An in-depth re-reading of the Genesis text in the context of mimetic desire, to shed new light on what makes us human. The Genesis narrative is filled with mimetic symbolism. Likeness and otherness, God and man, male and female, differentiation, desire, paradise, romance, whispering voices and the confusion of good and evil are all present in the first three chapters. We are about to unfold Genesis 1 to 3 and a few selected pieces beyond, within this mimetic context, exploring both the life-giving and destructive possibilities of our reflective nature. The way in which we’ll read these texts is not the one-dimensional approach in which it is assumed that there is only one right interpretation. Rather, we’ll follow the more ancient tradition which perceives many layers of meaning and consequently many true interpretations.