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==78:2. THE ADAMITES IN THE SECOND GARDEN==

==78:2. THE ADAMITES IN THE SECOND GARDEN==

78:2.1 For thousands of years the sons of Adam labored along the rivers of Mesopotamia, working out their irrigation and flood-control problems to the south, perfecting their defenses to the north, and attempting to preserve their traditions of the glory of the first Eden.

78:2.1 For thousands of years the sons of [[Adam]] labored along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigris-Euphrates_river_system rivers of Mesopotamia], working out their [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation irrigation] and flood-control [[problems]] to the south, perfecting their [[defenses]] to the north, and attempting to [[preserve]] their [[traditions]] of the [[glory]] of the [[Paper 73 - The Garden of Eden|first Eden]].

78:2.2 The heroism displayed in the leadership of the second garden constitutes one of the amazing and inspiring epics of Urantia's history. These splendid souls never wholly lost sight of the purpose of the Adamic mission, and therefore did they valiantly fight off the influences of the surrounding and inferior tribes while they willingly sent forth their choicest sons and daughters in a steady stream as emissaries to the races of earth. Sometimes this expansion was depleting to the home culture, but always these superior peoples would rehabilitate themselves.

78:2.2 The [[heroism]] displayed in the [[leadership]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76 second garden] [[constitutes]] one of the [[amazing]] and [[inspiring]] [[epics]] of [[Urantia]]'s [[history]]. These splendid [[souls]] never wholly lost sight of the [[purpose]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamic mission], and therefore did they valiantly fight off the [[influences]] of the [[surrounding]] and inferior [[tribes]] while they willingly sent forth their choicest sons and daughters in a steady [[stream]] as [[emissaries]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 races of earth]. Sometimes this expansion was depleting to the [[home]] [[culture]], but always these superior peoples would [[rehabilitate]] themselves.

78:2.3 The civilization, society, and cultural status of the Adamites were far above the general level of the evolutionary races of Urantia. Only among the old settlements of Van and Amadon and the Adamsonites was there a civilization in anyway comparable. But the civilization of the second Eden was an artificial structure— it had not been evolved —and was therefore doomed to deteriorate until it reached a natural evolutionary level.

78:2.3 The [[civilization]], [[society]], and [[cultural]] [[status]] of the ''Adamites'' were far above the general level of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races] of [[Urantia]]. Only among the old settlements of [[Van]] and [[Amadon]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_77#77:5._ADAMSON_AND_RATTA Adamsonites] was there a [[civilization]] in anyway comparable. But the [[civilization]] of the [[second Eden]] was an [[artificial]] [[structure]]— it had not been evolved —and was therefore [[doomed]] to [[deteriorate]] until it reached a [[natural]] [[evolutionary]] level.

78:2.4 Adam left a great intellectual and spiritual culture behind him, but it was not advanced in mechanical appliances since every civilization is limited by available natural resources, inherent genius, and sufficient leisure to insure inventive fruition. The civilization of the violet race was predicated on the presence of Adam and on the traditions of the first Eden. After Adam's death and as these traditions grew dim through the passing millenniums, the cultural level of the Adamites steadily deteriorated until it reached a state of reciprocal balance with the status of the surrounding peoples and the naturally evolving cultural capacities of the violet race.

78:2.4 [[Adam]] left a great [[intellectual]] and [[spiritual]] [[culture]] behind him, but it was not advanced in [[mechanical]] appliances since every [[civilization]] is [[limited]] by available [[natural]] [[resources]], [[inherent]] [[genius]], and sufficient [[leisure]] to insure [[inventive]] fruition. The [[civilization]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] was predicated on the [[presence]] of [[Adam]] and on the [[traditions]] of the [[first Eden]]. After [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:5._DEATH_OF_ADAM_AND_EVE Adam's death] and as these [[traditions]] grew dim through the passing [[millenniums]], the [[cultural]] level of the ''Adamites'' steadily [[deteriorated]] until it reached a state of [[reciprocal]] [[balance]] with the [[status]] of the [[surrounding]] peoples and the [[naturally]] evolving [[cultural]] capacities of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race].

78:2.5 But the Adamites were a real nation around 19,000 B.C., numbering four and a half million, and already they had poured forth millions of their progeny into the surrounding peoples.

78:2.5 But the ''Adamites'' were a real nation around [http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19,000_B.C. 19,000 B.C]., numbering four and a half million, and already they had poured forth millions of their [[progeny]] into the [[surrounding]] peoples.

==78:3. EARLY EXPANSIONS OF THE ADAMITES==

==78:3. EARLY EXPANSIONS OF THE ADAMITES==