The Creation of Earth and the Relationship Between Planets and Heavens - Paradise Lost Book 8

🌍God purposely created some things about the universe to be a mystery, and Adam should be content with that knowledge.

🌌Adam shares his first recollections as a man, including a vision of the Garden of Eden and God's warning against eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge.

👧👦Adam asks God for a companion, and Eve is created from his rib to be his equal.

😍Adam is enamored with Eve, seeing her as wise and complete in herself, and has difficulty seeing her as inferior to him.

🔥Raphael warns Adam about Satan's temptations and the sin of disobeying God.

What does Raphael advise Adam regarding the mysteries of the universe?

—Raphael advises Adam to be content with the knowledge that some things about the universe are intentionally designed to be mysterious.

What is Adam's first recollection as a man?

—Adam recalls having a vision of the Garden of Eden and being warned by God against eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge.

What does Adam ask God for?

—Adam asks God for a companion, and Eve is created from his rib to be his equal.

How does Adam perceive Eve?

—Adam sees Eve as wise and complete in herself, and has difficulty seeing her as inferior to him.

What warning does Raphael give to Adam?

—Raphael warns Adam about Satan's temptations and the sin of disobeying God.

00:08Raphael and Adam discuss the creation of earth and the relationship between the planets and the heavens.

00:19Raphael advises Adam to be content with the knowledge that some things about the universe are intentionally designed to be mysterious.

00:27Adam recalls his first recollections as a man, including a vision of the Garden of Eden and God's warning against eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge.

00:43Adam asks God for a companion, and Eve is created from his rib to be his equal.

00:55Adam is enamored with Eve, seeing her as wise and complete in herself, and has difficulty seeing her as inferior to him.

01:04Raphael warns Adam about Satan's temptations and the sin of disobeying God.

01:20Adam's growing curiosity about his place in the world and what happens beyond paradise is revealed.

01:21Note: Eve's absence from the conversation in books 5 through 8 reflects the differences in their creation stories.