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85:1.1 The first object to be [[worshiped]] by evolving man was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology) stone]. Today the [http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/shakti-sadhana/93592-kateri-2.html Kateri people] of southern India still [[worship]] a stone, as do numerous [[tribes]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_India northern India]. Jacob slept on a stone because he venerated it; he even anointed it. Rachel concealed a number of sacred stones in her tent.

85:1.1 The first object to be [[worshiped]] by evolving man was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology) stone]. Today the [https://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/shakti-sadhana/93592-kateri-2.html Kateri people] of southern India still [[worship]] a stone, as do numerous [[tribes]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_India northern India]. Jacob slept on a stone because he venerated it; he even anointed it. Rachel concealed a number of sacred stones in her tent.

85:1.2 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology) Stones] first impressed [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR early man] as being out of the ordinary because of the [[manner]] in which they would so suddenly appear on the [[surface]] of a cultivated field or pasture. Men failed to take into account either [[erosion]] or the results of the overturning of [[soil]]. Stones also greatly impressed early peoples because of their frequent resemblance to [[animals]]. The [[attention]] of civilized man is arrested by numerous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain stone formations] in the mountains which so much resemble the [[faces]] of [[animals]] and even men. But the most [[profound]] [[influence]] was exerted by [[meteor]]ic stones which [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive humans] beheld hurtling through the [[atmosphere]] in flaming grandeur. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid shooting star] was [[awesome]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR early man], and he easily believed that such blazing streaks marked the [[passage]] of a [[spirit]] on its way to [[earth]]. No [[wonder]] men were led to [[worship]] such [[phenomena]], especially when they subsequently [[discovered]] the [[meteors]]. And this led to greater [[reverence]] for all other stones. In [http://books.google.com/books?id=mEvJ557g8nwC&lpg=PA82&ots=KW3uQwbkxl&dq=bengal%201880%20meteor&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q=bengal%201880%20meteor&f=false Bengal] many [[worship]] a meteor which fell to [[earth]] in A.D. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880 1880].

85:1.2 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_(geology) Stones] first impressed [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR early man] as being out of the ordinary because of the [[manner]] in which they would so suddenly appear on the [[surface]] of a cultivated field or pasture. Men failed to take into account either [[erosion]] or the results of the overturning of [[soil]]. Stones also greatly impressed early peoples because of their frequent resemblance to [[animals]]. The [[attention]] of civilized man is arrested by numerous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain stone formations] in the mountains which so much resemble the [[faces]] of [[animals]] and even men. But the most [[profound]] [[influence]] was exerted by [[meteor]]ic stones which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive humans] beheld hurtling through the [[atmosphere]] in flaming grandeur. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoroid shooting star] was [[awesome]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR early man], and he easily believed that such blazing streaks marked the [[passage]] of a [[spirit]] on its way to [[earth]]. No [[wonder]] men were led to [[worship]] such [[phenomena]], especially when they subsequently [[discovered]] the [[meteors]]. And this led to greater [[reverence]] for all other stones. In [https://books.google.com/books?id=mEvJ557g8nwC&lpg=PA82&ots=KW3uQwbkxl&dq=bengal%201880%20meteor&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q=bengal%201880%20meteor&f=false Bengal] many [[worship]] a meteor which fell to [[earth]] in A.D. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880 1880].

85:1.3 All [[ancient]] [[clans]] and [[tribes]] had their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_mythology#Sacred_Hopi_tablets sacred stones], and most [[modern]] peoples [[manifest]] a [[degree]] of [[veneration]] for certain types of stones—their [[jewels]]. A group of five stones was reverenced in India; in Greece it was a cluster of thirty; among the red men it was usually a [[circle]] of stones. The [[Romans]] always threw a stone into the air when invoking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_%28mythology%29 Jupiter]. In India even to this day a stone can be used as a [[witness]][http://books.google.com/books?id=yvNWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=India+witness+stones&source=bl&ots=WPFyu6lJ3D&sig=TbM1JkpnB-hU77-xIP7VACaIgV0&hl=en&ei=gr5-TPe1K4T7lwe9ip3tAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw]. In some regions a stone may be employed as a [[talisman]] of the [[law]], and by its [[prestige]] an offender can be haled into [[court]]. But simple [[mortals]] do not always identify [[Deity]] with an object of reverent [[ceremony]]. Such [[fetishes]] are many times mere [[symbols]] of the real object of [[worship]].

85:1.3 All [[ancient]] [[clans]] and [[tribes]] had their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_mythology#Sacred_Hopi_tablets sacred stones], and most [[modern]] peoples [[manifest]] a [[degree]] of [[veneration]] for certain types of stones—their [[jewels]]. A group of five stones was reverenced in India; in Greece it was a cluster of thirty; among the red men it was usually a [[circle]] of stones. The [[Romans]] always threw a stone into the air when invoking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_%28mythology%29 Jupiter]. In India even to this day a stone can be used as a [[witness]][https://books.google.com/books?id=yvNWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=India+witness+stones&source=bl&ots=WPFyu6lJ3D&sig=TbM1JkpnB-hU77-xIP7VACaIgV0&hl=en&ei=gr5-TPe1K4T7lwe9ip3tAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw]. In some regions a stone may be employed as a [[talisman]] of the [[law]], and by its [[prestige]] an offender can be haled into [[court]]. But simple [[mortals]] do not always identify [[Deity]] with an object of reverent [[ceremony]]. Such [[fetishes]] are many times mere [[symbols]] of the real object of [[worship]].

85:1.4 The ancients had a peculiar regard for holes in stones. Such porous rocks were supposed to be unusually efficacious in [[Healing|curing]] [[diseases]]. Ears were not perforated to carry stones, but the stones were put in to keep the ear holes open. Even in [[modern]] times [[superstitious]] persons make [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching_divination#Coins holes in coins]. In Africa the [[natives]] make much ado over their [[fetish]] stones. In fact, among all backward [[tribes]] and peoples stones are still held in [[superstitious]] [[veneration]]. [http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone.html Stone worship] is even now widespread over the world. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone tombstone] is a surviving [[symbol]] of images and [[idols]] which were carved in stone in [[connection]] with [[beliefs]] in [[ghosts]] and the spirits of departed fellow beings.

85:1.4 The ancients had a peculiar regard for holes in stones. Such porous rocks were supposed to be unusually efficacious in [[Healing|curing]] [[diseases]]. Ears were not perforated to carry stones, but the stones were put in to keep the ear holes open. Even in [[modern]] times [[superstitious]] persons make [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching_divination#Coins holes in coins]. In Africa the [[natives]] make much ado over their [[fetish]] stones. In fact, among all backward [[tribes]] and peoples stones are still held in [[superstitious]] [[veneration]]. [https://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone.html Stone worship] is even now widespread over the world. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone tombstone] is a surviving [[symbol]] of images and [[idols]] which were carved in stone in [[connection]] with [[beliefs]] in [[ghosts]] and the spirits of departed fellow beings.

85:1.5 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ac4PUrEtVtsC&dq=the+cult+of+pure+crystal+mountain&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=g8B-TLr0DcSAlAfI9e3sAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw Hill worship] followed stone worship, and the first hills to be venerated were large stone formations. It presently became the [[custom]] to believe that the [[gods]] inhabited the [[mountains]], so that high elevations of land were [[worshiped]] for this additional reason. As time passed, certain mountains were [[associated]] with certain gods and therefore became [[holy]]. The ignorant and [[superstitious]] [[aborigines]] believed that [[caves]] led to the underworld, with its evil spirits and [[demons]], in [[contrast]] with the mountains, which were identified with the later evolving [[concepts]] of good spirits and [[deities]].

85:1.5 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ac4PUrEtVtsC&dq=the+cult+of+pure+crystal+mountain&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=g8B-TLr0DcSAlAfI9e3sAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAw Hill worship] followed stone worship, and the first hills to be venerated were large stone formations. It presently became the [[custom]] to believe that the [[gods]] inhabited the [[mountains]], so that high elevations of land were [[worshiped]] for this additional reason. As time passed, certain mountains were [[associated]] with certain gods and therefore became [[holy]]. The ignorant and [[superstitious]] [[aborigines]] believed that [[caves]] led to the underworld, with its evil spirits and [[demons]], in [[contrast]] with the mountains, which were identified with the later evolving [[concepts]] of good spirits and [[deities]].

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[[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]]

[[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]]