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The Forgotten Books of Eden · 111 of 293
Of the dew and of the olive-oil, and various flowers.
THEY showed me the treasure-house of the dew, like oil of the olive, and the appearance of its form, as of all the flowers of the earth; further many angels guarding the treasure-houses of these things, and how they are made to shut and open.
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Why does Enoch see the treasure-house of dew described as olive oil and flowers?
Enoch sees the dew as “like oil of the olive” and as the appearance of “all the flowers of the earth” to make a sensory link: dew is presented as a precious, life-giving substance shaped and fragrant like oil and blossoms. The chapter shows angels guarding these treasure-houses and controlling their opening and shutting, which frames dew as a divinely administered gift rather than a random weather event.
This language connects with Genesis, where dew often signals divine blessing, and with later Jewish apocalyptic imagery that turns natural processes into guarded cosmic stores. The passage treats ordinary nature—dew, oil, flowers—as sacred resources under angelic stewardship, conveying providence through rich, tangible metaphors.
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