The Flesh and the Fruit

About this product: The Flesh and the Fruit: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression by Vanya Leilani, PhD Part mythological exploration, cultural commentary, and personal memoir, this book explores ways of being and knowing that have long been exiled in patriarchal consciousness. During a time when unruly questions were disrupting her devotion to the religion of her youth, Vanya Leilani encountered Eve—not the literalized Eve that has for so long been a stand-in for every (fallen and guilty) Woman, but the mythic and archetypal Eve. In the shadows of her questions, Vanya met the Eve that transgressed and became like the gods: sovereign and knowing. Leilani remembers the story of Eve in the Garden, not only exposing the harmful ways it has been used but, more importantly, also uncovering what is hidden. The original transgression emerges as a powerful creative act of freedom, knowing, and sovereignty. Here is an invitation for us to learn to live more freely, to believe