The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

circumstances of the fall (see definition), his job was to see that only what belonged there and could prosper the garden and its residents were permitted entrance. Adam failed his charge and caused the spirits and powers of sin and death to fall upon all humanity as a result. 441. Edenic Transgression—The term for the sin of treason Adam perpetrated against his Creator and humanity in disobeying the word of the Lord concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. His act led to a series of events that culminated in death being spread to all humanity even though he was the only one who sinned. Genesis 2–3. 442. Edgar Cayce—A popular world prophet, Edgar Cayce was a supposed faith healer from Kentucky. His main contribution was the popularization of the doctrine of reincarnation in American spiritual genre. He is best known for entranced medical diagnoses that enabled him to psychically heal the sick. Establishing the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), Cayce is a favorite among New Agers who revive his theories and practices as part of their religious discovery. His trances allowed him to surrender his body as a medium for pretending departed people or fallen spirits who gave him information on people he could not obtain by natural means. 443. Egypt—Biblical Misrayim, for its black land situated on the Nile River. Great center of polytheistic worship, its principal deity was the sun god Horus in the Greek or Ra in Egypt. Originally the home of the Hamitic peoples, later invaded by Semitic people from Babylonia. See Osiris. 444. Egyptian Captivity—The four-hundred-year period God prophesied to Abraham, the father of the Israelites, that his seed would be enslaved to the Egyptian nation. That is precisely what occurred when Joseph was brought into Egypt and sent for his family of seventy souls to join him for salvation’s sake. It is from their captivity, after multiplying dramatically, that their deliverer, Moses, rose in the land as the heir apparent to Pharaoh’s throne and rescued the seed of Abraham. Genesis 15:13. 445. Eight—The number of new beginning, such as the new week in Genesis 2:2–7 (see seventh verse especially). The passage explains it as the number following the last day of the Lord’s week and the first day after His Sabbath rest from His labors. Resuming His work, the Lord created Adam on the eighth day. That is the day the clay vessel was filled with the spirit of life and soul breath from the Father. While Jesus was the offshoot of David, it is interesting to note that David was Jesse’s eighth son who marked, coincidentally, the new