Wouldn't it Have to have been a real 'east' direction?! because we live in a real physical world Now. Everything about the garden of Eden had to be real because civilization continued on From there. Well -- the world-wide flood took place and the entire earth was turned inside-out so that the world we see Today is nothing like what God originally created. But -- it started out exactly as Genesis says it did. The 6 / 24 hr days included. And I don't mean to side-tract Too much. Just thought I'd slip that in since it's Also very much debated. But -- back to the subject at hand.