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89:5.1 [[Modern]] [[ideas]] of early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] are entirely wrong; it was a part of the [[mores]] of early [[society]]. While [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] is traditionally horrible to [[modern]] [[civilization]], it was a part of the [[social]] and [[religious]] [[structure]] of [[primitive]] [[society]]. Group interests dictated the [[practice]] of cannibalism. It grew up through the urge of [[necessity]] and [[persisted]] because of the [[slavery]] of [[superstition]] and [[ignorance]]. It was a [[social]], [[economic]], [[religious]], and [[military]] [[custom]].

89:5.1 [[Modern]] [[ideas]] of early [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] are entirely wrong; it was a part of the [[mores]] of early [[society]]. While [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] is traditionally horrible to [[modern]] [[civilization]], it was a part of the [[social]] and [[religious]] [[structure]] of [[primitive]] [[society]]. Group interests dictated the [[practice]] of cannibalism. It grew up through the urge of [[necessity]] and [[persisted]] because of the [[slavery]] of [[superstition]] and [[ignorance]]. It was a [[social]], [[economic]], [[religious]], and [[military]] [[custom]].

89:5.2 Early man was a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibal]; he enjoyed [[human]] [[flesh]], and therefore he offered it as a [[food]] gift to the spirits and his primitive [[gods]]. Since [[ghost]] spirits were merely [[modified]] men, and since [[food]] was man's greatest need, then food must likewise be a spirit's greatest need.

89:5.2 Early man was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibal]; he enjoyed [[human]] [[flesh]], and therefore he offered it as a [[food]] gift to the spirits and his primitive [[gods]]. Since [[ghost]] spirits were merely [[modified]] men, and since [[food]] was man's greatest need, then food must likewise be a spirit's greatest need.

89:5.3 [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism Cannibalism] was once well-nigh [[universal]] among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolving races]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] were all cannibalistic, but originally the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] were not, nor were the [[Nodites]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:2._THE_ADAMITES_IN_THE_SECOND_GARDEN Adamites]; neither were the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites] until after they had become grossly [[Amalgamation|admixed]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races].

89:5.3 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism Cannibalism] was once well-nigh [[universal]] among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolving races]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] were all cannibalistic, but originally the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] were not, nor were the [[Nodites]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:2._THE_ADAMITES_IN_THE_SECOND_GARDEN Adamites]; neither were the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites] until after they had become grossly [[Amalgamation|admixed]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races].

89:5.4 The [[taste]] for human flesh grows. Having been started through [[hunger]], [[friendship]], revenge, or [[religious]] [[ritual]], the eating of human flesh goes on to habitual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism]. Man-eating has arisen through [[food]] [[scarcity]], though this has seldom been the underlying reason. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimos Eskimos] and early [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites], however, seldom were cannibalistic except in times of [[famine]]. The red men, especially in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Religion Central America], were cannibals. It was once a general [[practice]] for primitive [[mothers]] to kill and eat their own [[children]] in order to renew the [[strength]] lost in childbearing, and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland Queensland] the first child is still frequently thus killed and devoured. In recent times [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] has been deliberately resorted to by many African tribes as a [[war]] measure, a sort of frightfulness with which to [[terrorize]] their [[neighbors]].

89:5.4 The [[taste]] for human flesh grows. Having been started through [[hunger]], [[friendship]], revenge, or [[religious]] [[ritual]], the eating of human flesh goes on to habitual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism]. Man-eating has arisen through [[food]] [[scarcity]], though this has seldom been the underlying reason. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimos Eskimos] and early [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites], however, seldom were cannibalistic except in times of [[famine]]. The red men, especially in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Religion Central America], were cannibals. It was once a general [[practice]] for primitive [[mothers]] to kill and eat their own [[children]] in order to renew the [[strength]] lost in childbearing, and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland Queensland] the first child is still frequently thus killed and devoured. In recent times [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] has been deliberately resorted to by many African tribes as a [[war]] measure, a sort of frightfulness with which to [[terrorize]] their [[neighbors]].

89:5.5 Some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] resulted from the [[degeneration]] of once superior stocks, but it was mostly prevalent among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races]. Man-eating came on at a time when men [[experienced]] [[intense]] and bitter [[emotions]] regarding their enemies. Eating human flesh became part of a [[solemn]] [[ceremony]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge revenge]; it was believed that an enemy's [[ghost]] could, in this way, be destroyed or fused with that of the eater. It was once a widespread [[belief]] that wizards [[attained]] their [[powers]] by eating human flesh.

89:5.5 Some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] resulted from the [[degeneration]] of once superior stocks, but it was mostly prevalent among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary races]. Man-eating came on at a time when men [[experienced]] [[intense]] and bitter [[emotions]] regarding their enemies. Eating human flesh became part of a [[solemn]] [[ceremony]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge revenge]; it was believed that an enemy's [[ghost]] could, in this way, be destroyed or fused with that of the eater. It was once a widespread [[belief]] that wizards [[attained]] their [[powers]] by eating human flesh.

89:5.6 Certain groups of man-eaters would consume only members of their own [[tribes]], a pseudospiritual inbreeding which was supposed to accentuate [[tribal]] [[solidarity]]. But they also ate enemies for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge revenge] with the [[idea]] of appropriating their [[strength]]. It was considered an [[honor]] to the [[soul]] of a friend or fellow tribesman if his [[body]] were eaten, while it was no more than just punishment to an enemy thus to devour him. The [[savage]] [[mind]] made no pretensions to being [[consistent]].

89:5.6 Certain groups of man-eaters would consume only members of their own [[tribes]], a pseudospiritual inbreeding which was supposed to accentuate [[tribal]] [[solidarity]]. But they also ate enemies for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge revenge] with the [[idea]] of appropriating their [[strength]]. It was considered an [[honor]] to the [[soul]] of a friend or fellow tribesman if his [[body]] were eaten, while it was no more than just punishment to an enemy thus to devour him. The [[savage]] [[mind]] made no pretensions to being [[consistent]].

89:5.7 Among some [[tribes]] aged [[parents]] would seek to be eaten by their [[children]]; among others it was [[customary]] to refrain from eating near relations; their bodies were sold or exchanged for those of strangers. There was considerable [[commerce]] in [[women]] and [[children]] who had been fattened for slaughter. When [[disease]] or war failed to [[control]] [[population]], the surplus was unceremoniously eaten.

89:5.7 Among some [[tribes]] aged [[parents]] would seek to be eaten by their [[children]]; among others it was [[customary]] to refrain from eating near relations; their bodies were sold or exchanged for those of strangers. There was considerable [[commerce]] in [[women]] and [[children]] who had been fattened for slaughter. When [[disease]] or war failed to [[control]] [[population]], the surplus was unceremoniously eaten.

89:5.8 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism Cannibalism] has been gradually disappearing because of the following [[influences]]:

89:5.8 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism Cannibalism] has been gradually disappearing because of the following [[influences]]:

*1. 89:5.9 It sometimes became a [[communal]] [[ceremony]], the assumption of [[collective]] [[responsibility]] for inflicting the death penalty upon a fellow tribesman. The blood [[guilt]] ceases to be a [[crime]] when participated in by all, by [[society]]. The last of cannibalism in Asia was this eating of executed [[criminals]].

*1. 89:5.9 It sometimes became a [[communal]] [[ceremony]], the assumption of [[collective]] [[responsibility]] for inflicting the death penalty upon a fellow tribesman. The blood [[guilt]] ceases to be a [[crime]] when participated in by all, by [[society]]. The last of cannibalism in Asia was this eating of executed [[criminals]].

*4. 89:5.12 It became limited to [[men]]; [[women]] were forbidden to eat human flesh.

*4. 89:5.12 It became limited to [[men]]; [[women]] were forbidden to eat human flesh.

*5. 89:5.13 It was next [[limited]] to the chiefs, ''priests'', and [[shamans]].

*5. 89:5.13 It was next [[limited]] to the chiefs, ''priests'', and [[shamans]].

*6. 89:5.14 Then it became [[taboo]] among the higher tribes. The taboo on man-eating [[originated]] in [[Dalamatia]] and slowly spread over the world. The [[Nodites]] [[encouraged]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation cremation] as a means of combating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] since it was once a common [[practice]] to dig up buried bodies and eat them.

*6. 89:5.14 Then it became [[taboo]] among the higher tribes. The taboo on man-eating [[originated]] in [[Dalamatia]] and slowly spread over the world. The [[Nodites]] [[encouraged]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremation cremation] as a means of combating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism] since it was once a common [[practice]] to dig up buried bodies and eat them.

*7. 89:5.15 [[Human]] [[sacrifice]] sounded the [[death]] knell of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism]. Human flesh having become the [[food]] of superior men, the chiefs, it was [[eventually]] reserved for the still more superior spirits; and thus the offering of human sacrifices effectively put a stop to cannibalism, except among the lowest [[tribes]]. When human sacrifice was fully [[established]], man-eating became [[taboo]]; human flesh was [[food]] only for the gods; man could eat only a small [[ceremonial]] bit, a [[sacrament]].

*7. 89:5.15 [[Human]] [[sacrifice]] sounded the [[death]] knell of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism cannibalism]. Human flesh having become the [[food]] of superior men, the chiefs, it was [[eventually]] reserved for the still more superior spirits; and thus the offering of human sacrifices effectively put a stop to cannibalism, except among the lowest [[tribes]]. When human sacrifice was fully [[established]], man-eating became [[taboo]]; human flesh was [[food]] only for the gods; man could eat only a small [[ceremonial]] bit, a [[sacrament]].

89:5.16 Finally [[animal]] substitutes came into general use for [[sacrificial]] [[purposes]], and even among the more backward [[tribes]] dog-eating greatly reduced man-eating. The dog was the first [[domesticated]] [[animal]] and was held in high [[esteem]] both as such and as [[food]].

89:5.16 Finally [[animal]] substitutes came into general use for [[sacrificial]] [[purposes]], and even among the more backward [[tribes]] dog-eating greatly reduced man-eating. The dog was the first [[domesticated]] [[animal]] and was held in high [[esteem]] both as such and as [[food]].

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