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Curiosity
The mystic sleuth
Trap doors and secret rooms hidden leavers and books with secrets — of course, you’re going to look, it’s what Eve did. Eve was told explicitly not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge and she thought — why the hell not?
Just one little bite.
Eve’s curiosity was her destiny.
We don’t have the Book of Eve to know how she felt about things after the fact but she was a mighty important player in the big scheme of things. Her action impacted the whole. If Eve hadn’t taken a bite of the forbidden fruit you might not even be alive today.
Your curiosity can take you to some dark places. You open trap doors and find a hidden room. You follow clues. You discover ancient texts and lost worlds of antiquity. You find out stuff you’re not supposed to know and it’s juicy and you salivate for more. You take notes and draw diagrams and timelines and with every titbit, you rejiggle your worldview to accommodate the juxtaposition of new insights. You see with new eyes that some facts are just theories, and dear seeker, some of what you discover blows your little mind. Makes you clutch your chest and cry, oh my goodness!
Your curiosity leads you to new horizons — a new vista revealed — a new comprehension of yourself and the realm. You receive glimmers of enlightenment and sparks of genius…