I have just returned from New York - with the New Yorks Giants winning the superbowl, and all the hype about Super Tuesday - it was a very interesting time to be in the USA.
While there I managed to go shopping for books - as Tom will tell you they are my one big extravagance. So had to share this quote from The Geography of Bliss.
"Until the eighteenth century, people believed that biblical paradise, the Garden of Eden, was a real place. It appeared on maps - located, ironically, at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in what is now modern-day Iraq."
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The only thing the Bible tells us concerning the Garden of Eden’s location is found in Genesis 2:10-14, “A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold…The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.” The exact identities of the Pishon and Havilah rivers is unknown, but the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are well known. If the Tigris and Euphrates mentioned there are the same rivers by those names today, that would put the Garden of Eden somewhere in the middle east, likely in Iraq. People have searched for the Garden of Eden for centuries to no avail. There are various locations that people claim to be the original location of the Garden of Eden, but we cannot be sure. What happened to the Garden of Eden? The Bible does not specifically say. It is likely that the Garden of Eden was completely destroyed in the Flood.
Maybe the Garden of Eden is near the Hundred Acre Woods!
It is always interesting to consider how universally connected we all really are... You are in an unique position in your globe-trotting mode to see some of these connections moreso than those who remain fixed firmly in place, philosophy and yes, even faith. Thanks for the illuminating insights, Mika.
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