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==Origin==
[[Latin]], from [[Greek]], [[literally]], [[immortality]], from ''ambrotos'' immortal, from ''a''- + -''mbrotos'' (akin to ''brotos'' [[mortal]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
The concept of an [[immortality]] drink is attested in at least two Indo-European areas: [[Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]]. The Greek ἀμβροσία (''ambrosia'') is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta) as both words denote a drink or [[food]] that gods use to achieve immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-to- : immortal (n- : negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived; mṛ : zero grade of *mer- : to die; and -to- : adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for nectar, the beverage of the gods (Greek: νέκταρ, néktar) presumed to be a compound of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIE PIE] roots *nek-, "death", and -*tar, "overcoming".
However, the connection that has derived ambrosia from the Greek prefix a- ("not") and the word brotos ("mortal"), hence the food or drink of the immortals, has been questioned as [[coincidental]] by some modern linguists.
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[food]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman gods]
:b : the ointment or perfume of the gods
*2: something extremely pleasing to [[taste]] or [[smell]]
*3: a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut
==Description==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology ancient Greek mythology], '''ambrosia''' (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the [[food]] or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless [[immortality]] upon whomever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus Olympus] by doves, so it may have been thought of in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homeric] tradition as a kind of [[divine]] exhalation of the Earth.
Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a [[nymph]] labeled with that name. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia#Lycurgos_of_Thrace_and_Ambrosia myth of Lycurgus], an opponent to the wine god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus], violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia]
==Quote==
The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].
This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] existence. The fruit of the tree of life was like a superchemical storage battery, [[mysteriously]] releasing the [[Life Extension|life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] who had [[contributed]] of their[[ life plasm]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the tree of life for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:6._THE_TREE_OF_LIFE]
[[Category: History]]
==Origin==
[[Latin]], from [[Greek]], [[literally]], [[immortality]], from ''ambrotos'' immortal, from ''a''- + -''mbrotos'' (akin to ''brotos'' [[mortal]])
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
The concept of an [[immortality]] drink is attested in at least two Indo-European areas: [[Greek]] and [[Sanskrit]]. The Greek ἀμβροσία (''ambrosia'') is semantically linked to the Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta) as both words denote a drink or [[food]] that gods use to achieve immortality. The two words appear to be derived from the same Indo-European form *ṇ-mṛ-to- : immortal (n- : negative prefix from which the prefix a- in both Greek and Sanskrit are derived; mṛ : zero grade of *mer- : to die; and -to- : adjectival suffix). A semantically similar etymology exists for nectar, the beverage of the gods (Greek: νέκταρ, néktar) presumed to be a compound of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIE PIE] roots *nek-, "death", and -*tar, "overcoming".
However, the connection that has derived ambrosia from the Greek prefix a- ("not") and the word brotos ("mortal"), hence the food or drink of the immortals, has been questioned as [[coincidental]] by some modern linguists.
==Definitions==
*1a : the [[food]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology Roman gods]
:b : the ointment or perfume of the gods
*2: something extremely pleasing to [[taste]] or [[smell]]
*3: a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut
==Description==
In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology ancient Greek mythology], '''ambrosia''' (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the [[food]] or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless [[immortality]] upon whomever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus Olympus] by doves, so it may have been thought of in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer Homeric] tradition as a kind of [[divine]] exhalation of the Earth.
Ambrosia is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a [[nymph]] labeled with that name. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia#Lycurgos_of_Thrace_and_Ambrosia myth of Lycurgus], an opponent to the wine god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus Dionysus], violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosia]
==Quote==
The " tree of the [[knowledge]] of [[good]] and [[evil]] " may be a [[figure of speech]], a [[symbolic]] designation covering a multitude of [[human]] [[experiences]], but the "tree of life" was not a [[myth]]; it was real and for a long time was present on [[Urantia]]. When the [[Most Highs]] of [[Edentia]] approved the commission of [[Caligastia]] as [[Planetary Prince]] of Urantia and those of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[Jerusem]] [[citizens]] as his administrative staff, they sent to the [[planet]], by the [[Melchizedeks]], a shrub of [[Edentia]], and this [[plant]] grew to be the tree of life on [[Urantia]]. This form of nonintelligent life is [[native]] to the [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]], being also found on the [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[Local Universe|local]] and [[superuniverses]] as well as on the [[Havona]] spheres, but not on [[the system]] [[capitals]].
This superplant stored up certain [[space]]-[[energies]] which were antidotal to the age-producing elements of [[animal]] existence. The fruit of the tree of life was like a superchemical storage battery, [[mysteriously]] releasing the [[Life Extension|life-extension]] [[force]] of the [[universe]] when eaten. This [[form]] of sustenance was wholly useless to the ordinary [[evolutionary]] [[beings]] on [[Urantia]], but specifically it was serviceable to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF one hundred] [[materialized]] members of [[Caligastia]]'s staff and to the one hundred modified [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:4._THE_ANDONIC_CLANS Andonites] who had [[contributed]] of their[[ life plasm]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF Prince's staff], and who, in return, were made possessors of that [[complement]] of life which made it possible for them to utilize the fruit of the tree of life for an indefinite extension of their otherwise [[mortal]] [[existence]].[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:6._THE_TREE_OF_LIFE]
[[Category: History]]