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Many people are unaware that Eve was Adam’s second wife. According to the Babylonian Talmud, written 3–5 BCE, prior to Eve, Adam had a wife named Lilith. Just like Adam, she was made of earth and brought to life with the breath of God. In other words, she was cut of the same cloth as Adam. However, the union was short-lived, as Lilith wanted to “be on top” and did not want to yield authority to Adam. Lilith left Adam after she refused to become subservient to him, and then would not return to the Garden of Eden after she had coupled with the archangel Samael, the angel of death and the taker of souls. From this point, the Abrahamic religious scholars demonized Lilith and she was portrayed as a dangerous monster of the night, a sexually wanton woman seducing men to their peril. The story of Eve and Lilith can be seen as yet another example of the patriarchal church’s attempt to subjugate women. Feminists would view Lilith’s departure from Eden as an act of triumph and self-empowerment. This may be so, but there is a deeper meaning to this story than what meets the eye. Eve and Lilith represent the dual aspects of femininity. Lilith is Queen of the Night, just as Persephone of the Greek pantheon, Ereshkigal of the Sumerians, Kali of the Hindus, Nut of the Egyptians, and the fierce Dakinis of Tantric Buddhism. She is the gatekeeper to the mysteries, death, and everything that lurks in the dark of the night. She is the wild untamed and unfathomable feminine that cannot be controlled or subjugated.

Suki Sohn, Alpha Bitch to Enchantress: A Path to Awaken Your Feminine Superpowers.