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Eve and Adam

The story of the Garden in Eden, and how Adam and Eve lost Paradise through the temptation of the snake, is one of the most influential myths in many cultures. … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 4 March, 2015 · 4 Comments

Three faces of Eve

I was watching a film about Vivaldi recently when I noticed one of the musicians performing his concerti was named Clio. Not Cleo, short for Cleopatra, meaning ‘glory’, but Clio … Continue reading

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Sunday, 26 October, 2014 · 2 Comments

The garden east of Eden

The garden as it might look to a traveller from Eden The story in the Book of Genesis of the Garden of Eden, of Paradise lost, has haunted our imagination … Continue reading

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Saturday, 5 February, 2011 · 4 Comments
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