Eschatology and Genesis

Jeff Wilson · 20 Jun 2008, 04:02 · from 2008-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:02:58 -0500
Subject: (urth) Eschatology and Genesis
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b sharp wrote:
> 
> Since it came up, I thought I'd list the lines from Dr. Talos' play which make me think 
> the underlying theme is about corruption of the human race through mating with alien, 
> god-like beings, necessitating purification via Flood. This corruption is described in the 
> Bible as fallen angels (demons) mating with human women creating the giant Nephilim 
> and in Kabbala legendas Adam mating with Lilith creating lamia, vampires, etc. Persian 
> legends of Meschia, Meschiane and Jahi are similar. 

Er, Lilith (being as much a part of Adam as Eve was) would be as 
un-alien as one could get.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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