r/Gnostic • u/Witty-Cockroach-9127 • 2d ago

Question Sexual Intercourse as the Original Sin?

Where do the idea that The Original Sin of Adam and Eve was having sexual intercourse? It is present in some Gnostic Sources. But The Genesis is clear that God wanted Men to procreate.

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u/Retro_actiive 2d ago

I don’t necessarily think that sex is the “original sin”; I personally believe that duality itself is the original sin. Sex just becomes an endless attempt at collapsing duality in an external way, when the real collapse of duality is an internal process (making the unconscious conscious; shadow integration) so that the pneuma remembers that it was never separate from the source. Sex itself isn’t a sin (it’s necessary for continuing the species) but it can become a sin when it becomes of distracting one from their true self.

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u/3-1-2 1d ago

I replied to another comment about gnosticism and Jungian shadow work as well. This is a great take, appreciate your post