Introduction:
In this episode, Candace Veach provides an alternative view on the story of Adam and Eve. Noting  how the common interpretation has contributed to limiting beliefs about gender roles and patriarchal norms. Candace suggests the story can be reframed to show how both the feminine and masculine divine principles are integral to creation and humanity.  

Main Discussion Points:

- The power of stories to shape cultural beliefs and gender norms (00:00:53)
- How the Adam & Eve story has been used to portray women as inferior, the "weaker sex" (00:03:52) 
- Questioning how Eve was protrayed as a "divine afterthought" when that would be impossible for an Omniscient Being (00:05:42)
- Providing an alternative perspective where both Adam and Eve were equally part of the divine plan and Adam ate the apple as an act of love. (00:10:26)
- Scientifically, genetics show women are not derivative of men (00:18:37)
- Concluding the story can bring together and elevate the masculine and feminine principles rather than divide genders (00:20:21)

Key Quotes:

"It is the story of Adam and Eve that was used for the assumed reality that women couldn't make good decisions. Women shouldn't be educated. Women were the weaker sex and that men were meant to dominate women and not listen to them." (00:03:52)

"Eve is the one that ate the apple and then she manipulated Adam into doing so too. And there you have it. Women as seducers and or manipulators, something that we are still being accused of to this day." (00:04:22)

"By shifting perspective, the story of Adam and Eve Becomes not a story that breaks the genders into opposing sides and generates What's been called the gender wars, but rather bonds them together in a beautiful divine dance." (00:20:21)