Adamic
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- adjective
- /əˈdæmɪk/
- Literature
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adámico
- Billy's spirit consists, of course, in his profound innocence, associated by Melville with the Adamic state of man before the Fall.
Examples
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Looking at the Indian chakra model, one could say that pre-Adamic man only exists on the lower three chakras without any access to the higher ones, while Adamic man also only exists on the lower centers but has the ability to activate and bridge the higher centers through conscious esoteric work.
Blog text (33) -
Humanity was depraved: such was the Adamic bequest; free grace saved the depraved soul: such was the point of Christ's coming and suffering.
Academic text (2006) -
Before 1990, we would also chant, "Pay Lay Ale" three times and were told that it meant, "Oh God, hear the words of my mouth" in the "pure Adamic language" that Adam and Eve spoke in the Garden of Eden (which Mormons believe was located in Jackson County, MO).
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According to Gnosis by Boris Mouravieff, there seem to exist two kinds of humans that are equally divided (50/50): adamic man and pre-adamic man.
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Frollo's doomed inability to regain the Adamic state may be studied in the light of the fall of man, as depicted in Paul Valery's "Ebauche d'un serpent."
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In many religions, the concept of the Adamic state represents humanity's original purity before the fall from grace.
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The poem reflects on an Adamic innocence that humanity lost through sin and disobedience.
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Some scholars believe that the Adamic language was the first spoken by humankind in the Garden of Eden.
Synonyms
A time when people were innocent and had no guilt
A place like a perfect, untouched garden that feels pure and peaceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adamic comes from Adam, the 'first man' in the Bible, and it suggests the original, innocent state of people or the world. That's why we call a pure, unspoiled place or feeling 'Adamic', like it is from the very beginning.