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Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Miscellaneous
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Dead Sea Scrolls
The ancient Hebrew manuscripts found in the caves around Qumran between 1947 and 1956. In the series, they are in possession of SEELE, and contain prophecies of future events, including the arrival of the Angels.
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Lilim
The Children of Lilith, i. e. humanity. Kaworu Nagisa (the 17th Angel) often refers to humans/humankind as "Lilim".
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - NERV Logo
The NERV Logo is half a fig leaf covering its name, with the motto "God's In His Heaven... All's Right With The World" forming the quarter circle on the bottom. The motto comes from Robert Browning's poem "Pippa Passes".
The fig leaf has covered mans' nakedness in art and scuplture for hundreds of years, symbolically representing the guilt of his original sin. In one interpretation of the logo, man is now making war on the angels and challenging God himself; mankind no longer feels shame for his sins - so when the fig leaf is pulled back, NERV is revealed.
The logo can also be viewed as a brief summary of NERV's mission - attempting a return to man's original "naked" state by actively fighting back into the Garden of Eden.
It may also represent NERV as Humanity's "shield" against disaster.
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Human Instrumentality Project
Main article: Human Instrumentality Project
Also known as The Human Enhancement Project or The Human Complementation Project.
Though the specifics of the project are largely mysterious and speculative, the Instrumentality Project is an operation initiated by SEELE to instigate an artificial Third Impact in which all human physical life will end and the minds of all humans become united in a single soul. NERV, the Evas, Adam, Lilith, and the Angels, along with Second Impact, all form part of SEELE's skillful manuevering to achieve this purpose. It could be said to be the project to turn humans into God, which is largely played out in End of Evangelion, before Shinji decides to accept humans apart, and with different AT fields. Metaphorically, this decision could be the "New Beginning" indicated by the series name, Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Project E
The project to create the Evangelion combat machine series that led to the formation of NERV. The Adam Revival Project.
Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary - Tree of Life
See Tree of Life. The Kabbalah also refers to the organization of the ten Sephiroth as the Tree of Life.
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