The Fourfold Interpretation of the Garden of Eden and the Fall

From Anna Kingsford The Perfect Way (Sun Books,1996.pp.152-166)
 
 
Level of interpretation ADAM EVE SERPENT TREE OF KNOWLEDGE TREE OF LIFE
1.MATERIAL Person Soul Lower reason Spurious thought Eternal life
2.PHILOSOPHI- CAL Mind Heart Will of the body Illusion Divine gnosis
3.ETHICAL Reason Faith Lower nature Kingdom of this world Kingdom of God
4.SPIRITUAL Manifestation Creation Heavenly counsel Motion Rest