IN the Talmud myths of life, is one of Lilith, the earth-born woman who first companioned Adam, or man. She wedded him to matter and its fleeting forms. Then as a messenger from God, a helpmeet to lead men from earth, matter, and its illusive shadows to heaven, helping him to perceive the purity, pease, and joy of union in the soul and with the spirit — as a tie between heaven and earth, — Eve was created by God, and offered to man for his inspiration and his awakening.