gan-[[Yahweh\|Yhwh]]'' "Garden of [[Yahweh]]"), also called the '''Terrestrial Paradise'''. However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.

	According to [[Dante Alighieri]]'s "[[Divine Comedy]]", the Garden of Eden, as the "Earthly Paradise", is located on the top of the Purgatory Mountain, which rises on the southern hemisphere of the earth. From there, only the path leads to the actual supernatural [[paradiso]], to the world of the spheres or heavenly paradise ([[w:Middle Persian\|Middle Persian]]: ''garotman'' or ''garodman'', from garō.dəmāna "house of praise"<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/garodman- garōdmān]. In: Ehsan Yarshater (Editor): [http://www.iranicaonline.org Encyclopædia Iranica]</ref>), which extends from the lunar sphere through the [[planetary spheres]] and the [[zodiac]] up to the [[Empyrean]] located beyond the [[crystal heaven]].		According to [[Dante Alighieri]]'s "[[Divine Comedy]]", the Garden of Eden, as the "Earthly Paradise", is located on the top of the Purgatory Mountain, which rises on the southern hemisphere of the earth. From there, only the path leads to the actual supernatural [[paradiso]], to the world of the spheres or heavenly paradise ([[w:Middle Persian\|Middle Persian]]: ''garotman'' or ''garodman'', from garō.dəmāna "house of praise"<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/garodman- garōdmān]. In: Ehsan Yarshater (Editor): [http://www.iranicaonline.org Encyclopædia Iranica]</ref>), which extends from the lunar sphere through the [[planetary spheres]] and the [[zodiac]] up to the [[Empyrean]] located beyond the [[crystal heaven]].

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	[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]		[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]
	[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]		[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]
	[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]		[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in [[w:Hildesheim Cathedral\|Hildesheim Cathedral]], carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
	[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]		[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]

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	The [[four rivers of paradise]], called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.		The [[four rivers of paradise]], called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.

	A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of Hildesheim Cathedral, which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.		A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of [[w:Hildesheim Cathedral\|Hildesheim Cathedral]], which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.
	</ref><ref>Claudia Höhl: ''Das Taufbecken des Wilbernus - Schätze aus dem Dom zu Hildesheim", Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2047-5</ref>		</ref><ref>Claudia Höhl: ''Das Taufbecken des Wilbernus - Schätze aus dem Dom zu Hildesheim", Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2047-5</ref>

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	=== The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge ===		=== The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge ===
	~~Michelangelo: Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise (ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel)~~

	The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil represent the higher things that must unite with man to form his etheric body and his physical body. The Tree of Knowledge is, in the language of the Elohim, which they have already developed on the old Sun, the physical body of man. The tree of life means the etheric body {{GZ\|\|253\|60ff}}.		The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil represent the higher things that must unite with man to form his etheric body and his physical body. The Tree of Knowledge is, in the language of the Elohim, which they have already developed on the old Sun, the physical body of man. The tree of life means the etheric body {{GZ\|\|253\|60ff}}.

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	[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]		[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]
	[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]		[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]
	[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|he bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]		[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
	[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]		[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]

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The four rivers of paradise

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	=== The four rivers of paradise ===		=== The four rivers of paradise ===
			{{Main\|Four Rivers of Paradise}}

	The four rivers of paradise, called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.		The [[four rivers of paradise]], called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.

	A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of Hildesheim Cathedral, which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.		A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of Hildesheim Cathedral, which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.

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The Garden of Eden in the Islamic Tradition

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	In [[Islam]], too, Paradise is described as a wonderful garden, [[w:Jannah\|Jannah]] ({{Arabic\|جنّة}} "miracle"), which here, however, according to the 56th Sura ({{Arabic\|الواقعة}} [[w:Al-Waqi'a\|Al-Waqi'a]] "the inevitable event") of the [[w:Quran\|Quran]], is a place of sensual pleasures, i.e. a [[lucifer]]ian world. Paradise is separated from Hell ({{Arabic\|جهنم}} [[w:Jahannam\|Jahannam]]) by the barrier of Barjakh. This wonderful garden is criss-crossed by streams flowing with water, milk and honey. It is furnished with the most precious carpets and armchairs, and beautiful maidens, the [[w:Houri\|Houri]]s, and young boys serve the choicest fruits and fowls:		In [[Islam]], too, Paradise is described as a wonderful garden, [[w:Jannah\|Jannah]] ({{Arabic\|جنّة}} "miracle"), which here, however, according to the 56th Sura ({{Arabic\|الواقعة}} [[w:Al-Waqi'a\|Al-Waqi'a]] "the inevitable event") of the [[w:Quran\|Quran]], is a place of sensual pleasures, i.e. a [[lucifer]]ian world. Paradise is separated from Hell ({{Arabic\|جهنم}} [[w:Jahannam\|Jahannam]]) by the barrier of Barjakh. This wonderful garden is criss-crossed by streams flowing with water, milk and honey. It is furnished with the most precious carpets and armchairs, and beautiful maidens, the [[w:Houri\|Houri]]s, and young boys serve the choicest fruits and fowls:

	{{Quote\|And ye shall be (divided) into three kinds (7) : (Into) those on the right hand - what (know ye) of those who shall be on the right hand? (8) And (into) those on the left - what (do you know) of those who will be on the left? (9) And (in) the foremost - (they) will be the foremost. (10) These are they who will be near Allah (11) in the Gardens of Delight. (12) (These are) a great multitude of the Former (13) and a few of the Later. (14) On cushions interwoven with gold, (15) (they) recline on these facing each other. (16) They are served by youths who do not age, (17) with cups and pitchers from a flowing spring. (18) They will not get a headache from it, nor will their consciousness fade. (19) And fruits which they desire, (20) and flesh of fowl which they desire, (21) and ~~Huris~~, (22) like well-guarded pearls, (23) (they will receive) as a reward for what they used to do. (24) They will hear there neither idle talk nor accusation of sin, (25) "Only the word: "Peace, peace!"" (26) "And those on the right - what (do you know) of those who will be on the right? (27) (They will be) among thornless lotus trees (28) and tufted bananas (29) and endless shade, (30) with running water (31) and many fruits, (32) which neither come to an end nor are declared forbidden, (33) and on raised cushions of rest. (34) We have fashioned them (the ~~Huris~~) in glorious creation (35) and made them virgins, (36) loving age-mates (37) of those on the right. (38)\|{{Quran\|56\|7\|38}}}}		{{Quote\|And ye shall be (divided) into three kinds (7) : (Into) those on the right hand - what (know ye) of those who shall be on the right hand? (8) And (into) those on the left - what (do you know) of those who will be on the left? (9) And (in) the foremost - (they) will be the foremost. (10) These are they who will be near Allah (11) in the Gardens of Delight. (12) (These are) a great multitude of the Former (13) and a few of the Later. (14) On cushions interwoven with gold, (15) (they) recline on these facing each other. (16) They are served by youths who do not age, (17) with cups and pitchers from a flowing spring. (18) They will not get a headache from it, nor will their consciousness fade. (19) And fruits which they desire, (20) and flesh of fowl which they desire, (21) and Houris, (22) like well-guarded pearls, (23) (they will receive) as a reward for what they used to do. (24) They will hear there neither idle talk nor accusation of sin, (25) Only the word: Peace, peace! (26) And those on the right - what (do you know) of those who will be on the right? (27) (They will be) among thornless lotus trees (28) and tufted bananas (29) and endless shade, (30) with running water (31) and many fruits, (32) which neither come to an end nor are declared forbidden, (33) and on raised cushions of rest. (34) We have fashioned them (the Houris) in glorious creation (35) and made them virgins, (36) loving age-mates (37) of those on the right. (38)\|{{Quran\|56\|7\|38}}}}

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	{{GZ\|Our animals, which are in their development on earth, and also man, form a bone system on earth. But the animals that have already reached the end of their development on the moon, they did not have a bone system there, they formed an outer skeleton on earth: a crust or a shell such as beetles, trachea and so on. These came from the moon into the earth evolution. All beings that really go with earth evolution form an inner skeleton. Hence Eve is represented as created from the rib.\|89\|152}}		{{GZ\|Our animals, which are in their development on earth, and also man, form a bone system on earth. But the animals that have already reached the end of their development on the moon, they did not have a bone system there, they formed an outer skeleton on earth: a crust or a shell such as beetles, trachea and so on. These came from the moon into the earth evolution. All beings that really go with earth evolution form an inner skeleton. Hence Eve is represented as created from the rib.\|89\|152}}

			== The Garden of Eden in the Islamic Tradition ==

			In [[Islam]], too, Paradise is described as a wonderful garden, [[w:Jannah\|Jannah]] ({{Arabic\|جنّة}} "miracle"), which here, however, according to the 56th Sura ({{Arabic\|الواقعة}} [[w:Al-Waqi'a\|Al-Waqi'a]] "the inevitable event") of the [[w:Quran\|Quran]], is a place of sensual pleasures, i.e. a [[lucifer]]ian world. Paradise is separated from Hell ({{Arabic\|جهنم}} [[w:Jahannam\|Jahannam]]) by the barrier of Barjakh. This wonderful garden is criss-crossed by streams flowing with water, milk and honey. It is furnished with the most precious carpets and armchairs, and beautiful maidens, the [[w:Houri\|Houri]]s, and young boys serve the choicest fruits and fowls:

			{{Quote\|And ye shall be (divided) into three kinds (7) : (Into) those on the right hand - what (know ye) of those who shall be on the right hand? (8) And (into) those on the left - what (do you know) of those who will be on the left? (9) And (in) the foremost - (they) will be the foremost. (10) These are they who will be near Allah (11) in the Gardens of Delight. (12) (These are) a great multitude of the Former (13) and a few of the Later. (14) On cushions interwoven with gold, (15) (they) recline on these facing each other. (16) They are served by youths who do not age, (17) with cups and pitchers from a flowing spring. (18) They will not get a headache from it, nor will their consciousness fade. (19) And fruits which they desire, (20) and flesh of fowl which they desire, (21) and Huris, (22) like well-guarded pearls, (23) (they will receive) as a reward for what they used to do. (24) They will hear there neither idle talk nor accusation of sin, (25) "Only the word: "Peace, peace!"" (26) "And those on the right - what (do you know) of those who will be on the right? (27) (They will be) among thornless lotus trees (28) and tufted bananas (29) and endless shade, (30) with running water (31) and many fruits, (32) which neither come to an end nor are declared forbidden, (33) and on raised cushions of rest. (34) We have fashioned them (the Huris) in glorious creation (35) and made them virgins, (36) loving age-mates (37) of those on the right. (38)\|{{Quran\|56\|7\|38}}}}

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	[[w:Bdellium\|Bdellium]] (also [[w:guggul\|guggul]] or ''false myrrh'') is usually interpreted as a yellowish translucent resin with a rubber-like structure and is later also used in the Bible to describe [[manna]] ({{B\|Numbers\|11:7}}), which according to Rudolf Steiner symbolises [[manas]] ([[spirit self]]). In many Jewish writings, however, it is also interpreted as ore. It is even occasionally described as a pearl or even a crystal of possibly bright reddish colour, although solidified resins can sometimes appear quite pearly, as was described for example by the English botanist John Parkinson as early as the 16th century for bdellium from [[w:Bactria\|Bactria]].		[[w:Bdellium\|Bdellium]] (also [[w:guggul\|guggul]] or ''false myrrh'') is usually interpreted as a yellowish translucent resin with a rubber-like structure and is later also used in the Bible to describe [[manna]] ({{B\|Numbers\|11:7}}), which according to Rudolf Steiner symbolises [[manas]] ([[spirit self]]). In many Jewish writings, however, it is also interpreted as ore. It is even occasionally described as a pearl or even a crystal of possibly bright reddish colour, although solidified resins can sometimes appear quite pearly, as was described for example by the English botanist John Parkinson as early as the 16th century for bdellium from [[w:Bactria\|Bactria]].

			=== Eve is created from the rib of Adam ===

			The [[w:skeleton\|skeleton]] is a perfect physical image of the [[I-organisation]] and gives man his human form and thereby makes him an earthling; therefore [[Eve]] is created from the rib ({{HeS\|צְלָעֹ}} ''zela'' "rib, side, edge") of [[Adam]] ({{B\|Genesis\|2:22}}).

			{{GZ\|Now the bone, when it is formed by the I-organisation, is an organ which is released by it from its domain. It comes into a state in which it is no longer inwardly seized by the I-organisation, but only outwardly. It is led out of the sphere of growth and organisation and still mechanically serves the I-organisation in the execution of bodily movements. Only a remnant of inner activity of the I-organisation permeates it throughout the whole of its life, because it must remain an organisational member within the organism and must not fall out of life.\|27\|68}}

			Of course, Eve was not created from Adam's rib, which had been compacted to a solid state. After all, the Adam-being had only condensed to the very finest air element. This is now sounded through by the [[formative forces]] of the [[harmony of the spheres]], which also reveal themselves much later in the solidified form of the human bone system.

			Man has 12 pairs of ribs, the upper seven ribs are sternal (Latinised form of Greek στέρνον sternon "breast, heart, mind"), the eighth to tenth asternal and the lower two end freely in the musculature. This structure reflects the cosmic relationships: the 12 pairs of ribs correspond to the 12 images of the [[zodiac]]; the 7 sternal pairs of ribs to the [[seven planets]].

			{{GZ\|Our animals, which are in their development on earth, and also man, form a bone system on earth. But the animals that have already reached the end of their development on the moon, they did not have a bone system there, they formed an outer skeleton on earth: a crust or a shell such as beetles, trachea and so on. These came from the moon into the earth evolution. All beings that really go with earth evolution form an inner skeleton. Hence Eve is represented as created from the rib.\|89\|152}}

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	[[File:Creation-and-the-expulsion-from-the-paradise-11291.jpg\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|Giovanni di Paolo, Expulsion from Paradise, 15th century]]		[[File:Creation-and-the-expulsion-from-the-paradise-11291.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|Giovanni di Paolo, Expulsion from Paradise, 15th century]]
	[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|~~300px~~\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]		[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]
	[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|~~300px~~\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]		[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]
			[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|he bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
			[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]

	The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.		The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.

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	The other waters are called Gehon, Hiddekel and Euphrates. The four waters are the symbols of the four astral forms of matter that flow together. The water always signifies the astral in esoteric language. In esoteric language, gold is the symbol of the spiritual; the onyx is the symbol of the matter that goes down deepest. The onyx is the symbol of how the living must transform itself before it can be absorbed into the higher principle. The living, the prana, must pass through a state of purification; this is called the onyx state. In Goethe's "Fairy Tale", too, one finds the transformation of the pug into an onyx.\|88\|221f}}		The other waters are called Gehon, Hiddekel and Euphrates. The four waters are the symbols of the four astral forms of matter that flow together. The water always signifies the astral in esoteric language. In esoteric language, gold is the symbol of the spiritual; the onyx is the symbol of the matter that goes down deepest. The onyx is the symbol of how the living must transform itself before it can be absorbed into the higher principle. The living, the prana, must pass through a state of purification; this is called the onyx state. In Goethe's "Fairy Tale", too, one finds the transformation of the pug into an onyx.\|88\|221f}}

	[[w:Bdellium\|Bdellium]] (also [[w:guggul\|guggul]] or ''false myrrh'') is usually interpreted as a yellowish translucent resin with a rubber-like structure and is later also used in the Bible to describe [[manna]] ({{B\|~~Numeri~~\|11:7}}), which according to Rudolf Steiner symbolises [[manas]] ([[spirit self]]). In many Jewish writings, however, it is also interpreted as ore. It is even occasionally described as a pearl or even a crystal of possibly bright reddish colour, although solidified resins can sometimes appear quite pearly, as was described for example by the English botanist John Parkinson as early as the 16th century for bdellium from [[w:Bactria\|Bactria]].		[[w:Bdellium\|Bdellium]] (also [[w:guggul\|guggul]] or ''false myrrh'') is usually interpreted as a yellowish translucent resin with a rubber-like structure and is later also used in the Bible to describe [[manna]] ({{B\|Numbers\|11:7}}), which according to Rudolf Steiner symbolises [[manas]] ([[spirit self]]). In many Jewish writings, however, it is also interpreted as ore. It is even occasionally described as a pearl or even a crystal of possibly bright reddish colour, although solidified resins can sometimes appear quite pearly, as was described for example by the English botanist John Parkinson as early as the 16th century for bdellium from [[w:Bactria\|Bactria]].

			== See also ==

			* [[Paradise-Imagination]]

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.		The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden'') or '''Garden of God''' ({{HeS\|גַן־יְהוָה}} – ''gan-[[Yahweh\|Yhwh]]'' "Garden of [[Yahweh]]"), also called the '''Terrestrial Paradise'''. However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.

	According to [[Dante Alighieri]]'s "[[Divine Comedy]]", the Garden of Eden, as the "Earthly Paradise", is located on the top of the Purgatory Mountain, which rises on the southern hemisphere of the earth. From there, only the path leads to the actual supernatural [[paradiso]], to the world of the spheres or heavenly paradise ([[w:Middle Persian\|Middle Persian]]: ''garotman'' or ''garodman'', from garō.dəmāna "house of praise"<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/garodman- garōdmān]. In: Ehsan Yarshater (Editor): [http://www.iranicaonline.org Encyclopædia Iranica]</ref>), which extends from the lunar sphere through the [[planetary spheres]] and the [[zodiac]] up to the [[Empyrean]] located beyond the [[crystal heaven]].		According to [[Dante Alighieri]]'s "[[Divine Comedy]]", the Garden of Eden, as the "Earthly Paradise", is located on the top of the Purgatory Mountain, which rises on the southern hemisphere of the earth. From there, only the path leads to the actual supernatural [[paradiso]], to the world of the spheres or heavenly paradise ([[w:Middle Persian\|Middle Persian]]: ''garotman'' or ''garodman'', from garō.dəmāna "house of praise"<ref>[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/garodman- garōdmān]. In: Ehsan Yarshater (Editor): [http://www.iranicaonline.org Encyclopædia Iranica]</ref>), which extends from the lunar sphere through the [[planetary spheres]] and the [[zodiac]] up to the [[Empyrean]] located beyond the [[crystal heaven]].

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	[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]		[[File:Michelangelo Sündenfall.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Wikipedia:Michelangelo\|Michelangelo]]: ''Fall of Man and Expulsion from Paradise'' (ceiling fresco in the [[Wikipedia:Sistine Chapel\|Sistine Chapel]])]]
	[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]		[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in [[w:Hildesheim Cathedral\|Hildesheim Cathedral]], carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
	[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]		[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]

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	The [[four rivers of paradise]], called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.		The [[four rivers of paradise]], called '''Pishon''' ({{HeS\|פִּישׁ֑וֹן}}), '''Gihon''' ({{HeS\|גִּיח֑וֹן}}, outwardly usually identified with the [[w:Nile\|Nile]]), '''Hiddekel''' ({{HeS\|חִדֶּ֔קֶל}}, usually translated as [[w:Tigris\|Tigris]]) and '''[[w:Euphrates\|Euphrates]]''' ({{HeS\|פְרָֽת}} ''Perat'', also ''Pherat''), are a symbol for the four basic astral forms of matter, for the [[four elements]] from which the body of man is formed, which then completely descends to the [[physical plane]] with the Fall. At the same time, the four streams are an image for the [[group soul]]s represented by the 4 [[sphinx]] animals, from which humanity emerged. The figure of the sphinx is also closely related to the [[lesser guardian of the threshold]]. To the clairvoyant eye, the sphinx figure, similar to the centaur, appears in the [[etheric body]] of the human being.

	A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of Hildesheim Cathedral, which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.		A combination of the four personified rivers of paradise with the four elements can be found, for example, on the late Romanesque (13th century) bronze baptismal font of [[w:Hildesheim Cathedral\|Hildesheim Cathedral]], which is particularly rich in depictions related to the number four. Thus, the four seasons, the four great prophets, the four evangelists and also the four cardinal virtues can also be found here.<ref>Paul Gerhard Ficker: ''Der Mitralis des Sicardus'', Dogma, Bremen 2012, S 41 [http://books.google.at/books?id=bHVb0TiIOV4C&pg=PT47]</ref><ref>Victor H. Elbern, ''Dom und Domschatz in Hildesheim'', Königstein i. T. 1979, S. 16f. und 48f.
	</ref><ref>Claudia Höhl: ''Das Taufbecken des Wilbernus - Schätze aus dem Dom zu Hildesheim", Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2047-5</ref>		</ref><ref>Claudia Höhl: ''Das Taufbecken des Wilbernus - Schätze aus dem Dom zu Hildesheim", Verlag Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2047-5</ref>

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	[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|he bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]		[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|The bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
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	[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|~~300px~~\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]		[[File:Folio 25v - The Garden of Eden.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|upright\|The Garden of Eden in the [[Wikipedia:Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry\|Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]]]]
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			[[File:Hildesheim Dom Taufe 01.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|he bronze baptism in Hildesheim Cathedral, carried by the 4 personified streams of paradise pouring water from their jugs. According to their hairstyle, clothing, posture and according to their age, they are clearly distinguishable from each other.]]
			[[File:Garten eden cranach.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|[[Fall of man]], [[Wikipedia:Lucas Cranach the Elder\|Lucas Cranach the Elder]] (1530)]]

	The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.		The word '''paradise''' ({{HeS\|פרדס}} ''pardes''; {{Greek\|παράδεισος}} ''paradeisos'') refers to an enclosed or enclosed area. It goes back to the [[w:Avestic\|Avestic]] term for a bounded or enclosed area, a stately park, an animal, pleasure or magic garden, and is referred to in the Hebrew tradition of the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] as the '''Garden of Eden''' ([[w:Sumerian language\|Sumerian]]: ''Guan Eden'' "edge of the heavenly steppe", {{HeS\|גן עדן}} ''Gan Eden''). However, this did not mean an earthly garden, because in the state of paradise man still lived as a [[warmth]]-[[air]] man in the vicinity of the [[earth]] in the area of the [[lunar sphere]]. Only through the consequences of the [[Fall of man]] was he transferred down into the liquid and into the newly formed solid [[earth element]]. Nevertheless, purely earthly attempts to locate Paradise have a long tradition.