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[[File:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur60.jpg|right|frame]] 85:2.1 [[Plants]] were first [[feared]] and then [[worshiped]] because of the intoxicating [[liquors]] which were derived therefrom. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] believed that [[intoxication]] rendered one [[divine]]. There was supposed to be something unusual and [[sacred]] about such an [[experience]]. Even in [[modern]] times alcohol is known as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distilled_beverage spirits]." 85:2.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] looked upon sprouting grain with dread and [[superstitious]] [[awe]]. The [[Apostle Paul]] was not the first to draw [[profound]] [[spiritual]] lessons from, and predicate [[religious]] [[beliefs]] on, the sprouting grain. 85:2.3 The [[cults]] of [[Tree of Life|tree worship]] are among the oldest [[religious]] [[groups]]. All early [[marriages]] were held under the trees, and when [[women]] desired [[children]], they would sometimes be found out in the [[forest]] [[affection]]ately [[embracing]] a sturdy oak. Many [[plants]] and trees were [[venerated]] because of their real or fancied [[medicinal]] [[powers]]. The [[savage]] believed that all [[chemical]] [[effects]] were due to the direct [[activity]] of [[supernatural]] forces. 85:2.4 [[Ideas]] about [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hamadryad tree spirits]] varied greatly among [[different]] [[tribes]] and races. Some trees were indwelt by kindly spirits; others harbored the [[deceptive]] and cruel. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finns Finns] believed that most trees were occupied by kind spirits. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss Swiss] long mistrusted the trees, believing they contained tricky spirits. The inhabitants of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberia eastern Russia] regard the tree spirits as being cruel. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia Patagonians] still worship trees, as did the early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semites#Ancient_Semitic_peoples Semites]. Long after the [[Hebrews]] ceased tree worship, they continued to [[venerate]] their various deities in the [[groves]]. Except in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China], there once existed a [[universal]] [[cult]] of the [[tree of life]]. 85:2.5 The [[belief]] that [[water]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold precious metals] beneath the [[earth]]'s [[surface]] can be detected by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divining_rod wooden divining rod] is a [[relic]] of the [[ancient]] tree [[cults]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maypole Maypole], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree Christmas tree], and the [[superstitious]] [[practice]] of rapping on wood perpetuate certain of the ancient [[customs]] of tree worship and the later-day tree cults. 85:2.6 Many of these earliest forms of [[nature]] [[veneration]] became blended with the later evolving [[techniques]] of [[worship]], but the earliest [[Adjustant Mind Spirits|mind-adjutant]-activated types of [[worship]] were functioning long before the newly [[awakening]] [[religious]] [[nature]] of [[mankind]] became fully [[responsive]] to the [[stimulus]] of [[spiritual]] [[influences]]. <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Paper 85]</center> <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center> [[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]] [[Category: Worship]] [[Category: Evolution]] [[Category: Superstition]] [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]]

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