Definition of Adam2

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the 'model' Adam, the copy of the first, and the 'male and female' of the exoteric genesis (chap. i);the third, the 'earthly Adam' before the Fall, an androgyne; the third, the 'earthly Adam' before the Fall, an androgyne; and the Fourth -- the Adam after his fall, i.e. separated into sexes, or the pure Atlantean. The Adam of the garden of Eden, or the forefather of our race -- the fifth -- is an ingenious compound of the above four" (SD 2:503). See also 'Olam ; Sephirah