Week 3: Reading Diary, continued: The Darkness

The second half of this weeks reading, was interesting to say at the least. The section was like one giant story, with each small story following right after the other. The Darkness I choose as my favorite story though. I choose this story because this is when God decided to create the sun for light and the moon for night. He created these two to give darkness and light for work and rest time. Instead of having continuous light he knew the humans he created needed time to rest. With his brilliant mind and creativity he came up with darkness to help the humans sleep. Not all could be as strong and as mighty as Adam, for he was the first. He was made for the dust of the ground, the platform of Earth. It was interesting how the story was told about Adam and Eves first reaction to experiencing dark as well as when the light came back again. They were terrified of the dark because it was the first time they couldn't see anything. They felt a very strong sense of insecurity. Then when they saw the light again they were shocked by the warmth it brought. They thought it was fire, or the wrath of God coming to punish them for their sins.

( illustration of the "chariot vision")

This inspired me to go about thinking in a way as to if things weren't already known to man. I am hoping I can introduce something new to my story and make up different reaction from the typical ones you would expect. Another idea, I could have a story where it was a known object yet the human or living being had never seen it before. Have the human experience it in a different was to the average norm.

It was interesting to learn about the being, how Adam and Eve started. I learned that Eve was not the first girl made for Adam. There was also many other details I had never heard of. I also learned that Adam was the one who names all the animals and named then in alphabetical order as they came to him. He also had a reasoning behind each one. This would be an interesting idea to incorporate to a story. For example say a man had to go through many task and each one had a lesson learned behind it. Yet, the man did not know this until the very end.

Unit: Adam and Eve Story: The Darkness
Story source: From The The Forgotten Book of Eden Edited by; Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926)
Section of story- The First Book of Adam and Eve 13-14-15