"The Gospel of Eve"

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The Gospel of Eve is an apocryphal gospel that has disappeared before us, which lies in the mainstream of the Gnostic tradition.

It is known only from a few quotations of Epiphanius of Cyprus (Panarion, 26), the father of the church, who criticized the Borborites who justified free love, the essence of which was to interrupt sexual intercourse and eat semen. While some free-thinking Gnostics believed that flesh and evil were inseparable, thereby recognizing the freedom of sexual relations, most Gnostics held the opposite view, namely, extreme austerity.

The seed spread into space from the original man makes the cosmos perfect. The dispersal of the Logos and its subsequent collection resemble the myths of Osiris and Dionysus. A similar theme of osirification is found in the Gospel of Philip, quoted by Epiphanius:

I realized myself and gathered together from all sides. I did not sow children for the ruler, but I tore his roots and gathered together the limbs that were scattered everywhere. I know who you are because I am from the above worlds.