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95:2.1 The [[original]] [[Melchizedek]] teachings really took their deepest [[root]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], from where they subsequently spread to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] was periodically augmented by the arrival of superior strains of [[Nodite]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:2._THE_ADAMITES_IN_THE_SECOND_GARDEN Adamite], and later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] peoples of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates valley]. From time to time, many of the Egyptian civil administrators were [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:8._THE_SUMERIANS.E2.80.94LAST_OF_THE_ANDITES Sumerians]. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] in these days harbored the highest mixture of the world races, so [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] fostered the most thoroughly blended type of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] to be found on [[Urantia]], and from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] it spread to many parts of the world. The [[Jews]] received much of their [[idea]] of the [[creation]] of the world from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_religion Babylonians], but they derived the [[concept]] of [[divine]] [[Providence]] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians].

95:2.1 The [[original]] [[Melchizedek]] teachings really took their deepest [[root]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt], from where they subsequently spread to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] was periodically augmented by the arrival of superior strains of [[Nodite]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:2._THE_ADAMITES_IN_THE_SECOND_GARDEN Adamite], and later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] peoples of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system Euphrates valley]. From time to time, many of the Egyptian civil administrators were [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:8._THE_SUMERIANS.E2.80.94LAST_OF_THE_ANDITES Sumerians]. As [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India India] in these days harbored the highest mixture of the world races, so [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] fostered the most thoroughly blended type of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] to be found on [[Urantia]], and from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] it spread to many parts of the world. The [[Jews]] received much of their [[idea]] of the [[creation]] of the world from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonian_religion Babylonians], but they derived the [[concept]] of [[divine]] [[Providence]] from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians].

95:2.2 It was [[political]] and [[moral]], rather than [[philosophic]] or [[religious]], [[tendencies]] that rendered [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] more favorable to the [[Salem]] teaching than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Each tribal [[leader]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pharaohs Egypt], after fighting his way to the throne, sought to perpetuate his [[dynasty]] by [[proclaiming]] his tribal god the [[original]] [[deity]] and creator of all other gods. In this way the Egyptians [[gradually]] got used to the [[idea]] of a supergod, a steppingstone to the later [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[creator]] [[Deity]]. The [[idea]] of [[monotheism]] wavered back and forth in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] for many centuries, the [[belief]] in one God always gaining ground but never quite [[dominating]] the evolving [[concepts]] of [[polytheism]].

95:2.2 It was [[political]] and [[moral]], rather than [[philosophic]] or [[religious]], [[tendencies]] that rendered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] more favorable to the [[Salem]] teaching than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. Each tribal [[leader]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pharaohs Egypt], after fighting his way to the throne, sought to perpetuate his [[dynasty]] by [[proclaiming]] his tribal god the [[original]] [[deity]] and creator of all other gods. In this way the Egyptians [[gradually]] got used to the [[idea]] of a supergod, a steppingstone to the later [[doctrine]] of a [[universal]] [[creator]] [[Deity]]. The [[idea]] of [[monotheism]] wavered back and forth in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egypt] for many centuries, the [[belief]] in one God always gaining ground but never quite [[dominating]] the evolving [[concepts]] of [[polytheism]].

95:2.3 For ages the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian peoples] had been given to the [[worship]] of [[nature]] gods; more particularly did each of the two-score separate [[tribes]] have a special [[group]] [[god]], one worshiping the bull, another the lion, a third the ram, and so on. Still earlier they had been [[totem]] [[tribes]], very much like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas Amerinds].

95:2.3 For ages the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptian peoples] had been given to the [[worship]] of [[nature]] gods; more particularly did each of the two-score separate [[tribes]] have a special [[group]] [[god]], one worshiping the bull, another the lion, a third the ram, and so on. Still earlier they had been [[totem]] [[tribes]], very much like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas Amerinds].

95:2.4 In [[time]] the Egyptians observed that [[dead]] [[bodies]] placed in brickless [[graves]] were preserved—embalmed—by the [[action]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_carbonate soda]-impregnated sand, while those [[buried]] in brick vaults decayed. These [[observations]] led to those [[experiments]] which resulted in the later [[practice]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalming embalming] the dead. The Egyptians believed that preservation of the [[body]] facilitated one's passage through the [[future]] life. That the [[individual]] might properly be identified in the distant [[future]] after the decay of the [[body]], they placed a [[burial]] statue in the tomb along with the corpse, carving a likeness on the coffin. The making of these [[burial]] statues led to great improvement in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_art Egyptian art].

95:2.4 In [[time]] the Egyptians observed that [[dead]] [[bodies]] placed in brickless [[graves]] were preserved—embalmed—by the [[action]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_carbonate soda]-impregnated sand, while those [[buried]] in brick vaults decayed. These [[observations]] led to those [[experiments]] which resulted in the later [[practice]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalming embalming] the dead. The Egyptians believed that preservation of the [[body]] facilitated one's passage through the [[future]] life. That the [[individual]] might properly be identified in the distant [[future]] after the decay of the [[body]], they placed a [[burial]] statue in the tomb along with the corpse, carving a likeness on the coffin. The making of these [[burial]] statues led to great improvement in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_art Egyptian art].

95:2.5 For centuries the Egyptians placed their [[faith]] in [[tombs]] as the safeguard of the [[body]] and of consequent pleasurable [[survival]] after [[death]]. The later [[evolution]] of [[magical]] [[practices]], while burdensome to life from the [[cradle]] to the [[grave]], most effectually delivered them from the [[religion]] of the [[tombs]]. The priests would inscribe the coffins with [[charm]] [[texts]] which were believed to be [[protection]] against a "man's having his [[heart]] taken away from him in the nether world." Presently a [[diverse]] assortment of these [[magical]] [[texts]] was collected and preserved as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_dead ''The Book of the Dead'']. But in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] [[magical]] [[ritual]] early became involved with the realms of [[conscience]] and [[character]] to a [[degree]] not often [[attained]] by the [[rituals]] of those days. And subsequently these [[ethical]] and [[moral]] [[ideals]], rather than elaborate [[tombs]], were depended upon for [[salvation]].

95:2.5 For centuries the Egyptians placed their [[faith]] in [[tombs]] as the safeguard of the [[body]] and of consequent pleasurable [[survival]] after [[death]]. The later [[evolution]] of [[magical]] [[practices]], while burdensome to life from the [[cradle]] to the [[grave]], most effectually delivered them from the [[religion]] of the [[tombs]]. The priests would inscribe the coffins with [[charm]] [[texts]] which were believed to be [[protection]] against a "man's having his [[heart]] taken away from him in the nether world." Presently a [[diverse]] assortment of these [[magical]] [[texts]] was collected and preserved as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_dead ''The Book of the Dead'']. But in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] [[magical]] [[ritual]] early became involved with the realms of [[conscience]] and [[character]] to a [[degree]] not often [[attained]] by the [[rituals]] of those days. And subsequently these [[ethical]] and [[moral]] [[ideals]], rather than elaborate [[tombs]], were depended upon for [[salvation]].

95:2.6 The [[superstitions]] of these times are well [[illustrated]] by the general [[belief]] in the efficacy of spittle as a [[healing]] [[agent]], an [[idea]] which had its [[origin]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] and spread therefrom to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia Arabia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. In the legendary battle of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus#Conqueror_of_Set Horus with Set] the young god lost his eye, but after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(mythology) Set] was vanquished, this eye was restored by the [[wise]] god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth Thoth], who spat upon the wound and [[healed]] it.

95:2.6 The [[superstitions]] of these times are well [[illustrated]] by the general [[belief]] in the efficacy of spittle as a [[healing]] [[agent]], an [[idea]] which had its [[origin]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt Egypt] and spread therefrom to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabia Arabia] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia]. In the legendary battle of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus#Conqueror_of_Set Horus with Set] the young god lost his eye, but after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(mythology) Set] was vanquished, this eye was restored by the [[wise]] god [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth Thoth], who spat upon the wound and [[healed]] it.

95:2.7 The Egyptians long believed that the [[stars]] twinkling in the night sky [[represented]] the [[survival]] of the [[souls]] of the [[worthy]] [[dead]]; other [[survivors]] they [[thought]] were [[absorbed]] into the [[sun]]. During a certain period, [[solar]] [[veneration]] became a species of [[ancestor]] [[worship]]. The sloping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_pyramid#Entrance entrance passage of the great pyramid] pointed directly toward the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star Pole Star] so that the [[soul]] of the [[king]], when emerging from the [[tomb]], could go straight to the stationary and [[established]] constellations of the fixed [[stars]], the supposed [[abode]] of the [[kings]].

95:2.7 The Egyptians long believed that the [[stars]] twinkling in the night sky [[represented]] the [[survival]] of the [[souls]] of the [[worthy]] [[dead]]; other [[survivors]] they [[thought]] were [[absorbed]] into the [[sun]]. During a certain period, [[solar]] [[veneration]] became a species of [[ancestor]] [[worship]]. The sloping [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_pyramid#Entrance entrance passage of the great pyramid] pointed directly toward the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star Pole Star] so that the [[soul]] of the [[king]], when emerging from the [[tomb]], could go straight to the stationary and [[established]] constellations of the fixed [[stars]], the supposed [[abode]] of the [[kings]].

95:2.8 When the oblique [[rays]] of the sun were [[observed]] penetrating earthward through an aperture in the clouds, it was believed that they betokened the letting down of a [[celestial]] stairway whereon the [[king]] and other [[righteous]] [[souls]] might [[ascend]]. "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepi_I_Meryre King Pepi] has put down his [[radiance]] as a stairway under his feet whereon to [[ascend]] to his [[mother]]."

95:2.8 When the oblique [[rays]] of the sun were [[observed]] penetrating earthward through an aperture in the clouds, it was believed that they betokened the letting down of a [[celestial]] stairway whereon the [[king]] and other [[righteous]] [[souls]] might [[ascend]]. "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepi_I_Meryre King Pepi] has put down his [[radiance]] as a stairway under his feet whereon to [[ascend]] to his [[mother]]."

95:2.9 When [[Melchizedek]] appeared in the [[flesh]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] had a [[religion]] far above that of the [[surrounding]] peoples. They believed that a disembodied [[soul]], if properly armed with [[magic]] [[formulas]], could evade the intervening [[evil]] spirits and make its way to the [[judgment]] hall of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris], where, if innocent of "murder, robbery, falsehood, [[adultery]], theft, and [[selfishness]]," it would be admitted to the realms of bliss. If this [[soul]] were weighed in the balances and found wanting, it would be consigned to hell, to the [http://www.wordnik.com/words/devouress Devouress]. And this was, [[relatively]], an advanced [[concept]] of a [[future]] life in [[comparison]] with the [[beliefs]] of many [[surrounding]] peoples.

95:2.9 When [[Melchizedek]] appeared in the [[flesh]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] had a [[religion]] far above that of the [[surrounding]] peoples. They believed that a disembodied [[soul]], if properly armed with [[magic]] [[formulas]], could evade the intervening [[evil]] spirits and make its way to the [[judgment]] hall of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris Osiris], where, if innocent of "murder, robbery, falsehood, [[adultery]], theft, and [[selfishness]]," it would be admitted to the realms of bliss. If this [[soul]] were weighed in the balances and found wanting, it would be consigned to hell, to the [https://www.wordnik.com/words/devouress Devouress]. And this was, [[relatively]], an advanced [[concept]] of a [[future]] life in [[comparison]] with the [[beliefs]] of many [[surrounding]] peoples.

95:2.10 The [[concept]] of [[judgment]] in the hereafter for the [[sins]] of one's life in the [[flesh]] on [[earth]] was carried over into [[Hebrew]] theology from Egypt. The word [[judgment]] appears only once in the entire [[Book of Psalms|Book of Hebrew Psalms]], and that particular psalm was written by an Egyptian.

95:2.10 The [[concept]] of [[judgment]] in the hereafter for the [[sins]] of one's life in the [[flesh]] on [[earth]] was carried over into [[Hebrew]] theology from Egypt. The word [[judgment]] appears only once in the entire [[Book of Psalms|Book of Hebrew Psalms]], and that particular psalm was written by an Egyptian.

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