Pandora’s Box
I have this theory and I dont know if any one has mentioned it before but here it goes. I was watching a documentary about the Garden of Eden and where it might have been possibly located and what has happened to it. One theory is that as it was situated between two rivers at the tip of the Persian Gulf was flooded as the water level rose but as it is the Garden of Eden maybe was diconnected from the tip of the gulf and parted as the movements and shape of the contenents changes became an ‘island’. Now as a place where life all started is in parallel with the myth of Pandora’s Box. Zues king of the gods sent a ‘box’ to earth containing everything to be unleashed onto the world … plague .. diseases… death .. dispear .. but also as life is about balance and so contained the opposite … life .. hope .. love … cures … it is where all life began and spread and where it will end…. the island is the box …. the island is eden .. where adam and eve resided where brought about the world all that it has … if a disease is released … the island provides the cure .. where there is death … it will bring life …. In religion people a long time ago lived to hundreds of years … Noah … Abraham hence from Eden you can have a longer life span … hence ‘ the Others ‘ people from eden who wanted to stay linked to Eden and not get disconnected …. for the island to bring forward its abilities in the form of energy so that if a disease is to be released it will release a cure … the island is the beginning of everything and so has no definition it is of different space and different time since from it came all
Ok, i was back and forth on commenting. First off, this has been said on other sites before, maybe why you recieved no responses. Beat to death actually…but…. I will say, some of you ideas in regards are a little different (in a good way) and if you tweaked the title you might recieve more responses. If nothing else, remember, the producers said to keep reading the bible, so you might be in the ballpark. I will say nice bit of spin on an older topic.
thank you for responding A.E.S i have to say I have been a big fan of Lost since episode 1 season 1 and from then i have been trying to understand the whole logic of it and what it may lead up to… the island has an important role and not just to those on it but for everyone and i keep getting the feeling that none are supposed to be on it and it is ment that everyone has to leave and no one remain so it can continue doing for millions of years … spread life … so it is quite in parallel to the bible and its writings a chosen one or group to learn and spread messages about being good and better … if you see everyone seems to be getting better as a human being or individual and others seem to be turning in opposite for their more greedy ambitions … the final battel is for all to leave the island and only one to remain to flip the switch and for the island to dissapear again in space and time so it remains left alone forever …
The problem with this is that the island being the garden of Eden would necessarily mean an admission of the existence of God. I don’t think the writers would go down the “God did it path”. It’s a poor excuse for the existence of the universe; it’s a poor excuse for giving money to the richest organisation in the world; and it would be a poor excuse for a smoke monster. The writers are better than that.
well i dont think as it being the garden of eden suggests the admission of god’s existance .. it could but also doesnt have to be … it could be a form of natures mutation where nature provided an path.. a doorway.. to the emission of evolution … the world had to start from somewhere … why not there … the island doesnt have to be gods project .. but it defenitly isnt man made …. and if the writers and the producers before suggested to people and fans to read teh bible to know more about what is happening that means their in insperation is religous base and so god is involved … so not a poor excuse after all … and if your looking for a good excuse for the smoke monster other than that .. well .. i dont think you should hold your breath ….
moelali, I like your theory.
The show is about faith vs science, (black vs white),so I would expect to see some reference towards the end of the series addressing both issues. It may be the ultimate cliffhanger of the series, though.
The writers may leave it up to the viewers to ultimately decide the inferences which they are left with.
one garden of eden problem is richard and the others. They seem to be allowed, but if we were going to throw god into the mix, i dont think he would condone murder in his garden.
btw…for a little more weight to this theory. There are several mentions of god in this story, even by ben himself. But at the same time, he says ‘god cannot see the island’ or something to that nature. So unless he lost his garden, i dont think itll work. But the pandoras box is a whole nother theory, and i like it.
i really did not intend to throw god into the mix … he or she have nothing to do with it…what im stressing on is the cradle of life where we came from how thing in the world came to be … i think the island plays a significant role in that… it seems to produce all factors that play in the caracters lives and also ours .. thats why we are so involved in this show cause we do feel connected we feel involved one way or another if it was directly or not … what im concluding is the island is a source of the most ultimate power … creation … and we all know what humanity … usually tends to know when they find such power … to destroy … that is what the island does not want to happen…
god can not see he island doesnt have to mean literally .. its the fact that god has no say and con not get involved … did god get involved from eve to ea the apple and offer it to adam… has god gotten envolved with the death and murders of milions of people …
the world is a play ground and the island allows it to be but when u control that power .. all is ‘ LOST ‘
wow…i think i liked that last statement more than your actual theory. And please, take no offense to that it was just great lines! ;]
A.E.S I swear to you im not offended in the slightest… on the contrary…
im loving this debate..
i put up this theory to see what people thought about it …. and if it made any sense … 🙂
ive been thinking over and over of what the whole sense their is to the island …
and i know one thing for sure …
it better be good :p
Do you think locke was actually told by the monster what the island is, or do you think ‘its a place where miracles happen’ is just his own interpretation?
i was at work at during my lunch break i was talking to a friend/collegue here about the show and the theory presented above and our descussions and what she said was ” so basically what your saying is that the island is … god? ” and it struck me …. maybe it is … maybe its the source of all creation where everything happens where anything can happen … where profecies and messages are delivered .. miracles are happened .. corrolated to the stories of Mary, Moses, and Abraham …. maybe that is it ……
Ben said that the island cannot be seen by god … maybe because the island … is GOD :s what do you think?
I do not think so, and even with different interpretations of god in my head, i dont think that is correct. I think the scientific road will lead us to there religious destination, but not quite that religious.
but conceptually as a source of emission… an entity that has the ability to course our lives .. our history … events … it can be the source of that and being on the island you get a huge dose of that emission that it would seem as though … miracles ….
Have you watched the season premier? If not i dont want to throw this next bit ou t there and spoil anything for you
i watched the 2 episodes
1- awesome
2- does the theory apply? i remember the part about the drilling and getting to the section where their is a huge emission … an energy field from the island that can help control time …. pandoras box theory does apply here opening the lid to release chaos … cause what is happening is complete chaos but i dont understand why they have to go back to the island .. i think its mostly ben’s insentive to go back … but i think its mostly opposite … any thoughts?
The writers are walking a tightrope between faith and science. I suspect that landing on one side or the other would alienate some of their audience. However, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Ben or Locke referred to the island as ‘Eden,’ more as a metaphor than a statement of fact.
I like the cradle of life idea. I don’t recall any evidence for it yet, but who knows!
I like the idea of pandoras box, as in an emission of chaos – what if behind the wall this chaos is locked up, and through the drilling, it has leaked out – what if it is the smoke monster?