Lost Canvas By Fernando de Alba Table of contents I. Theogony: The Myth II. Theogony: Perspective III. The Olympians & Creation of Human Race: The story IV. Lost Canvas: The Missing Link V. The Connection: Jesus, Buddha, the Masters, Kabbalah & Zen VI. The Way: Four Noble Truths VII. Attainment: Nirvana & Enlightenment; Theravada & Mahayana VIII. The Wheel: Chakra IX. The Boost: Meditation, Mindfulness, Brain waves & Yoga X. The Mind: Consciousness XI. The Human Experience: Life, Society & Economy XII. Universe: Reality & Illusion XIII. Dreaming: Point of View The content of this book is based on what it is known to be genuine of this world. Even though there might be no certain way to prove all the notions of our cultures , these are the standard ―beliefs‖ of our society. The purpose of this book is to correlate everything that is ―known‖, to reach a deeper understanding about the human experience. ―There are three kinds of people in the world, those who see, those who see when they are shown, and those who do not see at all.‖ Theogony The Myth Aries (The Ram) 0° ♈ As far as the myth of creation goes, before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing, only Chaos. This does not mean "disorder" in the contemporary sense, but rather "chasm", in the sense of a dark, gaping space. Out of the void then appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells, and night. All else was empty, silent, endless, and dark. Following this nothingness, Eros (love) emerged from the void, bringing along the beginning of order in everything. From Eros emerged light, and it brought forward the birth of Gaea which personifies the first conscious being behind all subsequent acts of procreation and creation by which the cosmos became populated, according to the human myth. Gaea is the great mother of all: she is the primal Greek Mother Goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe; the heavenly gods, the Titans, and the Giants were all born to her. She is the architect of life in the Universe. Once she is born, Gaea ’s first creation is the Deity Ouranos (Uranus); she created him to protect, comfort, and help her create the Universe. Ouranos was not only Gaea's first creation and son; he was also her first consort. The rest of the gods and titans, reigning over their classical pantheon were born from her union with Uranus. Gaea also bore Ourea (hills), and Pontus (sea), "without the sweet union of love" (parthenogenesis). These were the first-born Titans and children of Gaea. They helped create the first world in which they would manifest themselves (Earth); With Ourea being the creator of the hills and Pontus the creator of the seas. With the help of each other, they managed to create their first home in the physical plane which later became to be known as Mount Olympus the home of the gods. As Ouranos becomes Gaea's partner, together, they produced three Cyclopes, three Hecatoncheires, and twelve Titans. Unfortunately, Ouranos was created with some imperfections that led him to be a cruel entity. He hated the Hecatoncheires because they were hundred handed and fifty headed beasts, so he decided to imprison them by pushing them into the hidden places of the Earth. This didn’t go well with Gaea . She became so angry that she decided to plot against Ouranos. She made a flint sickle to try to get her children to attack him, but all of them were too afraid, except the youngest of the twelve Titans, Cronus. After some contemplation, Gaea and Cronus decided to set up an ambush for Ouranos when he lay down with Gaea at night. As the night came and Ouranos fell asleep, Cronus grabbed his father by the back, and he castrated him with the sickle, throwing the severed genitals into the ocean. It is somewhat unclear as to what happened to Ouranos afterwards; but as he departed, he promised that Cronus and the Titans would be punished for their actions. From the blood that was spilled onto the Earth due to his castration, the Giants emerged, followed by Meliaes (The Ash Tree Nymphs), and the Erinnyes (Infernal Goddesses). Also from the sea foam that was produced when his genitals fell in the ocean, Aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty emerged. According to the myth, this happened because in the blood of Ouranus the first child and consort of Gaea, there was the seed of life, which was responsible for the birth to these new beings. From this point forward, Cronus became the next ruler of Earth (the first habitable planet ever created) and the Universe. When he became leader, his first decision was to imprison the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus, the deep abyss in the underworld that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked. Tartarus is the place where souls are judged after death and where the wicked receive their divine punishment. Cronus then decided to unite with one of his siblings, his sister Rhea. They had many children and he ruled for many ages; however, Gaea and Ouranos both had prophesied that when Cronus became ruler of Earth and Universe, he would eventually be overthrown by a son, like how it had been in the past between his father and him. To avoid this, when Cronus ’s children were being conceived, he swallowed all of them as they were being born. Rhea was so angry about this behavior and treatment to their children that she decided to plot against his brother and partner Cronus. When it was time to give birth to her sixth child, Rhea hid herself to conceal her act, and she wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes to pass it off as the baby to Cronus, who would then swallow him. After eating the rock wrapped in cloths, she then quickly hid her son, and left the child to be raised by the Meliaes. This child that was saved came to be known as Zeus. He then grew at the island of Crete, where he then consulted Metis, the goddess of wisdom and thought, on how he would defeat Cronus in the future. When the time came to rebel against his father Cronus, Metis prepared a drink for Zeus to deliver to his father, designed to make him vomit the rest of his brothers. After Zeus met with Metis to collect the drink for his father, Cronus found out about the survival of his son Zeus, and Rhea did all she could to convince Cronus to accept him as his son and he agreed. Zeus then was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as h is father’s cupbearer; giving him the opportunity to serve Metis' potion to him. The plan worked perfectly, and the other five children emerged out of Cronus. As gods, they were unharmed and so thankful to their youngest brother Zeus; they decided to make him their leader. This generation of new entities, children of Cronus later came to be known as the Olympians (Gods) and they were being led by Zeus to fight a war against the generation of the children of Gaea and Ouranus, the Titans. Cronus was yet to be defeated though. He and the Titans, except Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Oceanus, fought to retain the hierarchy of Cronus. This led to the War between the Titans and the Olympians , known as “The Titanomachy ” . Atlas, the god of navigation and astronomy, became the commander in battle for the Titans. After a while of fighting, it looked for some time as the Titans would win the war and put the young Olympians down. However, Zeus was very cunning. He decided to go to Tartarus and free the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires and as a reward, they decided to fight for him. Then Prometheus, not agreeing with Cronus and his brothers to declare war to his children and respective nephews, decided to join Zeus in his battle against his father and uncles. Zeus then returned to battle with his new allies. The Cyclopes provided Zeus with lightning bolts for weapons and the Hecatoncheires were armed with boulders waiting in ambush. At the right time, Zeus retreated, drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires's ambush which rained down hundreds of boulders with such a fury that the Titans thought the mountains were falling down on them. The Titans then ran away, leaving victorious Zeus and his allies. He then exiled the Titans who had fought against him into Tartarus with the exception of Atlas, who being the leader of the opposing force, was punished to hold the Universe on his shoulders. However, even after this victory, Zeus was still not safe. Gaea was so infuriated that her children had been imprisoned, that she gave birth to her last child, Typhon. Typhon was the deadliest monster in Greek mythology and was known as the "Father of All Monsters". He was so fearsome that most of th e gods and Zeus’s allies fled; however, Zeus decided to face the monster and flinging his lightning bolts, he was able to kill it. With Typhon dead and all the opposing Titans defeated, the war finally ended. Zeus is now proclaimed as the new ruler of Earth and the Universe. He is now respected as an all father who is chief of gods, and assigned his allies to their new rolls. Gaea infuriated by what had happened to the family created by her, decides to leave the world as it is and disappears. It is not clear what happened to her or where she went, but it is known that she was very sad and disappointed by the nature of her creation. She did not expect that the role of ruler she inherited to her sons would cause jealousy, betrayal and war amongst them. Maybe if she remained ruler none of this would’ve happened and the Universe would be a pe rfect place, but she inherited the leadership to Ouranos and power consumed him, which led to the downfall of divinity. (The union of Chaos and Eros, the first step to the creation of Gaea and the Universe). Here we observe natural forces colliding in order to create the first conscious being, Gaea, and subsequently the creation of everything there is. Theogony Perspective Taurus (The Bull) 30° ♉ Perhaps the most confusing aspect of these myths is the extensive use of names which seem very hard to pronounce. This might cause frustration and loss of track when trying to establish the continuing relationship between these entities in the birth and development of the Universe, so please be patient and try to associate these names with the characters and events that take place. It all begins when Chaos (abyss) and Eros (love) interact for the first time and create the first conscious being (Gaea). Chaos and Eros are not identified as conscious beings or entities; they are more likely to represent forces of nature that are created naturally by chance. According to the most accepted scientific principles of creation which state that the Universe was created by a violent burst of opposing forces, Chaos could be interpreted as a force with a negative energetic pull and Eros a force with a positive energetic pull that combined these two forces and created the first conscious being which came to be known as Gaea. After Gaea was created, being the first conscious being of all time, having absolute power to create and parthenogenesis reproduction (without need of a partner), she decides to create the first conscious being of her alike to protect, love, and help her create the Universe. Her first child and partner was Ouranos. This might be strange to understand given the fact that Ouranos was not only her husband but he was also her son; but at the beginning of time there was no consciousness regarding standard behavior given that there was no conscious understanding about desires or sexuality yet, so sexual relations between mother, daughter, son, etc. were not considered unusual. The coming to this realization begins to develop as the spreading of consciousness amongst gods and Titans begin to take place, tearing apart the whole family structure, being contaminated rapidly by sexual urges and desire for power. The next subject to review is the creation of the Gods. If we look at the beginning of creation, Gods and Titan s are created as conscious “elementals” to help Gaia build the Universe. These conscious beings are held responsible for the development of all the forces of the Universe (water, fire, Earth, wind, etc.). The Universe begins to develop after Gaea and Uranus unite. When the two of them become a couple, they become the first deities to rule the world and Universe. Ouranos and Gaea then have twelve children known as the Titans, three known as the Cyclopes, and three Hecatoncheires (the hundred-handed Giants). The situation from here on wasn't very peaceful, because Ouranos was a cruel father. He was angry that some of his children had imperfections and resembled monsters; thus, he decided they belonged, hidden from himself and his kingdom. Gaea became infuriated with his behavior, so she chose to help her children. She devises a plan to rid her children from their tyrant father, and supplied her youngest child Cronus with a sickle. She then arranged a meeting for the two, in which Cronus cut off his father's genitals, and then the seed of Ouranos, which falls into the sea, gives birth to Aphrodite, and from his blood are created the Fates, the Giants, and the Melia nymphs. Cronus then succeeded his father in the throne and married his sister Rhea. He also freed his siblings and shared his kingdom with them. Cronus and Rhea then started to have their own children; however, Cronus was possessed by the very same fears that haunted his father (male behavior). Cronus eventually decided that the best way to deal with this problem was to swallow all of his children. Rhea very displeased devised a plan to free her children. She managed to hide her youngest child, Zeus, from Cronus. As Zeus entered manhood, he gained the strength few would dare dream of. He freed his siblings, overthrew his father in war and took the throne to rule the Universe. Gaea then became infuriated that her children were imprisoned so she decided to give birth to her last child, Typhon. However, Zeus faced him and killed him. Mother Gaea failed and the Universe is now ruled by Zeus. Even though it could seem Zeus is the good guy, and that the good guys won, things aren’t entirely okay from here. Gaea wanted everyone to get along and help build a perfect Universe, however, the moment she allowed Ouranos to rule with her, the power was so consuming that it corrupted him. Ouranos tried to get rid of his children, and his children got rid of him. There was/is always a battle for power, and when Zeus becomes ruler, the same pattern appears with his children the “humans”. (Gaea - the Universe). Representation of Gaea creating the Universe. Olympians & the Creation of the Human Race The Story Gemini (The Twins) 60° ♊ After the Titanomachy takes place and Zeus becomes ruler, the immortal Gods thought that it would be interesting to create beings similar to them, but mortal, in order to inhabit the Earth. The reason behind this was because Zeus needed to be amused, and as ruler of Earth and Universe, now with Gaea and the other Titans out of the picture to tell him what he could or co uldn’t do. Now, he was going to do whatever he wanted. When creating these new kinds of mortal beings, his human children, h e didn’t want them to be like him. He was aware that he would probably be overthrown by them eventually, just like what happened in the past to his father Cronus and his grandfather Ouranus, so he decides to create humans lesser than him, and more like beasts. As soon as mortals are created, Zeus, leader of Gods and Olympians, ordered Prometheus and Epimethus, his only two Titan allies from the Titanomachy, to give these beings various gifts in the hope that the mortals would eventually evolve into interesting beings able to amuse the Gods. This seemed somewhat cruel and evil to Prometheus, who correlated Zeus’s behavior to that of his brother Cronus and their father Ouranos. However, he decided to go along with it and followed Zeus’s demands. The two brothers began to divide the gifts among themselves in order to give them to the Earth's inhabitants. Prometheus asked his brother to give out the gifts first, so he gave the gift of beauty to a few animals, agility to others, strength to some, and speed as well. However, the human race was left defenseless with no natural weapons or abilities in this new kingdom, so Prometheus, who liked the human race, upon realizing what happened, promptly distributed his own gifts to mankind. He then stole reason from Athena to give to man and then stole fire from the gates of Hephaestus to keep them warm. Prometheus had become the protector and bringer of light of the human race. Then, he shared with them all the knowledge possessed by him. This new situation angered Zeus, for fire, until now, had been a gift only reserved for the Gods, and he did not want the human race to resemble them. Zeus was never a kind loving ruler and creator as Gaea. Even as he becomes the greatest; his heart always remained corrupted by the will to power. Just like his father Cronus the Titan, and Cronus’s father, Ouranos the Deity. The Olympians The term Olympians refers to the twelve Gods of Mount Olympus, which is located in the northern central part of Greece. This mountain was believed to be sacred throughout ancient times, and considered the highest point on Earth. The Gods that ruled on Mount Olympus also ruled the lives of all mankind. Each and every single God or Goddess had their own character and domain. Gods in mythology were very human like. They had the strengths and weaknesses of mortals (as we know them today); truly made to represent each and every side of human nature. They also supported justice, as seen from their own point of view. Gods also had children with mortals. This resulted in demigods like Hercules. The most amazing observation is how the traits of the Gods expressed human nature in its complete form. Strength, fear, unfaithfulness, love, admiration, beauty, hunting, farming, education; there was a God for every human activity and expression. These Gods weren't just ideal figures. They were beings with their own limitations. They expressed anger, jealousy and joy, just like humans. Each God ruled their own realm, apart from Zeus, who was omnipotent and ruled over all. Prometheus and Epimetheus were the only two Titans spared from imprisonment in Tartarus after the Titanomachy, because they had not fought alongside the other Titans. Instead, they decided to partner with Zeus to fight against Cronus and the Titans. When the battle was over, they were given the first task of creating man. Prometheus loved man more than the Olympians who had banished most of his family to Tartarus. So, when Zeus decreed that man must sacrifice a portion of each food to the gods, Prometheus decided to trick Zeus. He created two piles, one with bones wrapped in juicy fat and another with the finest meat hidden inside a hide. He then asked Zeus to choose one of the piles. Zeus, unaware, chose the bones and since he had given his word, he was forced to accept the bones as his share for future sacrifices. In his anger over the trick, he took fire away from man. However, Prometheus lit a torch from the sun and brought it back again to them. Zeus was enraged that man again had fire, so he decided to inflict a terrible punishment over both man and Prometheus. First Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him on a peak in the Caucasus, which was believed to be at the end of the world then he had an eagle eat his liver every single day for thirty years. At the end of each day, Prometheus' liver would grow back, so he would have to suffer all over again. Zeus then punished men by having Hephaestus create a mortal of stunning beauty. The gods gave the new mortal many gifts of wealth. He then had Hermes give the mortal a deceptive heart and a lying tongue. This creation was Pandora, the first woman. A final gift was given to Pandora, a jar she was forbidden to open. Thus, Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus, who had decided to live amongst men. Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Pandora's beauty was too great; so, he let her stay. Eventually, Pandora's curiosity about the forbidden jar overwhelmed her, so she opened it releasing all evils upon Earth. Only one thing was left in the jar when Pandora managed to close the lid again, hope. (Titan & Olympian Genealogical Tree) (Prometheus brings fire to mankind) by Heinrich Friedrich Fuge. Lost Canvas The Missing Link Cancer (The Crab) 90° ♋ These are the oldest myths of creation that we know of. Even if we couldn’t prove gods existed, these stories are real, and they are part of the history of mankind. Maybe they exist as metaphors for humans to learn about the mistakes and behaviors of the gods, or maybe they actually existed and their very own existence is trying to send us a message regarding what went wrong, and what we should fix. Regardless, these are the oldest tales of our kind, and many new stories and religions of our generation were created based on these myths. For example, the Old Testament was created based on some of the stories in Greek mythology, and so is the New Testament, but the story is made slightly different in order to make it more appealing to new eras, generations, and geographical locations. It is also said that the Greek mythology might have been created based on the Egyptian mythology from Ancient Mesopotamia or that the Egyptian mythology could have been created based on the Greek mythology, because even though they are different, the message is exactly the same, so it is confusing because both cultures happened on different parts of the planet. Still, the story and the messages are always the same; however, there is no definite way to know which was created first, because both cultures happened around the same time. Even though the Egyptian mythology might be a copy of the Greek or the other way around, they both are regarded as father of all myths and religions of the human race. The story of creation of the Universe in both cultures begins with the same myth of two unconscious forces joining together creating the first conscious entity, a female, to create the Universe. In the Greek mythology, we are told about Chaos joining with Eros to create Gaea and in the Egyptian mythology we are told about Nu joining with Aten to create Nun the mother and creator of the Universe and the first conscious entities. In both mythologies, we see the same story of creation, but the names change and some of the events that take place are slightly different as well, but the message is always the same. Because of this, we begin to see the same stories being told with more different names and more different characters, in different timelines and different geographical locations. This is how religions and indifference are born. Everyone wants to believe what they were told is the right truth, when in fact , it doesn’t matter which is the most accurate story or which happened first, because the message is the same and the moral of the story never changes. If it was Nun, Gaea or whoever you want to call as god, it doesn’t matter. Being right about what the co rrect name of a god was, or how an event in the history of creation took place will not change reality. You will not ascend to heaven just because you got the facts right. The world will not end wars. Poverty and hunger will not disappear just because you and your religious group of people were right or wrong about an event that took place, or what the correct name of God was. We are all in this together. We all live under the same sky, the same God, and only until we correlate all myths and information into one single puzzle, that we will find true purpose of the human experience and the nature of reality. It really doesn’t matter if you were told that this was his name and this is how it happened, because those are just details, and being right about details does not change facts, or make you a better man, or give you 10 extra points. It does not matter, nobody cares. In the Bible we are told about Lucifer being a trickster that deceived God, also known as Zeus or Jehovah, but if you look closely, this story of the Bible is just a replica of an older story which might be a replica of an older story. In the following section we focus on the “battle” between Prometheus and Zeus, and we analyze and rethink the resemblance to the story of the Bible between God and Lucifer from a critical thinking point of view. Prometheus: The Greek Mythology “Light Bringer” Prometheus was a type of archetypal trickster figure, a rebel Titan who stole fire from Zeus and brought the gift of consciousness to humanity. Before Prometheus brought fire to humans, they were just like animals, monkeys if you may. The gift of fire made humans conscious, but Zeus didn’t agree with this. He wanted them to be just like animals. After Prometheus did this, Zeus didn’t just punish Prometheus alone; he punished the entire world for the effrontery of this rebel god. Before jumping to any conclusions, we must understand that Prometheus was a Titan long before Zeus took the throne of Eternity. In fact, if it wasn’t for Prometheus rebelling against his fellow brother Titan s; it is very likely that Zeus would’ve never won the Titanomachy. Prometheus fought in Zeus ’s favor against the devising Cronus, because he was in favor of justice. He knew that there was something wrong with the whole family structure, and he wanted to find a way to help Gaea bring peace and end this madness once and for all, so the first step was to defeat his brothers, because it was not right what the Titans were doing to their nephews and children, the Olympians. Yet after the war, Prometheus began to lose respect for Zeus, because he felt that the new Olympians had no compassion for each other or the mortals on Earth below. Prometheus was always one of the wisest, and he was aware of the psychological issue for the desire of power all male rulers had dealt with before, since the creation of Ouranos, and successively with Cronus and Zeus. He was well aware that he might have to deal with Zeus later, if he was right about him and his cruel behavior. After winning these battles, Zeus had many plans for the reshaping of creation. With the fall of Cronus and his confinement in Tartarus, Zeus took no interest in the mortal race of men on Earth, he intended for them to live as primitives for his amusement, until they died off. Zeus said that knowledge and divine gifts would only bring misery to the mortals, and he insisted to Prometheus that he were not to interfere with his plans. Despite Zeus’ s warning, Prometheus took pity on the primitive mortals and decided to deceive Zeus. Prometheus gave the mortals all sorts of gifts: brickwork, woodworking, telling the seasons by the stars, numbers, the alphabet, carriages, saddles, ships, and sails. He also gave other gifts such as healing drugs, seer craft, signs in the sky, the mining of precious metals, animal sacrifice and all art. To compound his crime, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus as mentioned before, and gave it to the mortals in their dark caves. The gift of divine fire unleashed a flood of inventiveness, productivity, and most of all, respect for the immortal gods in the rapidly developing mortals. Within no time, by immortal standards, culture art and literacy permeated the land around Mount Olympus. When Zeus realized the deception that Prometheus had fostered, he was furious. He had Hephaestus, the Smith god and son of Zeus, shackle Prometheus to the side of a crag high in the Caucasus Mountains where Prometheus was left hanging until the fury of Zeus subsided. We must understand that Prometheus rebelled against the established order that would keep man as equal to or lower than the animals, because he saw potential in them. The same potential that Lucifer recognized in Adam and Eve, for the two, Prometheus and Lucifer are easily equated. Prometheus, like Lucifer, is the activating agent, a symbol of the archetypal dawn of consciousness that was inevitable in the human evolutionary development. Though both are misjudged as rebel trickster archetypes, which reject the current power structure, neither need be interpreted as evil. In actuality, Gnostic Christianity believed that the serpent Lucifer was regarded as the only wise and reliable intermediary between humanity and the true God, and once again the serpent is a messenger archetype, a bringer of knowledge. The etymology of the na me Lucifer means “the light bringer” and he brings the illumination of consciousness just as did Prometheus, the light bringer. It is of the most importance to recognize this because in the Greek Mythology or the Bible, Lucifer was never a bad guy. He is always referred to as a traitor, but in reality he never did anything bad. If we refer to him in the Greek mythology as Prometheus, he never killed anyone, he always helped. He helped Zeus, he helped the Humans, he helped mother Gaea, and he was always an intellectual with a loving heart. If we refer to him in the Bible as Lucifer, he never kills anyone, he isn’t the one th at floods the world, he isn’t the one who sends Jesus to bet killed; he isn’t the one in charge of making pe ople speak different languages on the tower of babel, so humans wouldn’t reach the sky. Actually, Lucifer was referred to as the most beautiful angel of them all, but God, Zeus or whichever name you wish to give him was a cruel individual, and this all goes back to the suppression of the feminine hemisphere (Love) in the male awareness created by Gaea. Male Titans or Gods did not possess the qualities for creating a perfect environment as Gaea wished for, and Lucifer, or Prometheus, trying to help Zeus realize this, was exiled and treated as a traitor, when in reality Zeus was the one betraying himself, his brothers, his mother, humans and the whole Universe. Prometheus has always been a symbol, for those who wish to use human achievements, to improve the human condition and are willing to shape nature in order to fulfill our needs and purposes. His is a rebellion against a cruel and unjust god that would deny humanity a rightful place at the pinnacle of created nature, just as the God of Genesis is also cruel and thoughtless in exactly the same manners where he would essentially shackle Adam and Eve to a womb like Eden and deny them growth and potentiality, keeping them childlike slaves to answer to his whims, supernaturally blind servants for eternity, a position that is preposterous and unacceptable because they did eat of the tree and were thrown into the fields of time and space. Prometheus demonstrates unconditional love toward the race, and if Lucifer’s motives cannot easily be interpreted as love based, they are at least altruistic in the sense of pointing Adam and Eve toward the path of self-freedom, and both Prometheus and Lucifer were punished for their actions. Lucifer is cursed by God above all beasts of the field condemned to slink eternally upon his belly and eat dust, while Prometheus, at the order of Zeus was shackled by Hephaestus, smith of the gods, to a rocky crag high in the Caucasus mountains, crucified upon a stone where he was sent a great eagle daily to tear out his liver rejuvenated during the night. He is the archetypal savior figure, like Christ, but he is a Titan and Christ a demigod, both dully tortured by a cruel god for the “salvation” of man. With this in mind, we must understand and connect the similarities between the Greek Mythology and the Bible . Humans were only created once, not twice, so even if there’s a story from the Bible talking about the creation of Adam and Eve, the Greek mythology happens first. So it is clearly evident that the Bible is a recreation of the Greek mythology that suited best to the era it was designed for, changing some names and current events but the end line is the same. (The beautiful Adam & Eve) by Candice Ghai.