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94:1.1 In the days of [[Melchizedek]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_India India] was a [[cosmopolitan]] country which had recently come under the [[political]] and [[religious]] [[dominance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_peoples Aryan]-[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[invaders]] from the north and west. At this time only the northern and western portions of the [[peninsula]] had been extensively permeated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit Vedic] newcomers had brought along with them their many [[tribal]] [[deities]]. Their religious [[forms]] of [[worship]] followed closely the [[ceremonial]] [[practices]] of their earlier [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] forebears in that the [[father]] still functioned as a [[priest]] and the [[mother]] as a priestess, and the [[family]] [[hearth]] was still utilized as an [[altar]].

94:1.1 In the days of [[Melchizedek]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_India India] was a [[cosmopolitan]] country which had recently come under the [[political]] and [[religious]] [[dominance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Iranian_peoples Aryan]-[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[invaders]] from the north and west. At this time only the northern and western portions of the [[peninsula]] had been extensively permeated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans]. These [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit Vedic] newcomers had brought along with them their many [[tribal]] [[deities]]. Their religious [[forms]] of [[worship]] followed closely the [[ceremonial]] [[practices]] of their earlier [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] forebears in that the [[father]] still functioned as a [[priest]] and the [[mother]] as a priestess, and the [[family]] [[hearth]] was still utilized as an [[altar]].

94:1.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit Vedic cult] was then in [[process]] of [[growth]] and [[metamorphosis]] under the direction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman] [[caste]] of [[teacher]]-[[priests]], who were [[gradually]] assuming [[control]] over the expanding [[ritual]] of [[worship]]. The [[amalgamation]] of the onetime thirty-three [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_deities Aryan deities] was well under way when the [[Salem]] missionaries penetrated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_India north of India].

94:1.2 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit Vedic cult] was then in [[process]] of [[growth]] and [[metamorphosis]] under the direction of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman] [[caste]] of [[teacher]]-[[priests]], who were [[gradually]] assuming [[control]] over the expanding [[ritual]] of [[worship]]. The [[amalgamation]] of the onetime thirty-three [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_deities Aryan deities] was well under way when the [[Salem]] missionaries penetrated the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_India north of India].

94:1.3 The [[polytheism]] of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans] [[represented]] a [[degeneration]] of their earlier [[monotheism]] occasioned by their separation into [[tribal]] [[units]], each tribe having its venerated god. This [[devolution]] of the original monotheism and [[trinitarianism]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] was in [[process]] of resynthesis in the early centuries of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_BC second millennium before Christ]. The many gods were [[organized]] into a [[pantheon]] under the [[triune]] [[leadership]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyaus_Pita Dyaus pitar], the lord of heaven; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra], the tempestuous lord of the [[atmosphere]]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the three-headed [[fire]] god, lord of the [[earth]] and the vestigial [[symbol]] of an earlier [[Trinity]] [[concept]].

94:1.3 The [[polytheism]] of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan Aryans] [[represented]] a [[degeneration]] of their earlier [[monotheism]] occasioned by their separation into [[tribal]] [[units]], each tribe having its venerated god. This [[devolution]] of the original monotheism and [[trinitarianism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamia] was in [[process]] of resynthesis in the early centuries of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_BC second millennium before Christ]. The many gods were [[organized]] into a [[pantheon]] under the [[triune]] [[leadership]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyaus_Pita Dyaus pitar], the lord of heaven; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra Indra], the tempestuous lord of the [[atmosphere]]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the three-headed [[fire]] god, lord of the [[earth]] and the vestigial [[symbol]] of an earlier [[Trinity]] [[concept]].

94:1.4 Definite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism henotheistic] [[developments]] were paving the way for an evolved [[monotheism]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the most [[ancient]] [[deity]], was often exalted as the father-head of the entire [[pantheon]]. The [[deity]]-father principle, sometimes called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajapati Prajapati], sometimes termed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma Brahma], was submerged in the [[theologic]] battle which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman priests] later fought with the [[Salem]] teachers. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman] was conceived as the [[energy]]-[[divinity]] principle activating the entire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedic] [[pantheon]].

94:1.4 Definite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism henotheistic] [[developments]] were paving the way for an evolved [[monotheism]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni Agni], the most [[ancient]] [[deity]], was often exalted as the father-head of the entire [[pantheon]]. The [[deity]]-father principle, sometimes called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajapati Prajapati], sometimes termed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma Brahma], was submerged in the [[theologic]] battle which the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahman priests] later fought with the [[Salem]] teachers. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahman Brahman] was conceived as the [[energy]]-[[divinity]] principle activating the entire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedic] [[pantheon]].

94:1.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahmans] culled the [[sacred]] [[writings]] of their day in an [[effort]] to combat the [[Salem]] teachers, and this compilation, as later revised, has come on down to [[modern]] times as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig-Veda Rigveda], one of the most [[ancient]] of sacred [[books]]. The second, third, and fourth Vedas followed as the Brahmans sought to crystallize, formalize, and fix their [[rituals]] of [[worship]] and [[sacrifice]] upon the peoples of those days. Taken at their best, these [[writings]] are the equal of any other body of similar [[character]] in [[beauty]] of [[concept]] and [[truth]] of [[discernment]]. But as this superior [[religion]] became contaminated with the thousands upon thousands of [[superstitions]], [[cults]], and [[rituals]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_India  southern India], it progressively [[metamorphosed]] into the most variegated [[system]] of [[theology]] ever developed by [[mortal]] man. An examination of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedas] will disclose some of the highest and some of the most debased [[concepts]] of [[Deity]] ever to be conceived.

94:1.7 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin Brahmans] culled the [[sacred]] [[writings]] of their day in an [[effort]] to combat the [[Salem]] teachers, and this compilation, as later revised, has come on down to [[modern]] times as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rig-Veda Rigveda], one of the most [[ancient]] of sacred [[books]]. The second, third, and fourth Vedas followed as the Brahmans sought to crystallize, formalize, and fix their [[rituals]] of [[worship]] and [[sacrifice]] upon the peoples of those days. Taken at their best, these [[writings]] are the equal of any other body of similar [[character]] in [[beauty]] of [[concept]] and [[truth]] of [[discernment]]. But as this superior [[religion]] became contaminated with the thousands upon thousands of [[superstitions]], [[cults]], and [[rituals]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_India  southern India], it progressively [[metamorphosed]] into the most variegated [[system]] of [[theology]] ever developed by [[mortal]] man. An examination of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas Vedas] will disclose some of the highest and some of the most debased [[concepts]] of [[Deity]] ever to be conceived.

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[[Category:Paper 94 - The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient]]

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