Focus on Creation: Hermetica

Jacob Böhme. Mysterium magnum.
Amsterdam, A. en D. Hoogenhuysen for J.G. Gichtel, 1682

Adam can be seen in the middle of the image, which was added to this copy of Mysterium Magnum; the serpent coiling around him causes the 'second fall'. Adam, originally androgynous, moved within the sphere of divine wisdom. After the first fall Eve was created. The traditional Fall makes Adam and Eve mortal. Eve is blamed for this transgression; the illustration contains a caution against the wiles of women.