July 20, 2010
“After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, ‘I will not lie below,’ and he said, ‘I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.’ Lilith responded, ‘We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.’ But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air.” - from The Alphabet of Ben Sira Stories about Lilith are I N S A N E. In this version, for example, after Lilith flies away, she sneaks into newborn children’s rooms to murder them. She also appears to men in their sleep, in other versions, and is the cause of nocturnal emissions. 

“After God created Adam, who was alone, He said, ‘It is not good for man to be alone.’ He then created a woman for Adam, from the earth, as He had created Adam himself, and called her Lilith. Adam and Lilith immediately began to fight. She said, ‘I will not lie below,’ and he said, ‘I will not lie beneath you, but only on top. For you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.’ Lilith responded, ‘We are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.’ But they would not listen to one another. When Lilith saw this, she pronounced the Ineffable Name and flew away into the air.”

- from The Alphabet of Ben Sira

Stories about Lilith are I N S A N E. In this version, for example, after Lilith flies away, she sneaks into newborn children’s rooms to murder them. She also appears to men in their sleep, in other versions, and is the cause of nocturnal emissions. 

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