Livets Bog, vol. 4
Through the "seduction of the serpent" or the "eating of the tree of knowledge" the "plant being" developed into an "animal" and then into a "terrestrial human being" or a genius at killing, murdering and mutilating
1425. But an "existence based on instinct" or "inkling" is not the ultimate goal for the mission of the spiral cycle. The beings are not meant to grow and develop merely in order to "have an inkling" of physical existence; they are also meant to experience it realistically or in a wakefully day-conscious way. They are meant to reach a peak of being able to differentiate between "good" and "evil". They will thus experience to perfection the fulfilment of the "serpent's" words to "Eve" in the "Garden of Eden" about "eating of the tree of knowledge", where it says, "You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil". And the "plant" arrived at the killing principle, became a "meat-eating plant" or a being that could begin to promote the death and unhappiness of its fellow beings on Earth. And with its continued focus and training in this direction the "plant" ultimately became an "animal". And from the "animal", the terrestrial human being or "genius at sinning, killing and mutilating" began to take shape.