It should be noted that this entry will contain a bit more blasphemy to Christian ears than most of my other entries.

Let's look at these two characters: Jesus of Nazareth and Eris - Goddess of Discord.

There is plenty of speculation surrounding Jesus; some believe him to be nothing more than a man who became the Christ after accomplishing the Great Work. Others thought of him as the bringer of salvation (or to the Gnostics a bringer of illumination; and we'll touch on this in a bit).

Eris was a vengeful woman and the bringer of Chaos. She loved watching mortals destroy one another.

In the Gospel of Thomas Jesus said to his disciples, "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes."

Jesus openly acknowledges that there is going to be war and destruction, in both the macrocosm and microcosm.

Now, to the Gnostic, the Garden of Eden is completely metaphorical. Adam and Eve are the male and female aspect of each human being. The Fruit of Knowledge is referencing a Qliphoth from the Tree of Knowledge, or Tree of Death. This Fruit caused a separation and disagreement between the male and female, thus destroying the pure sexual energy that bound them together.

This was an aspect of Chaos, something that even Jesus seemed to condone.

But why? Why would the Christ allow such a thing to occur?

Well, without Chaos how would we know Peace? If we only knew Peace, how could we learn to appreciate it?

The reoccurring theme with Fruit signifies a divide - both encouraging the clients to partake of it in order to become "better".

In order to rebind this separation, we must understand that the energy to do so is sexual energy. Thus, there is a sexual connection between Peace and Chaos; Jesus and Eris have a sexual connection.

This energy is what originates from your spine, allowing clairvoyance to develop and to open the third eye.

In order to see this rebinding take place, you must understand both Chaos and Peace in yourself - they are part of you. Attempting to destroy Chaos will not result in Light, but a depreciation of the Light. For Light cannot exist without Darkness as cold cannot exist without warmth.

Chaos is the Temple, Light is the Path.