

For Spock the painting was a reminder that "all things end." ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)

The painting depicted a scene of Adam and Eve being cast out of the Garden of Eden. In 2293, Spock kept a piece of 20th century Earth art called " Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise" in his quarters. In 2287, Sybok cited Eden as being one of many names for the planet he believed to be Sha Ka Ree. He also referred to introducing flintlocks to the Neural natives as introducing serpents to the Garden of Eden. Kirk metaphorically called the planet Neural a Garden of Eden. Soon after, Pavel Chekov inaccurately believed that the Garden of Eden was located "just outside Moscow." He claimed that it was "a very nice place" and that "it must've made Adam and Eve very sad to leave." ( TOS: " The Apple") In 2267, Spock, under the influence of Omicron spores, claimed that the spores had turned Omicron Ceti III into " a true Eden." ( TOS: " This Side of Paradise") In common parlance, Eden became a symbolic word for any idyllic location. They would later be cast from the Garden of Eden after succumbing to temptation of the Devil and disobeying God's law. For the planet believed to the be intergalactic equivalent of the Garden of Eden, please see Eden.Īccording to the Bible of the Jewish and Christian religion, the Garden of Eden, or simply Eden, was the habitat created by God for the first Humans, Adam and Eve.
