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We are heirs of a long tradition in which Monotheism is regarded as the great achievement of Judaeo-Christian thought. Monotheism is entangled with particularism, and with the assertion that this god, and no other, must be worshipped. This particularism is so virulent that it reduces all other gods to mere idols, and is so violent that it reduces all other worshippers to abominations. The danger of a universal Monotheism is asserting that its truth is THE truth; its system of knowledge, THE system of knowledge; its ethics, THE ethics; not because any other option must be rejected, but because there simply IS NO OTHER OPTION. They presuppose a kind of metaphysical scarcity, a kind of hoarding mentality, hoarding belief, hoarding identity, hoarding allegiance, because there is a finite supply of whatever, it must be contained in whole or part. It suggests limit and boundaries. (The Curse of Cain, Regina M. Schwartz; University of Chicago Press; 1997) Q: (L) Can you tell us a little bit about how these illusions are enforced on us, how they are perceived by us? A: If someone opens a door, and behind it you see a pot of gold, do you worry whether there is a poisonous snake behind the door hidden from view, before you reach for the pot of gold? A: Temptation to limitation. What is snake? Result of giving into temptation without caution, i.e. leaping before looking. Q: (L) So what you are saying to us is that the story of the temptation in Eden was the story of Humankind being led into this monotheistic belief, this concept of linear time and unidimensionality... So, the eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was... When one reads vast numbers of mythological presentations, one is struck by the fact that sex or sexuality is such a pivotal issue. The “Fall in Eden” had sexual connotations, as did the Flood of Noah and the In the Sumerian legends, the gods were disturbed by all the sexual activity of humanity (it interrupted their rest) and, as a result, resolved to destroy humanity. The Christian religion has fought unceasingly against sex, ranging from ideas of voluntary castration to celibacy to thinking in terms of only procreative obligations. Everywhere you look, sex is an issue. And, in the present time, we have endless numbers of folks reporting sexual experiences with aliens of all types. 297 High Strangeness — Part Three From the Cassiopaeans: Q: (L) What does the gold represent? A: Giving into temptation of pleasure for the self. This brings us around to a very difficult part of our subject: sex. destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.