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85:3.1 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] had a peculiar and fellow [[feeling]] for the higher [[animals]]. His [[ancestors]] had lived with them and even [[mated]] with them. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Asia southern Asia] it was early believed that the [[souls]] of men came back to [[earth]] in [[animal]] form. This [[belief]] was a [[survival]] of the still earlier [[practice]] of [[worshiping]] [[animals]].
85:3.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early men] [[revered]] the [[animals]] for their [[power]] and their cunning. They [[thought]] the keen scent and the farseeing eyes of certain [[creatures]] betokened [[spirit]] [[guidance]]. The [[animals]] have all been [[worshiped]] by one [[race]] or another at one time or another. Among such objects of [[worship]] were [[creatures]] that were regarded as half human and half animal, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurs centaurs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaids mermaids].
85:3.3 The [[Hebrews]] [[worshiped]] serpents down to the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah King Hezekiah], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_worship#Hindu_mythology Hindus] still [[maintain]] friendly relations with their house snakes. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#Dragon_worship Chinese worship of the dragon] is a [[survival]] of the snake cults. The [[wisdom]] of the serpent was a symbol of [[Greek]] [[medicine]] and is still employed as an emblem by [[modern]] physicians. The art of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_charming snake charming] has been handed down from the days of the [[female]] [[shamans]] of the snake [[love]] [[cult]], who, as the result of daily snake bites, became immune, in fact, became genuine venom [[addicts]] and could not get along without this [[poison]].
85:3.4 The [[worship]] of insects and other [[animals]] was promoted by a later misinterpretation of the [[golden rule]]—doing to others (every form of life) as you would be done by. The [[ancients]] once believed that all [[winds]] were produced by the wings of birds and therefore both feared and [[worshiped]] all winged creatures. The early Nordics thought that [[eclipse]]s were caused by a wolf that devoured a portion of the [[sun]] or [[moon]]. The Hindus often show [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Udayagiri005.jpg Vishnu] with a horse's head. Many times an [[animal]] [[symbol]] stands for a forgotten god or a vanished [[cult]]. Early in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] the lamb became the typical [[sacrificial]] animal and the dove the [[symbol]] of [[peace]] and [[love]].
85:3.5 In [[religion]], [[symbolism]] may be either [[good]] or bad just to the extent that the symbol does or does not displace the [[original]] [[worshipful]] [[idea]]. And symbolism must not be [[confused]] with direct [[idolatry]] wherein the [[material]] object is directly and [[actually]] [[worshiped]].
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[[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]]
85:3.1 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] had a peculiar and fellow [[feeling]] for the higher [[animals]]. His [[ancestors]] had lived with them and even [[mated]] with them. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Asia southern Asia] it was early believed that the [[souls]] of men came back to [[earth]] in [[animal]] form. This [[belief]] was a [[survival]] of the still earlier [[practice]] of [[worshiping]] [[animals]].
85:3.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early men] [[revered]] the [[animals]] for their [[power]] and their cunning. They [[thought]] the keen scent and the farseeing eyes of certain [[creatures]] betokened [[spirit]] [[guidance]]. The [[animals]] have all been [[worshiped]] by one [[race]] or another at one time or another. Among such objects of [[worship]] were [[creatures]] that were regarded as half human and half animal, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaurs centaurs] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaids mermaids].
85:3.3 The [[Hebrews]] [[worshiped]] serpents down to the days of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah King Hezekiah], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_worship#Hindu_mythology Hindus] still [[maintain]] friendly relations with their house snakes. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#Dragon_worship Chinese worship of the dragon] is a [[survival]] of the snake cults. The [[wisdom]] of the serpent was a symbol of [[Greek]] [[medicine]] and is still employed as an emblem by [[modern]] physicians. The art of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_charming snake charming] has been handed down from the days of the [[female]] [[shamans]] of the snake [[love]] [[cult]], who, as the result of daily snake bites, became immune, in fact, became genuine venom [[addicts]] and could not get along without this [[poison]].
85:3.4 The [[worship]] of insects and other [[animals]] was promoted by a later misinterpretation of the [[golden rule]]—doing to others (every form of life) as you would be done by. The [[ancients]] once believed that all [[winds]] were produced by the wings of birds and therefore both feared and [[worshiped]] all winged creatures. The early Nordics thought that [[eclipse]]s were caused by a wolf that devoured a portion of the [[sun]] or [[moon]]. The Hindus often show [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Udayagiri005.jpg Vishnu] with a horse's head. Many times an [[animal]] [[symbol]] stands for a forgotten god or a vanished [[cult]]. Early in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion] the lamb became the typical [[sacrificial]] animal and the dove the [[symbol]] of [[peace]] and [[love]].
85:3.5 In [[religion]], [[symbolism]] may be either [[good]] or bad just to the extent that the symbol does or does not displace the [[original]] [[worshipful]] [[idea]]. And symbolism must not be [[confused]] with direct [[idolatry]] wherein the [[material]] object is directly and [[actually]] [[worshiped]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Paper 85]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 85 - The Origins of Worship]]