The Secret Dowry of Eve: Woman's Role in the Development of Consciousness

by Glynda-Lee Hoffmann, Joseph Chilton Pearce (Foreword)

A groundbreaking study of the connection between spirituality, psychology, and neurophysiology that is coded into the book of Genesis.

• Reveals why Eve was allowed to eat the apple of knowledge forbidden to Adam.

• Uses mythological imagery to reveal the working processes of awareness in the human brain.

• Combines ancient Qabalic techniques and modern scientific brain research to show how Genesis is an operating manual for creating wholeness in the psyche.

Adam exists within all our psyches, as does Eve. While Adam represents the masculine component of consciousness--pure intellect--Eve represents the functions of the brain's frontal lobes, the feminine intuitive integrator of the four-level human brain. If we wish to be whole, we must develop and integrate the feminine with the masculine. Using her lifelong study of the Qabalah and the secret meanings of the Hebrew alphabet, Glynda-Lee Hoffmann shows how the Garden of Eden story is actually an instruction manual that explains transcendence as a biological imperative.

Hoffmann reveals why it was permissible for Eve to eat the apple of knowledge that was forbidden to Adam. Eve's desire for integration, clarity, and transcendence--for wisdom--is a goal Adam is biologically incapable of pursuing without her. Though written as mythology, Genesis contains remarkable scientific and psychological correlations that can help an individual integrate the masculine and feminine sides of the psyche and thereby translate potential into actuality.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2003

Reviews

[Glynda-lee Hoffmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wrote this book.

[Anna Furtado · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an amazing, eye-opening book. For a whole new and challenging interpretation of Genisis and who God is, this book is the one! I bought this book at a reading Glynda-Lee Hoffman did at a local book store in 2003 (the year of publication), but it sat, unread on our bookshelf all these years. It was truly the right time to read it now (2020). The understanding of what's happening in the world today is both scary and insightful. The application of what we might do about it is challenging, but seems clearly laid out. The reading of this book took some time, with lots of thoughtful contemplation required, in order to integrate the information, but it is well worth the time and effort in the potential for personal growth it can yield.

[Shavawn M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, there's a reason that I've had this book without reading it for the past ten years! I wasn't ready to read it until now. This is an absolutely eye-opening book about the development of consciousness in terms of spirituality and intuition. In it, Hoffman examines the Genesis myth in the bible, mining it for symbolic meaning based upon her two and a half decades of study of Qabalah (Jewish mysticism). Her take on the actual meaning of the verses (as opposed to what has been passed down as their meaning) unpacks layer upon layer of symbolism, language, and sacred geometry to reveal the powerful, empowering message that Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel were meant to impart. Along the way, she examines the interplay between the four areas of the brain, two masculine and two feminine, for their "take" on the world. She contends that it is the rejection of the divine feminine that has been the cause of much of the sorrow in the world. Instead of viewing Eve through the lens of sin, she sees her as the ultimate empowering force in human consciousness. She represents the need to develop an inner life. Adam represents life out in the world. Together they form a complete, holistic, conscious whole. This book is not easy reading and it is not for anyone who is rigid or calcified in their views. Hoffman's insight is profound and prescient. She talks of global warming, economic problems, misogyny, and the hatred of the intellect -- all things that are roiling violently in the world right now -- however, this book was published ten years ago. Visionary. Beautiful.

[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Secret Dowry of Eve: Woman's Role in the Development of Consciousness (Paperback)
by Glynda-Lee Hoffmann


Contents:
The six days of creation --
The garden : landscape of the brain --
A river parted into four heads : brain structure --
Adam's directives and helpmate : the neocortex and the frontal lobes --
Descent into the psyche and the struggle of opposites --
Return with the elixir.