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68:3.2 Probably the greatest single [[factor]] in the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[society]] was the [[ghost]] [[dream]]. Although most [[dreams]] greatly perturbed the [[primitive]] [[mind]], the [[ghost]] [[dream]] actually [[terrorized]] early men, driving these [[superstitious]] dreamers into each other's arms in willing and [[earnest]] [[association]] for [[mutual]] [[protection]] against the vague and [[unseen]] [[imaginary]] [[dangers]] of the [[spirit]] world. The [[ghost]] [[dream]] was one of the earliest appearing [[differences]] between the [[animal]] and [[human]] types of [[mind]]. [[Animals]] do not [[visualize]] [[survival]] after [[death]].

68:3.2 Probably the greatest single [[factor]] in the [[evolution]] of [[human]] [[society]] was the [[ghost]] [[dream]]. Although most [[dreams]] greatly perturbed the [[primitive]] [[mind]], the [[ghost]] [[dream]] actually [[terrorized]] early men, driving these [[superstitious]] dreamers into each other's arms in willing and [[earnest]] [[association]] for [[mutual]] [[protection]] against the vague and [[unseen]] [[imaginary]] [[dangers]] of the [[spirit]] world. The [[ghost]] [[dream]] was one of the earliest appearing [[differences]] between the [[animal]] and [[human]] types of [[mind]]. [[Animals]] do not [[visualize]] [[survival]] after [[death]].

68:3.3 Except for this [[ghost]] [[factor]], all [[society]] was founded on [[fundamental]] needs and basic [[biologic]] urges. But [[ghost]] [[fear]] introduced a new [[factor]] in [[civilization]], a [[fear]] which reaches out and away from the elemental needs of the [[individual]], and which rises far above even the [[struggles]] to [[maintain]] the [[group]]. The dread of the departed [[spirits]] of the [[dead]] brought to [[light]] a new and amazing form of [[fear]], an appalling and [[powerful]] [[terror]], which [[contributed]] to whipping the loose [[social]] orders of early ages into the more thoroughly [[disciplined]] and better [[controlled]] [[primitive]] [[groups]] of ancient times. This senseless [[superstition]], some of which still [[persists]], [[prepared]] the [[minds]] of men, through [[superstitious]] [[fear]] of the unreal and the [[supernatural]], for the later [[discovery]] of "the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.9] The baseless [[fears]] of [[evolution]] are [[designed]] to be supplanted by the [[awe]] for [[Deity]] [[inspired]] by [[revelation]]. The early [[cult]] of [[ghost]] [[fear]] became a [[powerful]] [[social]] bond, and ever since that far-distant day [[mankind]] has been striving more or less for the [[attainment]] of [[spirituality]].

68:3.3 Except for this [[ghost]] [[factor]], all [[society]] was founded on [[fundamental]] needs and basic [[biologic]] urges. But [[ghost]] [[fear]] introduced a new [[factor]] in [[civilization]], a [[fear]] which reaches out and away from the elemental needs of the [[individual]], and which rises far above even the [[struggles]] to [[maintain]] the [[group]]. The dread of the departed [[spirits]] of the [[dead]] brought to [[light]] a new and amazing form of [[fear]], an appalling and [[powerful]] [[terror]], which [[contributed]] to whipping the loose [[social]] orders of early ages into the more thoroughly [[disciplined]] and better [[controlled]] [[primitive]] [[groups]] of ancient times. This senseless [[superstition]], some of which still [[persists]], [[prepared]] the [[minds]] of men, through [[superstitious]] [[fear]] of the unreal and the [[supernatural]], for the later [[discovery]] of "the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.9] The baseless [[fears]] of [[evolution]] are [[designed]] to be supplanted by the [[awe]] for [[Deity]] [[inspired]] by [[revelation]]. The early [[cult]] of [[ghost]] [[fear]] became a [[powerful]] [[social]] bond, and ever since that far-distant day [[mankind]] has been striving more or less for the [[attainment]] of [[spirituality]].

68:3.4 [[Hunger]] and [[love]] drove men [[together]]; [[vanity]] and [[ghost]] [[fear]] held them [[together]]. But these [[emotions]] alone, without the [[influence]] of [[peace]]-promoting [[revelations]], are unable to [[endure]] the [[strain]] of the [[suspicions]] and irritations of [[human]] [[interassociations]]. Without help from superhuman [[sources]] the strain of [[society]] breaks down upon reaching certain [[limits]], and these very [[influences]] of social mobilization—[[hunger]], [[love]], [[vanity]], and [[fear]]—[[conspire]] to plunge [[mankind]] into [[war]] and bloodshed.

68:3.4 [[Hunger]] and [[love]] drove men [[together]]; [[vanity]] and [[ghost]] [[fear]] held them [[together]]. But these [[emotions]] alone, without the [[influence]] of [[peace]]-promoting [[revelations]], are unable to [[endure]] the [[strain]] of the [[suspicions]] and irritations of [[human]] [[interassociations]]. Without help from superhuman [[sources]] the strain of [[society]] breaks down upon reaching certain [[limits]], and these very [[influences]] of social mobilization—[[hunger]], [[love]], [[vanity]], and [[fear]]—[[conspire]] to plunge [[mankind]] into [[war]] and bloodshed.

68:3.5 The [[peace]] [[tendency]] of the [[human]] [[race]] is not a [[natural]] [[endowment]]; it is derived from the [[teachings]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]], from the accumulated [[experience]] of the [[progressive]] [[races]], but more especially from the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:6._URANTIA.27S_POST-BESTOWAL_AGE Prince of Peace].

68:3.5 The [[peace]] [[tendency]] of the [[human]] [[race]] is not a [[natural]] [[endowment]]; it is derived from the [[teachings]] of [[revealed]] [[religion]], from the accumulated [[experience]] of the [[progressive]] [[races]], but more especially from the [[teachings]] of [[Jesus]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:6._URANTIA.27S_POST-BESTOWAL_AGE Prince of Peace].

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