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Genesis 3:6

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6 και ειδεν η γυνη οτι καλον το ξυλον εις βρωσιν και οτι αρεστον τοις οφθαλμοις ιδειν και ωραιον εστιν του κατανοησαι και λαβουσα του καρπου αυτου εφαγεν και εδωκεν και τω ανδρι αυτης μετ' αυτης και εφαγον

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Spiritual Experiences #1960

  
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1960. What the fig leaf is with which Adam girded himself

I spoke with spirits about the fig leaf Adam girded himself with [Gen. 3:7], and it was confirmed that it symbolized earthly knowledge, or faith based on reason or understanding, beneath which was nakedness, that is, filthy loves, which were concealed by that leaf. 1748, 14 May.

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.