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69:6.3 [[Fire]] was a great civilizer, providing [[man]] with his first means of being [[altruistic]] without loss by enabling him to give live coals to a [[neighbor]] without depriving himself. The household [[fire]], which was attended by the [[mother]] or eldest daughter, was the first [[educator]], requiring [[Attention|watchfulness]] and dependability. The early [[home]] was not a building but the [[family]] gathered about the [[fire]], the [[family]] [[hearth]]. When a son founded a new [[home]], he carried a firebrand from the [[family]] [[hearth]].

69:6.3 [[Fire]] was a great civilizer, providing [[man]] with his first means of being [[altruistic]] without loss by enabling him to give live coals to a [[neighbor]] without depriving himself. The household [[fire]], which was attended by the [[mother]] or eldest daughter, was the first [[educator]], requiring [[Attention|watchfulness]] and dependability. The early [[home]] was not a building but the [[family]] gathered about the [[fire]], the [[family]] [[hearth]]. When a son founded a new [[home]], he carried a firebrand from the [[family]] [[hearth]].

69:6.4 Though [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon], the [[discoverer]] of [[fire]], avoided treating it as an object of [[worship]], many of his [[descendants]] regarded the flame as a [[fetish]] or as a [[spirit]]. They failed to reap the sanitary benefits of [[fire]] because they would not burn [[refuse]]. [[Primitive]] man feared [[fire]] and always sought to keep it in [[good]] [[humor]], hence the sprinkling of [[incense]]. Under no circumstances would the ancients spit in a [[fire]], nor would they ever pass between anyone and a burning [[fire]]. Even the iron [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrites pyrites] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint flints] used in striking [[fire]] were held [[sacred]] by early [[mankind]].

69:6.4 Though [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon], the [[discoverer]] of [[fire]], avoided treating it as an object of [[worship]], many of his [[descendants]] regarded the flame as a [[fetish]] or as a [[spirit]]. They failed to reap the sanitary benefits of [[fire]] because they would not burn [[refuse]]. [[Primitive]] man feared [[fire]] and always sought to keep it in [[good]] [[humor]], hence the sprinkling of [[incense]]. Under no circumstances would the ancients spit in a [[fire]], nor would they ever pass between anyone and a burning [[fire]]. Even the iron [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrites pyrites] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint flints] used in striking [[fire]] were held [[sacred]] by early [[mankind]].

69:6.5 It was a [[sin]] to extinguish a flame; if a [[Home|hut]] caught fire, it was allowed to burn. The [[fires]] of the [[temples]] and [[shrines]] were [[sacred]] and were never permitted to go out except that it was the [[custom]] to kindle new flames annually or after some [[calamity]]. [[Women]] were selected as [[priests]] because they were custodians of the [[home]] [[fires]].

69:6.5 It was a [[sin]] to extinguish a flame; if a [[Home|hut]] caught fire, it was allowed to burn. The [[fires]] of the [[temples]] and [[shrines]] were [[sacred]] and were never permitted to go out except that it was the [[custom]] to kindle new flames annually or after some [[calamity]]. [[Women]] were selected as [[priests]] because they were custodians of the [[home]] [[fires]].

69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsees].

69:6.6 The early [[myths]] about how [[fire]] came down from the [[gods]] grew out of the [[observations]] of fire [[caused]] by [[lightning]]. These [[ideas]] of [[supernatural]] [[origin]] led directly to [[fire]] [[worship]], and fire [[worship]] led to the [[custom]] of "passing through fire," a [[practice]] carried on up to the times of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Moses]. And there still [[persists]] the [[idea]] of passing through [[fire]] after [[death]]. The fire [[myth]] was a great bond in early times and still [[persists]] in the [[symbolism]] of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsees].

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.

69:6.7 [[Fire]] led to [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking cooking], and "raw eaters" became a term of derision. And cooking lessened the expenditure of [[vital]] [[energy]] [[necessary]] for the digestion of [[food]] and so left early man some [[strength]] for [[social]] [[culture]], while [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry animal husbandry], by reducing the [[effort]] [[necessary]] to [[secure]] [[food]], provided [[time]] for [[social]] activities.

69:6.8 It should be remembered that [[fire]] opened the doors to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalurgy metalwork] and led to the subsequent [[discovery]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power steam power] and the present-day uses of [[electricity]].

69:6.8 It should be remembered that [[fire]] opened the doors to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalurgy metalwork] and led to the subsequent [[discovery]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_power steam power] and the present-day uses of [[electricity]].

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[[Category:Paper 69 - Primitive Human Institutions]]

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