The most common
interpretation of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil story in the
Bible is that Adam disobeyed God and by doing so brought sin into the
world.
He may have brought
sin into the world; he however also brought in a lot more.
Without the
knowledge of good and evil, there is no knowledge of sin; but neither
is there the knowledge of righteousness. Man is an animal, fully a
part of the original plan, innocent, but clueless. With the knowledge
of good and evil, there is sin, but there is also righteousness. Man
loses his innocence and gains his humanity.
What he gains,
truly, is this: Informed choice. And that elevates him out of being a
passive recepient of the glory of God to a co-creative participant,
aware of his actions, knowledgeable of the consequences, and thus
able to act knowingly in a righteous manner.
Choice, then,
becomes the core of man's humanity and also of his liberty. Innocence
is lost; humanity is gained. Man is no longer an animal; man is man.
God has lost a pet and has gained a junior partner.
In astrology, there
is the principle of Pluto. Now many may see astrology as nonsense;
but bear with me. Pluto is the principle of higher choice and higher
will. Especially it concerns choice as to what to be oneself; and it
governs insight and self-awareness. The manifestations of Pluto are
frequently injurious and include such things as incest and genocide.
It is the most misunderstood principle in the Zodiac; and, because
many of its manifestations are so injurious, many people polarize
against Pluto altogether and equate it with evil. This, in many
cases, leads them to act in evil manner themselves; which we see with
witch burnings, prostitute killings, overprotective mothers, insanely
jealous husbands, and prosecutions of personality disorders. They
polarize against Pluto and start acting Plutonian themselves. Pluto
finds way to exist – through them – as they polarize against it.
With Pluto,
innocence is destroyed; choice and volitional consciousness are
gained. The primal order is violated, bringing choice into existence.
With choice is also gained freedom and discretion over what to be.
Frequently Pluto transits are extremely injurious and result in
feeling polluted or contaminated – in loss of innocence. The upside
is that what can be gained from these experiences is this: Choice and
liberty. And that, ultimately, is a great gift: Gift that may be very
injurious to acquire, but that once gained give one both strength and
freedom.
What it creates is a
fully human being who has complete discretion over what he is and
what he will do.
This is not however
the end of the road. A mature Pluto realizes that it revolves around
the Sun; and this leads it to look toward the original Creator. Once
this is done, harmony is restored, with God again in control and man
as a conscious co-creative participant in the cosmic process.
The man becomes all
of man; the God becomes all of God; and the two work together.
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