Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00247)

Obviously, I DO NOT believe in "original sin" at all. All I was 
pointing out was that the general theological belief is that Adam and 
Eve, in the myth, committed "original sin" by having sex, when it was 
from "eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and 
evil" according to the exoteric scriptures. Not to worry. There is 
no "original sin," and Atma-Vidya, or Gupta-Vidya, was in the myth, 
even according to HPB, a gift of Lucifer, the "Light-Bringer" who 
saved us from original ignorance. We must not lose our perspective 
as Theosophists and believe that any reference to the myth of Genesis 
is anything more than a myth. Please let me know if I have not 
explained this successfully.

Fraternally Yours,
Andy