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1. And the Contrary was the most uninhibited of all the creatures of
the field that Infinite One, Source of All Powers, had made. And it spoke
to Fire Being and said: “Did the Source of All Powers instruct you to not
eat from any of the trees in the garden?”
2. And the Fire Being replied to the Contrary: “No, for we are permitted to eat from the fruit of trees in the garden. 3. “Only from the fruit of the tree that stands in the middle of the garden did the Source of all Powers instruct us not to eat and not to touch, or else we might die.
5. “Rather the Source of All Powers knows well that on the day that you eat from this tree your perception will become opened and so broadened that you will become like the Source of All Powers in that you will possess the secret knowledge of Good and Bad.” |
4. And the Contrary said to the
Fire Being: “You will not die.
